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Freeburg, MO
About Me:
Howdy I am a long time R/C Aviator that was out of the hobby for about 15 years. I became a volunteer fire fighter and after some near misses and frustration on wide area searches I had been thinking that a UAV would fit the bill
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I have been working on a Airborne Heli based FLIR system using off the shelf parts when another friend said that hey why don't you use Arduino to control it that led me here
Hometown:
St Louis, MO
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"I assume your looking for a First person video feed?
Yes it is possible. And easily done for less then $200"
Yes it is possible. And easily done for less then $200"
"Well just tossing my Hand in the Roll Call Vote, Im not dead yet. "
"Geez that is a rough break man. "
"Hey just a suggestion. Add "power" to "Engines/Motors/props" i have been putting battery and ESC questions in there as well.
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"Ads fruit already sells something similar. http://www.adafruit.com/category/63_150"
"I am moving this over to the newbie section, I am not experienced with the hexa but I have built and fly a quad of my own design. They are relatively simple to fly IMHO however if you want to get an idea how a multicopter flies on manual something…"
"Kind of both, you will have to get a programming board then flash the software. http://parkeflyer.com/transmitters/programmer.html offers a upgrade kit with the smartieparts board and a LCD back light kit. parkeflyer is a stand up guy, I bought…"
"I can only comment on my experiences with the Turnigy 9x, I have modified mine with the 6 position rotary switch to replace the top left rear varipot. added a LiFe battery pack & a back light I fly it with a traditional 450 heli a 250 heli, a…"
"Heh the 2 letter spammers are evolving just deleted a 3 letter one. "
"I don't have that exact transmitter however I do use that receiver. With out specialized antennas and antenna trackers that setup should get you 100 feet. No that is not a typo 100 feet. 5.8 GHZ is not that great for range as the wavelength is…"
"It is not really a matter of how stable another platform is, It is how the controller is set up. If the Pid's are set properly the camera is mounted to a roll tilt mount then you can get a very stable quad. Hexas and Octo's are usually for…"
"As the controls will show up as a game controller, Here is the section on controlling a APM equipped drone with a USB controller https://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/wiki/Joystick
You would need at a minimum, A computer, an APM, a telemetry…"
You would need at a minimum, A computer, an APM, a telemetry…"
"No worries I moved it to the Autopilot/software section as that is where the code heads tend to congregate. "
"It may be possible but that sort of hardware hacking will probally get better answers on a dedicated Arduino forum. Here we are most into building "drone" vehicles
I am going to put this in the Misc Category. "
I am going to put this in the Misc Category. "
"I have been wanting to make a Raspberry Pi running the http://qgroundcontrol.org/ but I dont have a Pi to test it with. "
"how is the sensor installed? It is open to the air? I have noticed it is rock steady in a case with no fluctuations. "
