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SLUGS Team commented on Tj Bordelon's blog post Finally, my autopilot is "finished"....
"Congrats Tj,
Very impressive. I am really interested in the radio modem part. Will that appear in the CC article also? Do you have plans on making the schematic/layout and source code available?"
Sep 28, 2009
SLUGS Team commented on SLUGS Team's blog post SLUGS AP: Fully Flight Tested and Open Source
"Thanks Wayne. It is much better. On version 1 of SLUGS we were analog gyros, accels and mags. Drift and noise was pretty bad, and the set-reset circuitry of the mags was a royal pain. On this new setup where we have the AD temperature compensated…"
Aug 31, 2009
SLUGS Team commented on SLUGS Team's blog post SLUGS AP: Fully Flight Tested and Open Source
"@Michele. Thanks for your comments!

@Chris. I take you are familiar with campus, are you still @ UCSC? Thanks for the comments."
Aug 31, 2009
SLUGS Team commented on SLUGS Team's blog post SLUGS AP: Fully Flight Tested and Open Source
"Yeah, we would've loved to enter the T3 but we were all "out of town". We'll try for the next one.

Thanks for the GUI comments!"
Aug 31, 2009
SLUGS Team posted a blog post
So after endless hours in the lab I am happy to report success in all fronts of the autopilot and making the GIT repository publicly available. The project's website has been updated to reflect the new hardware version and all the changes in the…
Aug 31, 2009
SLUGS Team commented on William Premerlani's blog post MatrixNav is released.
"William,
Thanks for your response. Any chance we can take a look at the Simulink Model of your algorithm? We currently have our own controls and 6DOF model, I would really like to take a look at the Simulink section of your algorithm itself.

Really…"
Apr 19, 2009
SLUGS Team left a comment for John
"Hello John,
Haven't thought about any coastal research applications yet, but hopefully the platform we are developing will work as an enabling tool for other research labs."
Apr 17, 2009
SLUGS Team commented on William Premerlani's blog post MatrixNav is released.
"Hello William,
I would be very interested in taking a look at the theory behind this to implement it in a Simulink Model, which would, I think, make it more understandable from the academic point of view. I wonder if you have anything written about…"
Apr 17, 2009
SLUGS Team commented on MC's blog post A "realistic" UAV flight dynamic model of a popular UAV airframe
"Plenty has been written about this. Essentially what you want is a 6DOF aerodynamic model of the aircraft. There are a couple of things you need. First I would highly recommend, as Tom Yochum suggests, to use Simulink as your simulation engine.

The…"
Apr 13, 2009
SLUGS Team commented on SLUGS Team's blog post Hardware-in-the-Loop test results of inner loop/navigation
"Thanks! We don't have a firm date yet but we assume that it will be some time in late May or early June. The reson for this delay is because we are currently in the middle of an extensive hardware revision. We have dropped the gyros, accelerometers…"
Apr 13, 2009
SLUGS Team posted a blog post
Waypoint tracking is one of the most sought-out features in an autopilot. Essentially it allows the end-user to program (generally via a map or an aerial picture) a path (composed of waypoints) that the UAV is commanded to track. When we started…
Apr 12, 2009
SLUGS Team commented on SLUGS Team's blog post SLUGS Autopilot. Soon to become Open Source.
"I completely agree with Chris. And I don't think I understand your point. You are inferring one thing from a previous statement I posted on a comment. When i said that whatever will be (or already is) implemented is in open literature, I mentioned…"
Jan 26, 2009
SLUGS Team commented on SLUGS Team's blog post SLUGS Autopilot. Soon to become Open Source.
"Reagarding export control, open sourcing and what not, all I can say is that I do not know anything regarding US legislation, but I do not see why this would become "anything"-restricted. Everything in the AP has either been or will be published in…"
Jan 24, 2009
SLUGS Team commented on SLUGS Team's blog post SLUGS Autopilot. Soon to become Open Source.
"Thank you for your comments. Yes, we will be posting regular updates in the website's blog as well as in DIYDrones."
Jan 23, 2009
SLUGS Team commented on SLUGS Team's blog post SLUGS Autopilot. Soon to become Open Source.
"Wow! it is much better than what we have right now with the IDGs. I guess we will migrate to that then. Thanks!"
Jan 23, 2009
SLUGS Team commented on SLUGS Team's blog post SLUGS Autopilot. Soon to become Open Source.
"@Noth666, we will NOT sell anything, not now and not in the foreseeable future, so not sure what you mean by "available in Europe." The source code (and binaries), Schematics, Layouts and Gerbers will be available so you can roll your own.

@Varga…"
Jan 23, 2009
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