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How to contribute to a DIY Drones project?

Posted by Chris Anderson on September 29, 2011 at 5:00pm

3689426386?profile=originalOne of the biggest challenges in an open source development project is getting the "architecture of participation" right. Like a great game, contributing should be easy to pick up but hard to master, giving people of all skills and experience an opportunity to engage. Right now we have scores of developers working on dozens of projects, but a lot of it is behind the scenes on private email lists, Skype calls and IM threads, Google Docs and 3D Robotics project trackers.  You can see the tip of the iceberg in the change logs, but that's just a hint of the activity that goes on every day.

If you'd like to get involved with the DIY Drones dev teams, here are a few places to start:

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  • Kirill September 30, 2011 at 12:16pm

    I would like to take part in this too, but wondering about the same list for ArduCopter as I involved in it more than in ArduPlane now.

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    Mark Colwell September 30, 2011 at 10:38am

    I will be starting a SharePoint 10 Admin Certification on 24 Oct 2011, and free course  AI: A Modern Approach at Stanford U, until then I can help with a split flap and elevator version for a rugged, heavy lift, long range, Blended Wing Body I am developing. I have a testbed ready to check code too.

  • Jose Angel September 30, 2011 at 9:34am

    Chris, you are fast... as usual :)

    Waiting for the multicopter list...

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    Chris Anderson September 30, 2011 at 9:26am

    Jose: I've updated the list to include some Traditional Heli to-dos. Multicopters coming soon...

  • Jose Angel September 30, 2011 at 8:14am

    Thanks Chris, I look to hear from them soon!

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    Chris Anderson September 30, 2011 at 7:27am

    Jose, yes, I'll ask Jason and Randy to create a list for that, too, as soon as it comes out of beta. Right now we want the initial build to be 100% solid before we bring other people into the dev teams.

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    Doug Weibel September 30, 2011 at 6:20am

    Hello all,

     

    I gave this list to Chris, and would be happy to chat with anyone interested in doing any of these.  I basically know how to do all of them, but am very busy and don't get these done due to work on other issues/projects.

     

    In fact, I would encourage you to contact me if you are interested.  In many cases getting a bit more background info will save a lot of wasted time and help you come up with a solution that better fits into the ArduPlane architecture.  I don't want to publish my email to the whole internet, but if you PM me through the site I will be happy to chat with you directly by PM, email or Skype.

     

  • Jose Angel September 30, 2011 at 2:19am

    Chris, apart fromt the bugs/requests in issue tracker, any list for arducopter project?

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    Adam Rivera September 29, 2011 at 8:02pm

    Aha. Perhaps my confusion started by assuming #5 was for the ArduCopter. I was imagining my Octo flying in fast and flaring before a landing a lot like the huey's in vietnam or something. Unfortunately I have no experience with the ArduPlane setup. I think I will attempt creating a new mode for the ArduCopter. Sorry for the confusion.

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    Chris Anderson September 29, 2011 at 7:43pm

    Adam: sorry about that--buggy CSS style sheet. Now fixed.

     

    This list was created by Doug Weibel, but I think #5 refers to autolanding with fixed wing aircraft using the ArduCopter sonar library. We need to figure out how to translate sonar altitude into a landing flare for a soft landing with a plane. 

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