This article may be of interest:Unmanned Vehicles Magazine; August 2009 issueThe long road to integration"The FAA is giving high priority to the development of a regulatory environment for small unmanned air systems..."Read full article here (page 46):Unmanned VehiclesRead more…
In my job search I came across the following position. I couldn't help but think of my friends in the DIY Drones community. This might be of interest to some people here.Product Marketing Manager, DOD UAV Controls, Rockwell CollinsPaul@Chris--If this post is inappropriate, please remove.
Read more…
For the time being, I am going to move development of the flow chart version of an "A-to-Z Amateur UAV Development Guide" to this blog post on my personal page. It is far from ready for prime time and should not get much visibility at this stage. If it leads to a useful guide, then perhaps a link can be added to Chris' "Newbies guide to UAVs" which has top-level post visibility.My personal view of where this is going is not so much of a complete standalone set of instructions on how to build a specific UAV, but rather as an effort to capture and organize the wealth of information that already exists or becomes available. If successful, this guide will save future enthusiasts much time and effort in searching out the information they need to plan and execute their own UAV project.I don't necessarily see the flow chart as the final version of such a guide. This might just be the vehicle to capture the information and then become the framework for a Wiki site as has been suggested. While anyone is welcome to collaborate on the flow chart itself, there hasn't been much response to the original post on this. That's OK. I have decided to press ahead with the project and see where it leads.I intend to use this blog space to request help on specific topics as I develop the chart. Mainly, this will be asking for links that can provide specific information. I will try to find these on my own, but I suspect I will make frequent requests. Also, you might know of better links than the ones I find if you happen to be looking over the guide. If you come across a real gem that should be captured, please pass on that link and I'll fit it in.The following will always lead to the current version of the flow chart:DIY Drones A-to-Z Amateur UAV Development GuideAny comments, suggestions, input, etc. are welcome.Thanks,Paul
Read more…
Posted by Paul Marsh on December 27, 2008 at 6:41pm
I am curious to know how members of this community got to where you are with regard to knowledge of controllers and the associated programming. I have been reading this site for weeks, have gone through much of the Paparazzi site and am getting overwhelmed with just where to begin to learn; or more precisely, where to go from here. It's all a little haphazard and disjointed. I even downloaded the Basic Stamp training materials and worked through the exercises (mentally, at least).I can't believe that everyone here is an engineer who just happens to specialize in controllers, so just how have you become so knowledgeable? Where did you begin? What process got you from knowing very little to being able to write code for an autopilot? It almost feels like cheating, now, to go with a plug-and-play autopilot. I really would like to learn the hardware and software, but I'm not getting far on my own.Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.Thanks,Paul
Read more…
