I am looking for a RS232 to TTL (Xbee Pro) adapter board that can take +7v / -7v on the RS232 side. From the what I can see most of the boards only accommodate 5v or they do not mention the spec. Any suggestions would be welcome.
Thanks in advance.
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Can anybody recommend reasonably priced a cnc service based in the US that is able to cut parts from CF sheets. I need a small number of parts manufactured.
Thanks
Rory
Any DIYdrone enthusiasts in the St Louis metro area? I am looking for a good testing site for a fixed wing.
R.
Read more…I have just purchased my first Xbee 900mhz modems to replace an older 2.4Ghz Maxstream system. I was wondering if anybody had any suggestion on optimum antennas? Also can you use a pigtail to connect between the Xbee card and the antenna without affe
Read more…Google's "driverless" car program has been getting some attention in the media over the last few months and I have started to wonder about the parallels between it and our hobby. According to the article these vehicles have been operating on our stre
Read more…Came across this on craigslist this evening.
http://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/laf/1807805065.html
"We were operating a small unmanned aircraft that looks similar to a helicopter Wednesday June 23rd, near Desert Ridge High School at Crismon & Baseline
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I would like to get the groups thoughts /experience on the possibility of electronic problems when flying close to high voltage power lines (obvious application of line inspection).
I was wondering what the potential risks be to on board elect
A new FDC NOTAM/TFR has been issued for the greater Los Angeles, CA area beginning Monday, 4/19, at 5:01p until 11:00a PDT, Tuesday, 4/20. The TFR isissued for security purposes to cover VIP movement in this area. Model aircraftoperations are prohibi
Read more…Well since the wind is too strong to fly today I thought I would dosomething constructive. I have been hearing quite a few mutteringsregarding MP support and as the CropCam users group has been verybeneficial to the users of that product I thought th
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There is some great news. The new owners of Lentsika have informed me that the new version of the product is now ready for sale.
I have had the opportunity to demo the software and there are some great im
Read more…http://uav.mckeon.house.gov/.(Pasted on by Mr. Robert Blair)
Read more…I though that the group would aoppreciate this video as the perspective is rarely seen. It was taken by Alpo Hassinen a MicroPilot CropCam user from Finland who is always pushing the envelope.Click here for the VIDEO
I was wondering how important is it to place the IMU close to the CG of the airframe. I have been using an FMA CoPilot and I do not recall that there was much mention of placing the sensor near the CG. Any thoughts on this?
Read more…Okay first of all this is not mine I just came across while perusing ebay Looks like a target drone.Click here to sere
Hi GroupDue to the down turn in the economy I find that I have plenty of spare time to devote to my UAS hobby. I am looking for some interesting aerial imaging projects (agriculture , archeology, land management) for the summer.I operate a small UAS
Read more…I have recently had a crash while flying with an FMA CoPilot. The plane (Ultra Stick) was flying level and I was not providing any inputs when the plane nose dived into the ground. The only explanation I have is radio interference or some kind of the
Read more…Ok I have way too much free time but how is this for stabilization.....Chicken Video
Read more…Hi AllI am having a bit of trouble with an FAM Co-pilot. When I switch on the Co-Pilot the plane remains level but has the "jitters" I have tried dialing back the sensitivity and re-calibrating but this does not help. I was wondering if the fact that
Read more…I am looking for a good location for flight testing in Southern California. Has anybody got any suggestions? My local RC field is in a tight valley and there are just too many interested folks.Ideally a farm with a 50 to 100 acres of empty fields wou
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