Has anyone tried using a camera w/ optical image stabilization versus a camera without? Have you noticed any serious difference in image quality? I'm thinking about making the shift from the Pentax Optio to the Sony Webbie. Any thoughts?
I ordered my FPV set up this week from futurehobbies.I bought a 500mw 900mhz Receiver and Transmitter from future hobbies:And kx-195 sharp camera from Future Hobbies:What else do i need, other than a couple 11.1v lipos to make my system work? thanks
Read more…I am experimenting with a new airframe, a v-tail trainer like the one sold on flyingwings.co.uk, and am curious if the FMA Copilot can effectively stabilize along the X axis and Y axis. Does anyone have any advice or experience with the adrupilot or
Read more…I am experimenting with a new airframe, a v-tail trainer like the one sold on flyingwings.co.uk, and am curious if the FMA Copilot can effectively stabilize along the X axis and Y axis. Does anyone have any advice or experience with the adrupilot or
Read more…What is the smallest UAV airframe you have used? Sub 16 ounces? Sub 10 ounces? Less than a 30 inch wingspan? I am interested in trying to make a small UAV and would love to see some peoples airframes.
Read more…Has anyone used laptop or camera lipo's in their platform? It appears like some of them are cheaper than RC lipo's of the same voltage and miliamp.
Read more…I've been trying to contact Dean at attopilot for over a month now but to no avail. Are attopilot units still on sale? I've seen here at DIY that an IMU based attopilot may be coming out in the future. Does anyone know any resolution on that release?
Read more…After many hours of research and invaluable input from people on DIY Drones, we settled on the Easystar with the Easyglider wing for our AP platform. We plan on modifying it to look something like the modification discussed here,http://www.rcgroups.c
Read more…I stumbled upon this EPP airframe on Northeast Sailplane Products and thought it could be of interest do fellow DIY'ers and an alternative to an easystar.http://www.nesail.com/detail.php?productID=5520
Read more…I am a college student and am working on a project to build a UAV to do aerial mapping of my 700 acre campus for our senior project. We initially thought of using an electric sailplane as an airframe due to its efficiency, but am thinking about using
Read more…Has anyone used an IR camera on their UAV platform? I've looked at a gimbal IR camera from Procerus which looks like it may work but I'm unsure of a ballpark price. Any experience or ideas would be helpful.
Read more…I've read up on Pict earth through DIY Drones and their website and it would work great for my needs. It seems like their english site is down currently and their french site doesn't list any particulars about pricing. Does anyone currently use Picte
Read more…I am interested in using an Electric Sailplane as a platform for autonomous aerial photography for long flights of an hour or more, hopefully two. I know that people have used the Aero Master as a UAV platform but what about large electric sailplanes
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