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Working on Airships and Flying Octocopter.


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Andreas B. replied to Andreas B.'s discussion OpenSource Airship UAV platform - silent_runner
"Dear Tanvir,

you can contact me directly, we can supply you with either the latex ballons or a much better PE balloon like seen in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_UeAghJPI4
Both lift about 200 g and have a volume of about 300 l.…"
Oct 24, 2015
Andreas B. commented on Chris Anderson's blog post BlimpDuino home page
"It seems like the Blimpduino is no longer available. So to get the board, you need to make it on your own.
You can find another open source airship with largely available components here:www.silent-runner.net"
Aug 4, 2015
Andreas B. commented on Chris Anderson's blog post BlimpDuino home page
"We´ve just started the silent_runner DIY Kit for crowdfunding, have a look here: https://www.startnext.com/silent-runner
It´s pretty different from the BlimpDuino but a good and robust airship platform to start with."
Apr 7, 2015
Andreas B. commented on Daniel Wibbing's blog post DIY blimp crowdfunding
"The campaign is now in funding phase, so if you like to start with gentle high endurance airships, now it´s the perfect time!"
Apr 7, 2015
Andreas B. commented on Daniel Wibbing's blog post DIY blimp crowdfunding
"With the current design just 40 g, because we tried to keep it as small as possible. But the payload is fully dependent on the size of the envelope, so if you use a bigger one you can easily scale up the payload. Just give us a note, in this first…"
Apr 2, 2015
Andreas B. commented on Daniel Wibbing's blog post DIY blimp crowdfunding
"Thanks a lot for sharing our project, we have added a video with english subtitles: 


https://youtu.be/LP4YVb6439E
It would be awesome if we could realize this project and bring back a long forgotten way of flying back to the skies. By the way, we…"
Apr 2, 2015
Andreas B. replied to Andreas B.'s discussion OpenSource Airship UAV platform - silent_runner
"Hey, sounds great. The project was rather intended to give people the opportunity to build a nice airship suited to their needs without doing all the research on their own. 
At the moment we´ve not yet tested any autopilot on the ship, even though…"
Apr 17, 2014
Andreas B. replied to Andreas B.'s discussion OpenSource Airship UAV platform - silent_runner
"These are beautiful footages, great work, I love how the birds are flying around your airship.

It looks like your airship is rather slow. May I ask how much power your forward thrust motors have? For a vehicle of this huge size I would propose at…"
Apr 17, 2014
Andreas B. replied to Andreas B.'s discussion OpenSource Airship UAV platform - silent_runner
"Sorry, have been on aerial survey yesterday and no time to reply.

But that´s an awesome one, congratulation to that nice airship platform. Actually it seems like your fins are big enough, I´ve flown airships with smaller fins and pretty good…"
Apr 16, 2014
Andreas B. replied to Andreas B.'s discussion OpenSource Airship UAV platform - silent_runner
"Hi Taruna,

I´m pretty sure that control surfaces are the better way to go, and low speed is by the way a huge problem when you go outside.

Anyway, there are two ways to hook up the motors in your specific configuration.
You could patch a second…"
Apr 16, 2014
Andreas B. replied to Andreas B.'s discussion OpenSource Airship UAV platform - silent_runner
"Hi Taruna,

sounds like a great project.Actually outdoor airships should be controlled in yaw and nick by control surfaces such as rudders in the rear of the ship. In normal operation there is always wind flow that has to be overcome by forward…"
Apr 15, 2014
Andreas B. replied to Lex's discussion Blimp + Quadcopter = Blimpcopter
"In the meantime a group of students in Switzerland built a similar but different concept. Even though it got 4 engines it´s not really a quadcopter. But it has an autopilot implemented and a bizarre look and flight characteristics.
It´s capable of…"
Nov 19, 2013
Andreas B. posted a discussion
Hi Guys,I´m in involveld in several airship and DIY related projects. For example we´re at the moment trying to fit an Ardupilot in this science vessel: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNne5dP-eeMAnyway, I wondered a long time why there are not much…
Nov 17, 2013
Andreas B. commented on Chris Anderson's blog post BlimpDuino home page
"After blimpduino died, you can have a look at the http://www.silent-runner.net/ project. It´s not yet autonomous, but pretty fast and it also features a flexible arduino for advanced controlling. We try to start from the very beginning and also…"
Nov 3, 2012