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KM6VV commented on Chris Anderson's group ArduCopter (traditional heli) user group"@ Jeff,
I've got the Align 450 sprot v2 and also an Align 100 to learn on. I was surprised how small the 100 was when it arrived. Oh well, could be fun.
I'm doing the tail in on the SIM, need to get back to it.
Alan KM6VV
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Richard Thompson commented on JB's group Queensland"I have now flown a DJI 450 with an Ardpilot and 3D Robotics Telemetry. I set some of the waypoint to fly above some landmarks to gauge how accurately it was on track. I am very pleased with how well it is working and even just in stabilize mode it…"
3D RoboticsJoseph Aletky commented on Joshua Ott's blog post Thirty Days (#13): Y6 in-flight motor failure tests
"Since the Y6 is my project, I will chime in and clarify a few things about the design and testing. First, multiple prop combinations where tried. Coaxial prop spacing has a lot to do with performance and prop differential. Since the prop spacing is…"
Jared S commented on SkyrisFX's blog post Building a unique GoPro Gimbal for the 3DR Hexa - Part 2 (video below)"In my experience, longer exposure times result in blurry images before it helps reduce rolling shutter. On a moderate vibration environment anything less than 1/500 results in image degradation due to blur. I'll even sacrifice ISO to…"
Aytek Canak replied to Mehmet Sinan DEMIRAT's discussion Apm2 - Güç Sorunu in the group Turkish Ardu Group"Merhaba,
Board üzerinde power modul girişine yakın ufak bir jumper var onu kontrol ettiniz mi ?
Bu jumper APM'in nasıl beslendiğini belirliyor. Normalde onerilen her iki taraftan iki bec/power module ile beslnemesi wiki ye bir goz…"
Harry replied to Harry's discussion Trying to adapt Jean-Louis' tricopter code to IMU V3"It's working good. It was the connectors. I snugged up several of the connections by bending the pins slightly wider. I remounted the APM on top of several layers of packing bubbles wrapped in masking tape, then held it down…"
Chuck Devaney posted a discussionHexacopter takes off on its own after arming
So my hexa copter once I had armed it jumps up to about 500 feet, mills around a bit and did not respond to stick inputs very well. It then took off and climbed to about 2000 ft and took a course that made it unable to follow. It then came back with to fail safe, no assistance from the pilot and no rtl. The entire time it was is stable mode. I do not know the cause of any of this but perhaps some of you who have experienced fly aways could help. I am open to questions and suggestions.ChuckSee More
Geoffrey Budd replied to Geoffrey Budd's discussion Initial Tri Setup - No Yaw servo response"Bump, I'd really like to not wait another month for another motor and ESC to make this a quad."
eduardo commented on OG's blog post Hybrid Penta Copter"PPSsssss
you NEED A BIGGER GENERATOR to provide a ressonable current to electric engines;
this generator have more than 1~2kg for sure.
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Hafeedz replied to Philip Fretwell's discussion Quad goes to full throttle when selecting height hold or loiter (Love that phrase)"Hello, I could not get the 6 modes, even after minor adjustment on OFFSET and MINOR values. What could possibly go wrong?"
Matt Gunn commented on Matt Gunn's blog post Mapping Mission Ride Along"Altitude was 327 feet (100 meters). Total time was around 10 minutes."
ALK commented on Matt Gunn's blog post Mapping Mission Ride Along"Could you share altitude and total area mapped? And flight time.
Thanks"
Wiki NinjaGary McCray commented on OG's blog post Hybrid Penta Copter
"Very nice, very close to a complete and relatively internal combustion solution.
A small generator or alternator connected to main engine (by belt possibly) could easily provide power for necessary electric motors.
Seems like increasing diameter of…"
Michael Krader replied to Pat's discussion Ardustation with xBee & enclosure for sale $60"if you take paypal ill take it."
James Overington replied to James Overington's discussion CH6 Tuning doing something weird!?"This was resolved by disabling the use of Ch6 for the camera gimbal. I was using Ch6 for tilt adjustment which was obviously interfering with the Ch6 tune function. Setting the tilt Dropdown box to 'Disabled' on the Camera Gimbal…"
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Trying to adapt Jean-Louis' tricopter code to IMU V3
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Hexacopter takes off on its own after arming
Started by Chuck Devaney in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter) 1 hour ago. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Initial Tri Setup - No Yaw servo response
Started by Geoffrey Budd in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter). Last reply by Geoffrey Budd 1 hour ago. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Quad goes to full throttle when selecting height hold or loiter (Love that phrase)
Started by Philip Fretwell in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter). Last reply by Hafeedz 1 hour ago. 23 Replies 1 Like
Ardustation with xBee & enclosure for sale $60
Started by Pat in Buy, Sell, Trade. Last reply by Michael Krader 1 hour ago. 1 Reply 0 Likes
CH6 Tuning doing something weird!?
Started by James Overington in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter). Last reply by James Overington 1 hour ago. 3 Replies 0 Likes
New ebook for total newbies (by a total newbie!) - FREE now....
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Better landing gear/legs
Started by Jason in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter). Last reply by roger 3 hours ago. 14 Replies 1 Like
APM Copter 2.9.1.b has been released
Started by Craig Elder in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter). Last reply by walthero 3 hours ago. 735 Replies 9 Likes
Px4 Testing
Started by John Mulligan in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter). Last reply by Ravi 3 hours ago. 112 Replies 1 Like
Inductive or Magnetic Recharging for ARdrone.
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Using an IOIO board to connect a 3DR radio to Android device
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Connecting a Crius Pro V2, an IOIO micro and a 3DR telemetry system
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Amateur Telemetry onboard Real Life Fast Jets
Started by Sam Thompson in Unassigned category. Last reply by Dr John Lannigan 4 hours ago. 1 Reply 0 Likes
ArduPlane 2.73 released
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Hybrid Penta Copter
Posted by OG on May 19, 2013 at 6:15am 11 Comments 3 Likes
This is a very interesting Hindered multi copter. I was thinking of this same concept using a weed waker motor on a large quad & kk board. But the guys in south Asia have beaten me to it. well it a nice job in any…
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3 axis Camera Gimble connections.
Posted by Jared Reabow on May 19, 2013 at 12:30am 11 Comments 6 Likes
NEW APM 2.5 Pin out and Wire Diagram And Camera Gimble explanation
Hey guys i recently got the APM 2.5, when looking at the pins, I saw A0 - A11 Pins werent being used and i did not know what they were for so i was googling and found a PDF that stated
A0- Sonar/ Ultrasonic A1- Voltage Sensor – Attopilot
A2-Current Sensor – Attopilot
A3- Optical Flow…
Mapping Mission Ride Along
Posted by Matt Gunn on May 18, 2013 at 10:00pm 19 Comments 3 Likes
Here's my 1st mapping test flight with a Skyhunter twin-boom pusher. Im running Arduplane 2.73. Mapping camera is a Canon s95 running an intervalometer script via chdk. Its suspended from a single axis gimbal that keeps the camera pointing down regardless of aircraft bank angle. Video shot from a GoPro 3 Black Edition.
It took 120 photos during the 10 minute…
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Mechanical Hands From A MakerBot: The Magic Of Robohand (From Makerbot blog news)
Posted by Roberto Navoni on May 18, 2013 at 2:37pm 10 Comments 6 Likes
When Richard Van As, a master carpenter in Johannesburg, South Africa, decided to make a set of mechanical fingers, it wasn’t just for fun. He’d lost four of the fingers on his right hand in an unfortunate work accident. For a tradesman like Rich, having a disabled hand is a big professional…
US House Crime/Homeland Security subcommittee hearing on domestic use of drones
Posted by Kyle Derkacz on May 18, 2013 at 2:30am 1 Comment 1 Like
...left with a cliffhanger: are you allowed to shoot down a drone if it's over your "airspace" (very end of the…
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Thirty Days (#13): Y6 in-flight motor failure tests
Posted by Joshua Ott on May 17, 2013 at 6:00pm 15 Comments 4 Likes
Testing out how the new Y6 responds to an in-flight motor failure. Not bad!
VR GIMBAL ( Board Control and IMU ): We are ready for developer.
Posted by Roberto Navoni on May 17, 2013 at 4:30pm 15 Comments 16 Likes
FPV Flying with 3DR Quad and NAZA
Posted by John Maffetone on May 17, 2013 at 2:00pm 3 Comments 4 Likes
Costa Concordia
Posted by trappy on May 17, 2013 at 10:38am 7 Comments 13 Likes
We went and filmed the repair works of the stranded Costa Concordia.
Building a unique GoPro Gimbal for the 3DR Hexa - Part 2 (video below)
Posted by SkyrisFX on May 17, 2013 at 10:33am 14 Comments 1 Like
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Germany Scuttles UAV Program, According To Reports
Agence France Press is reporting that Germany has cancelled a planned ‘Euro Hawk’ UAV programme because it believes European authorities will not certify them to fly in civilian airspace. More from AFP: Germany had “no hope” of seeing the unmanned aircraft, part of a programme that would have cost more than one billion euros ($1.3 billion), approved for use, said the source speaking on condition of anonymity. The European Aviation Safety Agency has said it would only certify the drones to fly over unpopulated areas because of a lack of an anti-collision system to protect airliners, according to German press reports. “The equipment is not ready for approval without immense expenditure,” the source added. Bookmark It Hide Sites
Israel is world’s largest exporter of drones, study finds
By Gili Cohen Israel is the world’s largest exporter of unmanned aircraft, in terms of the number of systems sold, a study has found. Over the last eight years Israel has exported $4.6 billion worth of unmanned aerial vehicles, according to a study by the business consulting firm Frost & Sullivan. UAVs, or drones, constitute nearly 10 percent of Israel’s total military exports. Unmanned equipment exports are a relatively volatile market, the report shows. Israel had $150 million in UAV exports in 2008, a figure which increased substantially in 2009 to $650 million. Exports of the small surveillance planes peaked in 2010, a record year for drone sales, to $979 million. http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-is-world-s-largest-exporter-of-drones-study-finds.premium-1.524771 Bookmark It Hide Sites
Michael Hutt program manager USGS to speak at sUSBexpo
Michael Hutt will share insights from the USGS and their unmanned aircraft operations at the Small Unmanned Systems Business Expo July 25th – 26th at the TechShop San Francisco The USGS National UAS Project Office at the Geosciences and Environmental Change Science Center (GECSC) is located in Denver CO, and is an operational component of the Climate and Land Use Change Land Remote Sensing Program. It was established on May 8, 2008 based on the successful completion of an Emerging Technology Investigation into the potential use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to benefit the DOI and USGS missions. http://susbexpo.com/ Bookmark It Hide Sites
Texas Senate approves bill to curtail drone photography
Remember the River of Blood story, it went viral. Seems the Texa’s senate would prefer to sweep what Texan businesses get up to under the carpet. If this act makes it all the way through and you let this sort of images out into the wild you will be facing the law. It should not have taken the images to uncover the massive pollution that was occurring. Texas should know the condition of its rivers. I would be ashamed to live in a place that seems to care so little for its environment. Good news though for other states bidding to host one of the FAA Test sites, Texas Privacy Act (HB 912) could be a royal PIA for people testing. Use of drones to capture photographs and video images on private property without permission of the owner would be prohibited under a bill the Senate passed Friday. Supporters of the ban say it is needed because of the increasing incidence of indiscriminate surveillance by unmanned drones. The Senate amended the bill, already passed by the House, to exempt unmanned vehicles used by police and law enforcement officers and to protect citizens who use a cellphone or other recording device to film [...]
Congress gets mixed advice on drone laws
AP WASHINGTON – The growing use of unmanned surveillance “eyes in the sky” aircraft raises a thicket of privacy concerns, but Congress is getting mixed advice on what, if anything, to do about it. A future with domestic drones may be inevitable. While civilian drone use is currently limited to government agencies and some public universities, a law passed by Congress last year requires the Federal Aviation Administration to allow widespread drone flights in the United States by 2015. According to FAA estimates, as many as 7,500 civilian drones could be in use within five years. “Technology is great — as long as it’s used the right and proper way,” Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, said at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing Friday on issues surrounding drones — which can be as small as a bird and as large as a plane. http://www.pressherald.com/news/nationworld/congress-gets-mixed-advice-on-drone-laws_2013-05-18.html Bookmark It Hide Sites
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Maritime Heron UAV supports European airspace trial
Europe has advanced a project to prove the feasibility of using satellite communications to enable UAS operations in non-segregated airspace ...Brazilian navy begins UAS evaluation
The Brazilian navy has begun to evaluate two Israeli-made unmanned air systems for maritime surveillance missions ...Indian air force to launch micro UAS evaluation
The Indian air force is to evaluate several micro unmanned air systems from around 10 companies in early May ...VIDEO: Eurocopter demonstrates unmanned EC145
Eurocopter has unveiled an optionally piloted vehicle (OPV), based on its EC145 light twin, which has been in development since September 2011.Israeli F-16 downs another Hezbollah UAV
An Israeli air force Lockheed Martin F-16 has shot down an unmanned air vehicle launched from Lebanon by Hezbollah militants ...
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