"I don't really see how Adaptive Control is different than making the weights used in PID control variable/based on the current conditions of the craft. Ie, assign each "rotor" a "lift" value. If, at the maximum correction situation, the craft does…"

"I realize this is a pretty old topic but I wanted to comment on Chris Anderson's post:
"Unfortunately I can't use the Sailsoft one (GPSSIML) because it only supports com ports 1-4. Like most people with laptops, I don't have a dedicated serial port,…"

"Well, you could try to pick a "colorful" target. Like a viewer wearing a bright green or some other color shirt or hat. That way it wouldn't be hard to track"

"With 7.5 LiPo how do you get around the motor voltage problem: my motors at least are "used" to 3.4 volts and I'm not sure what would happen if I put 7.4V, do you use different motors or do you do something altogether?

EDIT: Hey, I found a HBridge…"

"How do you supply voltage to your blimp? I noticed that the motor controller chip requires a minimum of 4.5V. How do you manage this assuming you are using the stock 3.6V Li-Ion battery that comes with the blimp? Does the chip handle 3.6V?"

"Perhaps you might take the new parallax product, the Propeller for a Spin?

hehe.. If you are dropping the Stamp you should consider trying out the propeller. I myself am using it and it's very nice. I've run into the problems you are having on the…"

"If the BoeBot is indeed supplying power to the GPS module, hooking up the Raw pin to the BoeBot's VSS terminals should ground the Raw pin."