A couple of weeks ago I asked how you guys would stabilize and navigate.Chris Anderson said FMA-Copilot and use the rudder to navigateI must say first... FMA rocks, keeps it extremely stable, there might be a tiny amount of elevation loss, but overal
Read more…Hi,I sort of ran across this site by accident and it really caught my attention. I can't say that I'm interested in building one myself, but am curious to know if its realistic for me to build one. I've browsed through the site but am very confused o
Read more…I would like to say thanks to who ever started this webpage because about 3 years ago this page would have really helped me and some of the other engineers at my college that wanted to get started in this.Anyways, I wanted to ask something that may o
Read more…Hello guys. I hope to sometime fully automate my .40 Sized Nitro powered trainer RC airplane from takeoff to landing; However, for now, I just need to find a suitable orientation sensor. Take note that a gas powered model has more vibration than a si
Read more…http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=799087I love this site, it is very inspiring. I just joined so that i could post this...I came across this forum through a different site, I'm not sure if it's of any use to anyone here, or if you guys
Read more…Hello people this my first post in the forum , i needed help from you experts regarding a project which iam interested in building, i want to make an autonomous robot helicopter which can have some basic abilities for obstacle avoidance and complete
Read more…Drone componentsHello, I am building my first quad copter and wondered if anyone could recommend any specific motors and ESC for my project? I have a may pay load of around 2Kg. I am also looking for a microprocessor and gyroscope which would be suit
Read more…Hello, first of all I would just like to say I am completely new to all of this flying business! I am a university student studying robotics and wish to built an autonomous quad copter/drone (not sure what there supposed to be called) for my final ye
Read more…Hi guys can you help in giving some ideas to prevent the cut-off of a petrol engine in mid air
Read more…I've trying to find some motor controllers for my UAV blimp and I ran across the TB6552FL by Toshiba(Datasheet @: http://www.semicon.toshiba.co.jp/docs/datasheet/en/LinearIC/TB6552FL_TB6552FNG_en_datasheet_070402.pdf)I'm working on a Eagle library fo
Read more…I just recently bought a RTF Hangar 9 Arrow, with the plan to convert it to UAV use. I just flew for the first time last weekend at a local AMA club that was having a newbie day. I was shocked by their membership fee ($125/year) plus the fact that yo
Read more…Hi. I have a RC helicopter and I would like to convert it to semi-autonomous flight. I have a Spartan AP2000i, which works great for stabilising the heli; but now I want to be able to tell the heli to go where I want or program a circuit for it to go
Read more…If any has any plans, drawings, ideas, or other for airframes that they wish to make public please post them. To further drop the cost of home made UAVs and to make airframes that are better suited for UAVs that the basic RC plane.
Read more…I've started coding my own Autopilot in Ruby over the last few days. It's designed to be highly modular and portable, and is able to run on the Gumstix platform as well as a standard PC. Input and output modules can be swapped out with others for tes
Read more…Hi Guys,I have a dream of designing and making an electric fixed wing UAV for civillian applications. I came up with the idea of making the airframe from a mixture of rapid prototype (rp) parts and CF box sections for the wing spars and backbone. I w
Read more…Hey everyone,Next semester, a friend and I will be working on an autonomous helicopter for a research project at school. We're both undergrads at Olin College.We're most worried about setting up a good simulation of our aircraft before we test our au
Read more…Hi, I've been lurking long enough and want to build myself one of these blimps. First step is buying the envelope and gondola. I saw that earlier versions used the Plantraco but the newer version uses the Tri-Turbo model off the shark.The shark seems
Read more…Does anyone know of a little piece of software that will record the NMEA strings from my GPS receiver (GPS connected directly to a laptop while driving around in the car). So that I can later play it back (from the laptop) into the Basic stamp (and G
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