June 2010 Blog Posts (138)
Senior Telemaster Flight + Glass Cockpit Display
Added by Curt Olson on June 30, 2010 at 7:55pm — 15 Comments
3D Robotics Microscopic pictures of the iPhone's MEMS gyro
Added by Chris Anderson on June 30, 2010 at 5:16pm — 12 Comments
Project Andromeda - Perseus Autopilot and Airframe Developments
It's been a bit overdue but I've posted a number of updates on the Project Andromeda blog detailing our recent progresses with the manufacturing of the airframe, autopilot development and some software tips. The articles are as follows:
The Perseus Autopilot:…
ContinueAdded by Nima K on June 30, 2010 at 5:24am — 8 Comments
Developer Ardupilot 2.6.2 Beta
This beta brings support for the new MediaTek GPS unit. The MTK works great and it's very light.
I've also added some bug fixes including:
- Auto Trim - (on by default) When you enter any flight mode from Manual, you'll save your current trim values. Great for trimming your plane…
Added by Jason Short on June 29, 2010 at 9:32pm — 152 Comments
3D Robotics New in the DIY Drones store: the ultimate Xbee adapter
Added by Chris Anderson on June 29, 2010 at 6:00pm — 19 Comments
Moderator NASA Airstar: taking the simulator out to play
From Flight Global
Added by Gary Mortimer on June 29, 2010 at 10:30am — 11 Comments
Developer Ardupilot Mega's First Complete Mission
Added by Jason Short on June 29, 2010 at 12:00am — 6 Comments
3D Robotics Unboxing the Gaui 330X Quadcopter
[UPDATE: I've now flown this a bit. A few tips, which I learned the hard way:
1) Don't connect the green wire (gain) to your Rx. That disables all the onboard buttons and…
ContinueAdded by Chris Anderson on June 28, 2010 at 11:00pm — 13 Comments
3D Robotics Unboxing the Feiyu FY-3ZT IMU autopilot
As promised ("take one for the team") I bought one of the Feiyu FY-3ZT autopilots from Hooks at FPVFlying.com, and it arrived…
ContinueAdded by Chris Anderson on June 28, 2010 at 10:30pm — 46 Comments
Developer ArduPilot Mega moves off the bench and into the air
There is a lot of work left to do before v1.0 is ready for its beta release, but things are progressing. At present STABILIZE and FLY_BY_WIRE_A are working well. Full 4 channel control has been implemented. On board data logging is really making me smile.
Jason Short and I are working closely together and working through the… Continue
Added by Doug Weibel on June 28, 2010 at 8:25pm — 9 Comments
GPS-INS EKF library
Added by Jonathan Brandmeyer on June 28, 2010 at 7:45pm — 5 Comments
I though this was kind of interesting.
Added by Taylor Cox on June 28, 2010 at 2:32pm — No Comments
Podcast episode 26: What does it take to put an autonomous quadrotor through a window at high speed? Daniel Mellinger enlightens us.
AAC: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=330632997
MP3: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=330633212
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AAC:…
Added by Tim Trueman on June 28, 2010 at 10:30am — 2 Comments
Moderator Manned Octocopter
Added by Gary Mortimer on June 28, 2010 at 8:09am — 9 Comments
3D Robotics Aviation Week: How UAVs Will Change Aviation
Best bit: "… Continue
Added by Chris Anderson on June 27, 2010 at 10:00pm — 5 Comments
On My Way...
Hey Guys! (meant in the most gender neutral of ways),
I have taken my first real step toward building a DIY UAV! This will be boring to most of you, but to someone as far behind the curve as I am, this is HUGE. This community has come so far, and in such a relatively short period of time, that autopilots for RC planes are almost plug-and-play. However, I am determined to learn the basics of process control before moving on to…
ContinueAdded by Paul Marsh on June 27, 2010 at 3:30pm — 13 Comments
Unibody Design "Tedrocopter"
Added by Tedro on June 27, 2010 at 3:17pm — 4 Comments
T3 8 autonomous takeoffs+landings in 24 minutes with EasyUAV
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle EasyUAV fully automatic takeoffs and landings from Krzysztof Bosak on Vimeo.
This is an entry for T3-7 contest.
The best distances landing to takeoff are 35 and 37m.
Only the last 6 of 8 flights are recorded in this video.
Compressed Google Earth logs:…
Continue
Added by Krzysztof Bosak on June 27, 2010 at 1:30pm — 10 Comments
The "Aggressive Quadcopter" team join us tonight for Skype/Ustream podcast episode at 8PM Pacfic (not 9PM)
Added by Tim Trueman on June 27, 2010 at 11:30am — 1 Comment
3D Robotics New PixHawk quadcopter board adds visual waypoints
The new PixHawk quadcopter controller board has some serious horsepower onboard! From the team's post:…
Added by Chris Anderson on June 27, 2010 at 10:30am — 7 Comments
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