I'm working on a return-to-launch high altitude glider (balloon launched). My radio system needs to be able to communicate at 100km or more. My current plan is to use an FRS radio. This radio is modified to work on the 70cm ham band, and should be ab
Read more…I'm starting a high altitude return-to-sender balloon launched glider project. I want to keep it simple, and I think my first decision is airframe. I'm wondering if it would be feasible to use a small glider like this mini swift for rudder-only contr
Read more…I've read through the excellent UAVdev paper on DCM for tracking rigid body orientation, and I'm gradually understanding it. But I have some big questions. It seems that the best reason for using DCM in place of a Kalman filter is that it's much ligh
Read more…Is there anyone working on using the wii nunchuck and motion+ as an IMU for a plane? I see that the nunchuck to arduino code exists, and I've seen that the arduino DCM code exists. I haven't, however, seen a wii-based IMU for a plane. Is there some r
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