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An example of fully working aerial photography UAV

Posted by Krzysztof Bosak on July 30, 2009 at 8:59am
Note precise track following and functional mission simulator. It helps a lot to confirm on the flying field that everything is set up OK. In the worst case, it will fly to customizable rethome zone and automatically return to takeoff point but the flight would be wasted.

UAV autopilot for aerial photography from Krzysztof Bosak on Vimeo.

kbosak at box43.pl
Tags: imu, uav, aerial, photography
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  • Nikos Gerarchakis July 30, 2009 at 10:01pm
    Peter, Krystztof make his own autopilot, for multiplex easystar. More info at http://www.rc-cam.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=3278
  • Peter Meister July 30, 2009 at 7:29pm
    What autopilot are you utilizing - I did not watch the video...
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    Krzysztof Bosak July 30, 2009 at 12:38pm
    Thank you. Funny part, the whole simulations are performed INSIDE the autopilot. The external software just displays, but I have also a development simulator that behaves like 'GPS gone wrong'.
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    Rory Paul July 30, 2009 at 12:33pm
    Anybody thinking of using a UAV for survey work would find the ability to simulate the flight critical. I know of at least one incident where a operator messed up his datum when inputting way points (absolute) and almost lost the UAV except for its out of range error trigger. I personally simulate flights on all occasions and then check the flight log against the original flight plan.

    I really like your approach!
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