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How many push buttons should the ArduStation have 5 or six, I have ordered two ArduStation and both have come with just 5 push buttons but there are places for 6 push buttons on the board and all photos of the ArduStation show 6 push buttons being…
"The navigation is not quite as impressive as the Video Camera mounted on the Tail of the plane. They claim that they can read the writing on a candy wrapper sitting on the ground from a Mile up with it."
"Condor, I found this explanation for how they will navigate the plane on Mars. The link takes you to a PDF file with some data on it.
pdf.aiaa.org/preview/CDReadyMUAV2003_834/PV2003_6608.pdf"
pdf.aiaa.org/preview/CDReadyMUAV2003_834/PV2003_6608.pdf"
"They have a simulator you can download and see how it flys. It's under the Multimedia menu option. Kids might like it."
"Star Navigation, like Colombus.
Maybe they have mapped coordinates on previous missions to Mars and are giving it coordinates from those previous scouting missions. Just a thought."
Maybe they have mapped coordinates on previous missions to Mars and are giving it coordinates from those previous scouting missions. Just a thought."
A Link to the Mars Plane NASA project. http://marsairplane.larc.nasa.gov/platform.htmlI seen this and thought it might interest to the members of DIY. A long range drone to be sure.
Sorry folks I posted this in the Blogs section earlier this morning by mistake. My bad.I have a Newbie question about the uBlox adapter battery life span. 2 weeks + or - ?Jordi, do we need to power the unit up to retain the pre-loaded program when…
