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Roberto Hawkowski posted a discussion
Hello,Is there such thing as high definition FPV? i.e. is it possible to transmit high definition video from UAV to ground and receive the transmitted high definition vido on the ground for FPV application?Do you know any high definition FPV system?
Aug 7, 2010
Roberto Hawkowski commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Announcing ArduCopter, the merger of the ArduPilot and AeroQuad projects!
"Heiko,
Are you going to share photos and videos of your platform and flights?"
Aug 1, 2010
Roberto Hawkowski commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Great Tricopter build log
"Excellent videography!"
Jun 23, 2010
Roberto Hawkowski commented on Roman's blog post Paradrone : a paraglider drone
"Do you have web site to market your paraglider?
When are you going to start selling it? When can we order?"
Jun 9, 2010
Roberto Hawkowski commented on Roman's blog post Paradrone : a paraglider drone
"This looks very cool!
Where you have got your paragglider/parafoil from? And how much it cost?"
Jun 9, 2010
Roberto Hawkowski commented on Mark Willis's blog post Aerial Mapping with multicopter
"Which software programs have been used to stitch the photos to reconstruct the 3D terrain?"
Jun 9, 2010
Roberto Hawkowski commented on CrashingDutchman's blog post 3 new camera systems and a new camera
"Web site indicates that "NTSC: 510(H)*492(V), PAL: 500(H)*582(V)".
Does it mean that the camera and TX/RX support both NTSC and PAL?
So you know how to select PAL?"
Jun 1, 2010
Roberto Hawkowski commented on Jose Julio's blog post ArduIMU Quadcopter part II (mini)
"Yun,
"Alive ArduIMU Quadcopter" looks good!
Can you tell (links) us which
* motor,
* ESC,
* propeller,
* battery,
* landing gear
used on your platform?"
May 16, 2010
Roberto Hawkowski commented on Jose Julio's blog post ArduIMU Quadcopter part II (mini)
"Jose Julio,

Thank you for sharing your excellent project with all of us!
I want to build a copy of your platform. I searched HobbyKing for motor, ESC and propeller.
Can you confirm if the following components are correct?
18-11 2000kv Micro…"
May 13, 2010
Roberto Hawkowski commented on Kostas Alexis's blog post New Advanced Servo Controller
"Can this be used to control (postion, speed, trapozoidal motion profile etc.) an ordinary brush type DC motor (12v or 24v 1-6A,p) with quadrature encoder?"
Apr 13, 2010
Roberto Hawkowski commented on Raymundo Magana's blog post New 65 Channel 10Hz GPS Receiver with Smart Antenna @ Sparkfun
"Can someone explain what is the purpose of having 65 channels on a GPS receive, while there are only 24 GPS satellites?"
Apr 10, 2010
Roberto Hawkowski commented on Doug Weibel's blog post Altitude sensing - Ublox versus SCP1000
"A simple GPS should not be trusted for altimeter readings. You can easly test this by logging altitude readings from a stationary GPS for a period of time.
See also:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en-GB&q=altitude+readings+from+..."
Apr 10, 2010
Roberto Hawkowski commented on irobot's photo
"Who supplies these frames and/or complete kit?"
Mar 12, 2010
Roberto Hawkowski posted a blog post
Hello,If you have any positive or negative experience with a low-cost HD (High Definition) camcorder used on small UAVs, can you share it with us ?ThxRoberto
Feb 11, 2010
Roberto Hawkowski commented on Melih Karakelle's blog post New 6 Degree Of Freedom IMUnext from Flytron
"It looks very good! I want to get one (or more).
However, Flytron do not provide any documentation yet. :)
So I'm waiting:("
Jan 14, 2010
Roberto Hawkowski replied to anaximander's discussion Accurate Altitude Sensor for Autoland - new idea?
"Following are two excerpts from a historical application of using light for low altitude measurement;

"...the use of fixed beams of light to determine the altitude of a plane had been developed during World War I" (See also THE DAM BUSTERS (1954))…"
Jan 6, 2010
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