GPS data for altitude hold
Hi everybody!Can anybody suggest that whether we can rely on the altitude from GPS alone for altitude hold function. The GPS module l am using is ETek EB-85A. My airframe is a motorized glider.
Read more…Hi everybody!Can anybody suggest that whether we can rely on the altitude from GPS alone for altitude hold function. The GPS module l am using is ETek EB-85A. My airframe is a motorized glider.
Read more…i need some help on the take off and landing partif i could get some details regardin these...plz....
Read more…Hello,A project of mine this summer, or at least one I hope to get done, is to build an autonomous aircraft that relies on GPS to travel at least a few miles on its own before either landing at its destination or returning home. Hopefully picure-taki
Read more…ive been playng with RobotBASIC for a simple ground station so far im having good results i can send joystck commands over a serial port and ive started work on live tracking over a "map" . it very easy to code and it has a simulation enviroment to p
Read more…I am a newb to UAV's, and I want to build one. So my question is, how would I make a UAV with live camera feed that feed into my laptop?I would also like to know how to incorporate a GPS, and the ability to fly the UAV with a joystick connected to my
Read more…Ive met a long time local DS'er who wants to break the record.357mphwe are talking about doing some data logging so the question is what would you recommend for speed sensor (no pitot tubes) and G (75 +) . you can see in the video the speed and fligh
Read more…Lots is going on at the RCAPA Reporter regarding both the Hobbiest as well as the Professional UAS AP community. Visit and see the latest reports from the UAS2008 meetings in Paris, or the AUVSI meetings in San Diego where Patrick Egan and Ira Buckle
Read more…This post is intended for those members who are thinking of moving from the hobby arena to commercial use (and to any equipment vendors). Please note the user Condor is not PineCreek. PineCreek's contact details are contained in the documents for any
Read more…Hey guy I am kind of new to the entire UAV thing, in fact I was thinking about it and I didn't realize that there were entire groups out here that built them. I was wondering if anyone had built a UAV that was controllable over long range via a data
Read more…I am working on a robotic surveillance helicopter with an endurance of 2 hr and covering a range of min 40 km... using a Baron helicopter.Could anyone suggest me sources for autopilot system and video camera system (good but cheap ones).Thank you
Read more…HiI'm currently working on a project in my free time. I want to build a UAV which can:1. Fly by radio control (*obvious*)2. Send back camera and UAV signals (Plus IR if possible)3. Fly through predesignated waypoints4. Have the waypoints updated duri
Read more…http://www.iat-llc.com/It seems like quite a package.Every thing as far as navagation sensors go, all in one. (Less true airspeed and Alt.)Cut from their web site....Orientation Euler AnglesNMEA GPS MessagesExternal GPS AntennaRS232 InterfaceOverall
Read more…The spinoffs that this wesite is creating is amazing.The ideas been thrown around and discussed go to show that many people are thinking on the same plain.When it seems that one man come up the single idea that if fact many where working to a similer
Read more…Discovery Channel's Smash Lab is developing an episode where an unmanned watercraft or GPS homing robot rescues a woman overboard. We want to partner up with someone who, best-case scenario, has an existing prototype vehicle/robot that can be adapted
Read more…Were working on building a UAV with first person video and the ability to take still shots from a 8mp camera.Before we get into the camera setup I have a few questions regarding the UAV portion.We are using a predator B as the aircraft with FMA co-pi
Read more…I do most of my RC aircraft scratchbuilt, i have a 3oz stripped down camera i use for AV but i dont have any FPV equipment or GPS equipment. What exactly is UAV?Is an Rc plane, piloted by an rc flyer, with a camera on it a UAV?
Read more…ok i just about had a fly off yesterday , was finishing 45 min duration test , flipped switch to manual mode and added throttle and banked to turn towards myself , i soon lost all control of all surfaces and throttle. i only have rudder going through
Read more…I have a Quadroufo, with 3 ADXRS300 Gyros, ACC, Boro, Compass, and I'm having a little bit of a hard time getting it to fly level. I use the Beta 3.15 of UAVPSet, and have set the Parameters as the 3.14 manual said to.It tries to fly as level as woul
Read more…http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/main/Here's the schedule (California PDT):- Trajectory correction maneuver opportunity (TCM6X), 8:46 a.m.-- News briefing, noon-- Begin non-commentary live television feed from JPL control room, 3 p.m.-- Begi
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