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Image from ArduCopter in GPS-hold autopan photo session

Posted by Chris Anderson on September 14, 2010 at 5:57am


Jose Juilo from the ArduCopter team has been doing great work adding the GPS position hold and autopan features to the code. Yesterday you saw the video of the flight; here's the picture that the quad took, a stitch of 8 photos taken with a programmed slow yaw movement linked to shutter triggers.


Full GPS navigation is the next feature ArduCopter will inherit from the ArduPilot Mega code. Expect a public beta within the month....

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  • Raytrace Nomad September 15, 2010 at 11:42am
    w60 145gr.
    That looks satisfied.
  • Developer
    Jose Julio September 14, 2010 at 2:38pm
    Steve, this is my idea also... and the reason why I return to quadcopters...
    Fabien, the camera is a pentax w60. I got it free from a technical service and I repaired it ;-)
  • Dan Sibisan September 14, 2010 at 2:38pm
    hey hey hey , good news .

    Good Work Jose .
  • Fabien Bruning September 14, 2010 at 12:18pm
    Wow, super nice quality too! What camera was this?

    Not a DSLR I hope? That'd be a bit expensive if it crashed hehe.
  • Steve September 14, 2010 at 11:19am
    @Jani - a 360º yaw plus panning down to get a full sphere (sky would have to be shopped in) with the flick of a switch would be amazing!
  • Developer
    Jani Hirvinen September 14, 2010 at 9:53am
    And there might be even more than just yaw roll :)
  • bGatti September 14, 2010 at 9:34am
    This is a delightfully powerful image(s) expressing the real value of cheap access to low altitude airspace.
  • Simon September 14, 2010 at 6:02am
    Great Stuff!!
    Well Done!
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