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... where you'll be able to set the takeoff pitch and altitude, as well as add CMD_LAND_OPTIONS entries. Fill in the boxes and click Add Landing Option, and it'll be automatically added to the list. The list is held in sorted order. To delete an option, select it and hit the 'Delete' or 'Backspace' keys on your keyboard.

Finally, You can export your mission to a waypoint writer file. I've only exported to the mission[][5] array, so you'll need to create the file and then copy and paste it in.

If you're using the GPS Simulator with this, and suddenly see the CDI (lowest instrument on the left) needles suddenly jerk around, just ignore it for now. I'll add in functionality so that the CDI will show your deviation from the plotted mission soon.

The updated .AIR file can be found here: http://zhiquanyeo.com/apm-gcs/APM_GCS_ControlStation.air

My new Kopter!

JYNX 4.0: This is JYNX glider designed by RCPLANS.nl . Now a days I am working on it and modifying it for electric motor powered. I am attaching whole plans of this glider. Totally made of depron foam and low cost plattform for APM.

The JYNX is a depron flying wing glider, designed for sloping. It's a simple build, which took me a week to finish in the evening hours. The JYNX has a 15% symmetrical airfoil, which is created by folding the wing from the leading edge around a depron spar. there are no carbon fibre reinforcements used, yet the wing is very strong and stiff. This plane is light on the budget too, as it uses just two cheap 5 gram servo's, a 4 channel receiver and a small battery.So far the prototype has flown a few hours, in which I've experimented with the center of gravity, control throws and reflex. You can find the results on the plan. Keep in mind that reaching the indicated center of gravity will mean you have to place the receiver and battery at the back of the fuselage.The JYNX has had a good number of pretty rough landings, but I haven't found a single scratch or crack. This is a very durable plane.Finishing has been done with clear packing tape used for masking, acrylic paint applied with a brush, and a dry paintroller to absorb and spread the paint. The results can be compared with airbrushed paint.The available space in the fuselage is quite limited. I'm still working on a version with a brushless motor, and might release a new plan for a slightly bigger fuselage soon.

Click the file below to download plans

jynx.zip

Here is a preview of my long range wireless modem.

It's based on a Radiocrafts 868Mhz module (RC1180HP) with 450mW RF output power and good receiver sensitivity.

I'm going to use this for modem telemetry and antenna tracking, one in groundstation and one in the airframe

It has the following features:

1x LCD 102x46dots

4x Buttons

1x MicroSD slot

3x analog to digital inputs

1x I2C

1x SPI (if LCD is not used)

1x RS232 (TTL)

2x Timer outputs (used to connect a 4017 to drive servos)

4.5 to 32volt DC input

Dimensions are 44mm x 55mm x 5mm

More info will be added later.....and yes it will be open-source, I will share all design info if you want....

Edit:

Here you can find the schematics: RC1180HP-Modem.pdf

I noticed this book on the bargain shelf of Barnes and Nobel and picked it up--I haven't been able to put it down since. It's a terrific romp through 150 of the worst aircraft designs in history, but what it really is a catalog of all-too-common engineering errors, such as:

• Solutions looking for problems (such as jetpacks and the Hillar hovering sniper platform)
• Engineers designing planes with no sense of what pilots wanted
• Dependencies on exotic fuels that aren't available
• The "Gillette problem" of adding more wings than the last guy, including some crazy 8-wing things
• Delivering so late that the need is gone.

Market Intel Group’s research reports, titled: “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Counter-Insurgency – Market & Technologies Outlook - 2010-2015” and “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Border Security – Market & Technologies Outlook - 2010-2015.” identify regions, applications, strategies and types of platforms that will lead the rapidly emerging Counter-Insurgency and Border Security UAV markets worldwide. As part of our analysis, we identify China as one of the more aggressive and unpredictable entrants into the heated UAV market.

The WJ600 pictured here is offered as an example of recent Chinese development that is designed to position this country’s UAVs at the forefront of this competitive market. Jeremy Page, in his WSJ article, writes: "China is ramping up production of unmanned aerial vehicles in an apparent bid to catch up with the U.S. and Israel in developing technology that is considered the future of military aviation.” MiG assumes that China would sell UAVs to nations boycotted by the US and Israel. Such an assumption was also confirmed in a round-about way in this article. Page quoted a Chinese official who told him: "I can't tell you which models we have sold overseas, as that's secret, but of course we're interested in exporting them." Since UAV deployment information is mostly public domain, as well as a major marketing tool for competing vendors, keeping information about deals under wrap points to the possibility that such deals were made with countries that current major UAV vendors are reluctant to do business with.

MiG’s new UAV reports analyze, among others, Concepts of Operation, platforms, payloads, evolving markets and applications, allocations, procurement patterns and resultant changes in the rapidly evolving UAV industry worldwide."

Made in strong EPP foam.

Not a RTF kit but a well cut kit made for the long dark nights...

Reviews from RCgroups say it's very stable and great flying platform. (better than Skywalker).

Price is around 100~120 USD + shipping. (ok price)

Specs:

- wing span: 1800mm (may be extended up to 2200mm)
- lenght: 1154mm
- weight: 1200g (empty)
- cargo space: 80x80x400mm
- wing area: 43,2 dm2 / 52,8 dm2

More pictures of the URSUS platform

Link: http://www.napolskimniebie.pl/

Came across this in the Science Museum London as a development by Manchester University. It looked like the motors are fixed at this angle - Why? Anyone suggest any benefits for this arrangement - faster yaw control? greater stability? more controllable?

Peter

The SCORPID-500 is now fully stabilised and controlled by a 9 DOF IMU (ArduIMU+ v2, HMC5843, GPS with firmware TriStab v3.3 JLN). The SCORPID-500 VTOL UAV uses an innovative design based on Gary Gress concept from Gress Aero. The Oblique Active Tilting (OAT) at 45° of the twin engines allows a full pitch control by using the induced gyroscopic moment. Today, the SCORPID-500 UAV prototype has done its first successful flights full IMU stabilised. Its flight is very stable. The earlier prototype has used 4 gyroscopes on board and some addtionnal mixers.