"@Doug too slow at the moment - too busy with work.

I'm using 100:1 Micro Metal Gearmotors in the wheels, similar to this:
https://www.pololu.com/product/992

I think the ratio is too low and it goes too fast at max speed, so maybe 250/300 would be…"

"Hi Doug

It's going well, thanks! The basic microcontroller+servos+motors are working, and I have a short video of that:
https://vimeo.com/141897265

There are a couple of mechanical improvements required, but first I want to incorporate the…"

"Looks great. What software do you use for generating the orthomosaics? "

"@Juan nice, would love to hear about any problems"

"@Joshua Great, I will"

"@John thanks, yes, I've actually got 6 of those that I'm going to use, with encoders. I will have to experiment with which wheels to put them on, all 6 seems superfluous."

"Thanks, STLs are here:
https://github.com/bjnortier/nomad-mechanical/tree/master/models/print
Once I have the motors in the wheels I'll have some idea of speed. Same goes for obstacles, I need to design the differential for the rocker and then see…"

"@Vitor Thanks, I will look into the four bar mchanism"

"Thanks :) Hopefully a video of it in action soon"

"Thanks! Will do"

"Roy

"How do you know that you have generated sufficiently diverse "children" such that they have explored a large enough region of the solution space?"

That is a very good question. I am not an expert in GAs, but enjoy experimenting with them, so…"

"That is the Y dollar question. To apply this practically, the target aeroplane must be described accurately enough in X-plane so the simulation gives a usable result that can be tested in the real world. I would only test the high fitness results in…"

"How complicated is the control for the 2-rotor VTOL you describe? And the in-out seems tricky. Seems to me a rear prop is a pragmatic solution to achieve less complexity"

"Very nice. Is the source available for study or is it proprietary?"