While researching video systems for a recent project, I stumbled across something I had completely forgotten about Amateur TV systems.
Amateur TV is limited to those who hold a Technician Class or higher amateur radio license. If you don't have a lic
I am getting close to moving from a hobby involving RC and UAVs to making a career out of it. I am currently in the final stages of development of an all aluminum airframe with a 5-10 HP gas motor, 20 lb recommended to 50lb max payload, large interna
Read more…Has anyone seen RCPowers.com? On the front page there is an F-35 VTOL foamie that has an awesome partial hover controlled by the on-board gyros. I am seriously thinking of getting the plans for this one when he finishes it. A VTOL function would be g
Read more…As I was cruising through the MAKE: blog, I stumbled across this project. It is not a true UAV, but it seems to be pretty interesting as a platform. If I remember correctly, paraplanes have a really low stall speed, making this a decent platform for
Read more…I do not know if any of you have seen this UAV yet. It is called the hyper blimp. It is an outdoor blimp that is being marketed as a camera platform. There is also footage on the site that shows one that stopped responding to controls, drifted into d
Read more…Has anybody seen these yet? They are a stackable Linux single board processor running an ARM9 processor from Feescale and have peripherals like GPS and robotic control boards.
I found this on hackaday.com. It is an open-source autopilot Wiki that looks like it would fit nicely with the community here.
Read more…Here is a new GPS module that can acquire satellites in less than a second, has 50 channels, can handle extreme temps, and it's footprint is 17mmx22mm. Engineering sample costs $119 but will not be available until January.News releasehttp://www.u-blo
Read more…I don't know if this has been posted here before, but I ran across a pan/tilt camera platform that is controlled by gyro sensors mounted on a video headset. This gives a pretty good first person view while flying and lets you look around just by turn
Read more…Here is a good site for finding engineering equations, tools, and information on several topics. I use this a lot when I start to get in over my head in something.http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/
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