"Using a closed source system still has many, many issues. Its taken 3 years of hard work by a dedicated autopilot team to get NC State to a 1st place win in 2010 and a 2nd place win in 2011 at the AUVSI SUAS. Mississippi State failed to fly their…"

"Brakar,

Our router was down until a little while ago, hence no access.

http://art1.mae.ncsu.edu/twiki/bin/view/Main/InstallPathPlanner

This software is available for the express permission of non-corporate, single-user environments and should be…"

"I'm a little baffled by the scoring too...if you look at the post count to win ratio, I would say the scoring is crap!

That aside, I still think this was a great competition. For the most part, this is very similar to the AUVSI Stundent UAS…"

"One last thing, you might be able to find a JR X9303 used in the $250-350 price range (probably nearer the $350 price range). The X9303 is the bottom line high end radio, meaning you get 98% of the programming of the uber high end radios (JR 12X,…"

"I would also take a good long look at the Futaba 7C and the Airtronics RDS8000. The Airtronics is a cheaper radio set that works just as well as Futaba and Spektrum and costs ~$100 less. Their receiver costs are also in line with Spektrum. I love my…"

"yeah, no one is getting in. I know people on faster than T3 (2nd fastest internet connection in the world) and they aren't getting in. Servers crashed!"

"At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter how the technology works. I have tested a Spektrum system with the receiver right on top of a high powered (400 mW) 2.4ghz wireless system and gotten ~2 paces less range than a high end JR pcm system.…"

"I personally recommend the Spektrum DX7, hands down the best radio I have used (ok, the X9303 and JR 12X are better). If you search deep enough, a DX7+AR7000 should set you back $250 at the most. I picked mine up brand new for less than $200. The…"

"Just an fyi, the cheaper airmod (the $110 one) has the same tx module, so it will work with the turnigy 9X radio. The only difference is in the receiver, the $110 kit has an AR7000 ($100 by itself, so the air module is in essence $10), the $180 kit…"

"I would take a serious look at this: http://www.mini-box.com/Alix-3D-Board-3-LAN-1-MINI-PCI-1_3?sc=8&......

The biggest problem is the XR5 can draw 1 watt. The PCI specified maximum is 600mW; therefore, your card is cable of drawing nearly double…"

"Martin,

To my knowledge, we are using this board:
http://www.mini-box.com/Intel-D945GCLF2D-Mini-ITX-Motherboard

We may in reality be using the single core version, but I'm pretty sure it's dual core. At the time we purchased it, it was the only…"

"We have in-house software with that capability (orthorectification). I'm fairly certain this capability doesn't exist or is limited in it's ability in commercial software implementations.

If anyone knows of a commercial product capable of…"

"Wanted to add some more info that may be of interest to some of you!

R/C Link: Spektrum AR9000+2 external receivers, JR10SXII+air module
Safety Switch: RxMux-http://www.acroname.com/robotics/parts/R306-RXMUX.html
Backup R/C Link: Piccolo 900 Mhz…"