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Crowdsourcing works! New, equally peaceful but more realistic banner

Posted by Chris Anderson on February 26, 2010 at 9:42am


After much discussion about my poor effort to turn a military Reaper into a NASA Ikhana, IKE took the initiative to do it right and go straight to the source. He took a Ikhana photo, flipped and tilted it so it was about right for the logo, then vector traced it and removed the unnecessary bits. Voila: our new logo. Many thanks (and a $50 DIY Drones gift certificate) to IKE!


Here's how he did it:


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  • Rana February 26, 2010 at 6:14pm
    Chris and all others, pl. forgive me, I suggested this keeping in mind that once my Ardupilot got struck in customs. I got letter from them, they once again examined the packet in front of me and asked me several times about the drone photo on the Arupilot Board.

    I tried to explain them a lot but they said "see the photo, the aircraft has so many arms, means this item is part of such air craft which has all this"

    I myself could not conveince them then I called Major. Sharma to visit customs and explain them, then I got it back.

    Generally less ware and less educated people assumes the pitot tube as weapon.

    It was only my suggestion, its all upto Chris and rest of comminity that what they think about it and want to keep finally.
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    Chris Anderson February 26, 2010 at 5:31pm
    That's the pitot tube! Why would people think it was a weapon? I'm not really worried about sensitivities at this point. We've done enough to address the issue. Time to move on to more important matters.
  • Moderator
    Sgt Ric February 26, 2010 at 5:31pm
    People would confuse the pitot tube with what...? (Almost every aircraft has a pitot)

    Lets not get ridiculous now.
  • Rana February 26, 2010 at 5:15pm
    Hi Chris ! It's look OK now. Is is possible to remove the long thinn object which is protruding outwards from the nose, as, with this people generally assue the aircraft / drone armed.
  • Moderator
    Sgt Ric February 26, 2010 at 2:46pm
    Sounds OK.
  • paul hubner February 26, 2010 at 2:39pm
    I like IKE - Well done!
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    Chris Anderson February 26, 2010 at 2:34pm
    SgtRic,

    Good point. But actually now that I'm starting to fly the FunJet (and SkyFun) I really see that advantages of that sort of flying wing design: simple, tough, maneuverable and equally good at going fast or slow. Not as hard to fly as I had expected, either. Not as easy to mount thermopiles, but once we switch entirely to IMUs, I may make them my main planes. They are, after all, very cool looking.

    So I think it's not such much a matter of getting rid of the FunJet picture but getting a better photo of one in UAV form.
  • Admin
    Morli February 26, 2010 at 2:33pm
    Any chance of getting back the camera Pod and loosing the hardpoint
  • Paul Marsh February 26, 2010 at 2:26pm
    Well done. Looks good.
  • Moderator
    Sgt Ric February 26, 2010 at 2:22pm

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