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Bob Moulder commented on Chris Anderson's blog post T3 Contest, Round 2--UPDATE: Deadline extended (and new contest previewed)
"Which AP's are programmable for altitude?"
Sep 4, 2009
Bob Moulder commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Announcing the official DIY Drones Trust Time Trial (T3) Contest
"Thanks, Gary.

I think I learned more about how the whole system performs in actual conditions, which is probably more what it's like in a real-world UAV setting. I can imagine that things don't always go exactly as hoped or planned.

And you guys…"
Sep 1, 2009
Bob Moulder commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Announcing the official DIY Drones Trust Time Trial (T3) Contest
"Not sure how to handle the KML link properly so here is a Word file with the GPS log:

DIY GPS log challenge one.doc


YT Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGA-mySHPrE

Photo of the Telemaster with PicoPilot:"
Aug 31, 2009
Bob Moulder commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Announcing the official DIY Drones Trust Time Trial (T3) Contest
"Okay, just in the nick of time I got one more shot to fly again very late this afternoon as the wind subsided, so this is my official entry, which meets the criteria of passing outside the waypoints. I tweaked my flightplan/route for the northeast…"
Aug 31, 2009
Bob Moulder commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Announcing the official DIY Drones Trust Time Trial (T3) Contest
"Okay, Chris, finally I got around to catching up on posts, so I will fly the course again within the next couple of days and set my "problem corner" route waypoint farther out so that it will fly outside the box.

Can the actual programmed route…"
Aug 24, 2009
Bob Moulder replied to Bob Moulder's discussion Gyro stabilized camera platform
"Arrgh, thanks Chris, but I had not seen the updated post with the new info.

Okay, I backordered the Futaba pilot assist gizmo from Tower. Backordered but available soon, and there is no great rush."
Mar 12, 2008
Bob Moulder posted a discussion
I have a GY401 gyro and want to make a camera mount that is stabilized on the roll axis only, such as the one on Chris' Predator.What I would like to do is to make this a 'stand-alone' system (with its own battery) that has no connection to the…
Mar 12, 2008
Bob Moulder commented on Chris Anderson's blog post PicoPilot software updated
"Too late to help me, but glad it has been addressed. But mine is working A-OK now -- after several days of sweat equity and angst -- and I'm not touching it!"
Mar 12, 2008
Bob Moulder posted a discussion
Guys, I have a Picopilot NAT and am trying to get it to work with Windows Vista and my HP Pavilion dv2000 laptop. The laptop doesn't have a serial connector, so I am using a USB-to-RS232 serial adapter with a Null Modem adapter, but despite every…
Feb 16, 2008