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DeveloperOlivier ADLER replied to Assaf Weiss's discussion RTL climb altitude

" It is relative to the home position altitude. Be warned that home position is not always stored at arming. If GPS reception is poor, home position will be stored later as soon as the GPS will get a 3D Fix. Olivier "

5 minutes ago

Yannick replied to Craig Elder's discussion APM Copter 2.9.1.b has been released

"hello Jan, i tried your advice but it didn't work. Throttle mid was at 350, no difference. Later i tuned Rate P and Stabilize P. Because of my Closed Loop ESCs i can raise Rate P from 0.110 to 0.16. Stabilize P from 4.0 to 5.0. Stabilize I is…"

6 minutes ago

Richard Boyhan replied to pyrosamz's discussion how do i access the vibration data?

"Go to the command line interface (CLI) and enter LOGS, the enter ENABLE RAW. Fly a short flight. Go back to CLI and unload your log and then browse it. You will need to scroll way down till you see a row titled with RAW pick the column with zAccel…"

8 minutes ago

R. D. Starwalt replied to DVS QUAD's discussion CAMERA MOUNT

"Good question. They have integrated the sonar mount and extra space for items such as the camera. They are not, at this time, listing that plate with replacement parts. You could use the standard square plate as base template and fabricate your own.…"

14 minutes ago

Monroe Lee King Jr. commented on Hooks's blog post APM 2.5 from hobbyking

" I think cloning is cloning I think Trademark infringement is trademark infringement. One is legal the other one is not. Some folks will buy a clone some folks wont not really the issue here IMO. In life you take chances sometimes it works out…"

25 minutes ago

Marc Cretten posted a discussion

Noob help

Hi Guys,Multirotor is new to me and i have developed an interest in these crafts. I fly RC helis and have done so for the last 6 years or so.Lets a i have a Hex with motors and ESC's, what else would i need to get into the air?...My plan is to do some aerial photography and video....just for the hell of it.Any help will be great, even pointing the right place will help. I have gone through a bunch of threads on DIY before joining. Will the APM do the Job? APM vs NAZA?Thanks in advance.See More

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Assistant AdminJoshua Johnson commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Interesting-sounding drones conference in NYC in October

"I've seen a lot more UAV & UAS Conferences popping up all over the U.S. within the last 2 years!! Promising stuff!"

31 minutes ago

Toni Test replied to Toni Test's discussion Tips: APM and Arduplane

"Hi, nice to hear from you. You will be amazed about the technology. I was worried, too, in the beginning, to have artificial intelligence on board. However, after several flights I got more confident. The first flight,…"

37 minutes ago

CrashingDutchman commented on Georacer's blog post Altitude Comparison: barometer vs GPS

"Can you explain the small dip to below zero at just over 50s in time? You don't see what kind of craft you used the Autopilot with, but it's interesting to see that when altitude increases there is not a big difference between the…"

37 minutes ago

R. D. Starwalt replied to R. D. Starwalt's discussion APM2.5 5V/Vcc Schematic

"With USB connected, will the APM respond to a CLI? What radio TX/RX are you using? -=Doug"

41 minutes ago

ModeratorHooks commented on Hooks's blog post APM 2.5 from hobbyking

"Agree lets find the right track again."

44 minutes ago

R. D. Starwalt commented on Joshua Ott's blog post Thirty Days (#17): 12-rotor close up

"It would depend on if the servo is a continuous rotate setup or the conventional rotate type. The servo twists the band continuously in one case -- to some purpose; partially for another. My vote: I'm with Bruno and others: Drop mechanism -=Doug"

48 minutes ago

ronald mallett commented on Joshua Ott's blog post "Drones: The future of disaster response"

"The more they try to ban them the more more uses they are finding for them!"

49 minutes ago

KAZUFUMI SUZUKI added a discussion to the group Japan ArduCopter Group

Arducopter- 3.0-ｒｃ3

Arducopter- 3.0-ｒｃ3が出てますけどTester Onlyどんな感じでしょうね？どなたか動かしてみましたか？http://ardupilot.com/downloads/?did=60 See More

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Assaf Weiss posted a discussion

RTL climb altitude

Hi all,In the manual it says that when RTL is switched on, the copter will climb to a minimum altitude 15m.Is 15m absolute, or is it relative to the home position where the copter was armed?Thanks.See More

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pyrosamz posted a discussion

how do i access the vibration data?

just wondering how I access the vibration data in apm to see if my apm 2.5 is isolated enough? cheers!!See More

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RTL climb altitude

Started by Assaf Weiss in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter). Last reply by Olivier ADLER 5 minutes ago. 1 Reply 0 Likes

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APM Copter 2.9.1.b has been released

Started by Craig Elder in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter). Last reply by Yannick 6 minutes ago. 802 Replies 9 Likes

how do i access the vibration data?

Started by pyrosamz in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter). Last reply by Richard Boyhan 8 minutes ago. 1 Reply 0 Likes

CAMERA MOUNT

Started by DVS QUAD in Aerial photography. Last reply by R. D. Starwalt 14 minutes ago. 1 Reply 0 Likes

Noob help

Started by Marc Cretten in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter) 29 minutes ago. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Tips: APM and Arduplane

Started by Toni Test in Newbie. Last reply by Toni Test 37 minutes ago. 2 Replies 0 Likes

APM2.5 5V/Vcc Schematic

Started by R. D. Starwalt in ArduPilotMega 2.x hardware. Last reply by R. D. Starwalt 41 minutes ago. 65 Replies 4 Likes

3DR RTF Quadcopter - setup install

Started by Jon in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter). Last reply by pyrosamz 1 hour ago. 1 Reply 0 Likes

Adding extra functions to MinimOSD

Started by Gábor Zoltán in OSD. Last reply by Miguel Pereira 1 hour ago. 2023 Replies 34 Likes

Damaged winding, motor still runs?

Started by Andrew Chapman in Engines/Motors/Props. Last reply by Euan Ramsay 3 hours ago. 4 Replies 0 Likes

One hot ESC on quadcopter

Started by koen.hufkens in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter). Last reply by Olivier ADLER 3 hours ago. 9 Replies 0 Likes

Live Update of Flight plan - like Sensefly

Started by CanadaRunner in Wireless communications 4 hours ago. 0 Replies 0 Likes

"Y" cable for telemetry

Started by Euan Ramsay in OSD. Last reply by Jon von Weymarn 4 hours ago. 1 Reply 0 Likes

APM 2.5 with NEO-6M ublox gps (not 3DR LEA-6)

Started by u4eake in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter). Last reply by Meiser 5 hours ago. 99 Replies 2 Likes

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ArduCopter 2.9 / 2.9.1 released

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This community created the Arduino-based ArduPilot, the world's first universal autopilot (planes, multicopters of all sorts and ground rovers). The APM 2.5 autopilot hardware runs a variety of powerful free UAV software systems, including:

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Interesting-sounding drones conference in NYC in October

Posted by Chris Anderson on May 23, 2013 at 10:27pm 1 Comment 1 Like

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Roofs inspection test with VR Brain Pro on GolaKele Frame

Posted by Roberto Navoni on May 23, 2013 at 10:00pm 1 Comment 4 Likes

Dear Friends,

on VirtualRobotix we are working in new advanced platform based on GolaKele Frame and VR Brain Gold and PRO configuration.

This is first example of service where we use the our multicopter for roof inspection.

In the test use also Wookong DJI on other Hexa for doing some comparison on two different kind of…

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Afterflight: A browser-based system for analysis and annotation of video and sensor data from UAVs.

Posted by Aaron Curtis on May 23, 2013 at 9:00pm 3 Comments 2 Likes

Several months ago I started working on a system called Afterflight to organize and browse my tlogs and dataflash logs, sync them with video, and view them along with a map GPS display. It still has a long way to go, but there is a fair amount of working functionality so I figured I'd get it out there…

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Battle Drone Crash Test & DIY Walkthrough

Posted by Marque Cornblatt on May 23, 2013 at 7:23pm 2 Comments 3 Likes

Here is a short video of the design, build and crash testing of the Game of Drone's Battle Quad. It's waterproof, bulletproof, and can fly away from almost any crash.

"Fly 'em hard and put 'em away wet. They're only drones"

http://youtu.be/tjR2nm5tMks

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"Drones: The future of disaster response"

Posted by Joshua Ott on May 23, 2013 at 6:30pm 2 Comments 2 Likes

CNN just posted this story

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Thirty Days (#17): 12-rotor close up

Posted by Joshua Ott on May 23, 2013 at 4:30pm 13 Comments 9 Likes

I had a couple of requests for a still shot of the 12-rotor beast that Joe and Justin cooked up, so here it…

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Altitude Comparison: barometer vs GPS

Posted by Georacer on May 23, 2013 at 3:30pm 1 Comment 1 Like

This might be a common knowledge, but in the last months I haven't seen a similar post. Maybe someone new to barometers might be interested in this data.

The GPS receivers return altitude data, but this is inaccurate. The error margin depends on the satellite constellation geometry…

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Black Box Stories: Mid-Air Crash

Posted by Georacer on May 23, 2013 at 3:10pm 3 Comments 5 Likes

Last Wednesday I went out to the field for some flight tests and gains trimming. Other people where flying their model planes there too. We usually follow a counter-clockwise pattern while flying to avoid collisions. That day I was flying especially slow, so when I took the turn, I did so on the spot and…

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F.A.A.’s Concerns Hold Up Use of Wildfire Drones

Posted by elad o on May 23, 2013 at 2:27pm 7 Comments 1 Like

Maggie Rogers/Alaska Division of Forestry

Greg Walker, the director of the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aerial Systems Integration, preparing a drone for launching.

SAN FRANCISCO — As wildfire season begins in Western landscapes that were covered in smoky haze for weeks at a time last summer, the federal government’s…

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Lithium battery dreams

Posted by Dave C on May 23, 2013 at 12:14pm 6 Comments 2 Likes

New lithium-ion battery design that’s 2,000 times more powerful, recharges 1,000 times faster... I'm drooling!

http://www.extremetech.com/computing/153614-new-lithium-ion-battery-design-thats-2000-times-more-powerful-recharges-1000-times-faster

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Unmanned aircraft can protect crops from locusts

by Gabino Martinez Serrano The world population is growing at a rapid pace. Today we are almost seven billion people and it is estimated that the figure will exceed 10 billion in 15 years. The world’s need for food will double, but the world’s arable land remains the same. Experts say that to increase performance, it is important to plant each crop where it can best develop, increase the yield potential of plant varieties and to reduce adversity posed by pests which have become a real problem. Failure to protect crops from pests would reduce harvests to just over half. Locusts are unique because they undergo a phase change. This means that under certain circumstances related to climate and population density, their behaviour changes and they move, eat and behave as a group, forming gigantic clouds and can travel great distances devouring crops in their path. These pests can affect 20 per cent of the surface of the earth, spreading through Africa, the Near East, and Southwest Asia. More than 65 countries may be at risk of swarms, invasion and reproduction. The last powerful plague occurred in 1988-89, threatening as many as 43 countries, one fifth of the world as [...]

ESCC to use donated unmanned aerial vehicles for science

Ted Shockley MELFA — Launching unmanned aerial vehicles from the Eastern Shore could be a financial plus for the area, and Eastern Shore Community College is positioning itself for an associated educational and training partnership. A link between the two was seen recently when an Aerosonde aerial vehicle donated to the college was unveiled in front of a gathering of staff members and industry experts. “We have something tangible, real, that the students can see,” said College President Linda Thomas-Glover of the unmanned airplane, which from wing to wing was bigger than a typical dining-room table. The particular model was used for years out of Wallops to gather weather data and has flown into hurricanes, said Jon Borcik, a program manager for AAI Corp., which oversees the Aerosonde program. He called it a “coming home mission” for the plane, a fitting place for an aircraft based at Wallops to continue its service. The plane will be used to stimulate an interest in science and also be studied by various college classes. The donation was arraigned by Peter Bale, board chairman for the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International and a former program manager for Aerosonde North America at Wallops. At a [...]

Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems Achieves Milestone C Approval

Insitu announced today that RQ-21A reached Milestone C under the Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) contract with Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). The achievement will enable the program to transition from the Engineering, Manufacturing and Development (EMD) phase to a Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) phase and enter initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E). “This milestone represents the dedication and commitment of the entire government and industry team to executing a challenging and fast-paced EMD program,” said Ryan Hartman , Insitu’s senior vice president of Integrator Programs. “I couldn’t be more proud of the Insitu team. Our greatest asset is our engineering talent and this event represents yet another significant engineering achievement for them.” “This milestone and the LRIP decision is a great accomplishment for our NAVAIR and Insitu team. The rapid development, systems engineering and testing has been superb. The sense of urgency and driving force behind our NAVAIR and Insitu team has been, and continues to be, the simple fact that the RQ-21A UAS will be the first organic & dedicated multi-intelligence UAS for U.S. Marine Corps and Navy tactical commanders. The real-time, actionable intelligence and maritime domain awareness coming from multiple sensors off an expeditionary and ship-capable Group [...]

NM drone testing center could soon face competition

Dan Mayfield New Mexico could lose its lead on unmanned aerial vehicle development when the Federal Aviation Administration lays out a new set of rules that allow more airfields to test UAVs, a state leader in the industry said. The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight Test Center, an airfield run by New Mexico State University and the FAA, is the only FAA-approved UAS, or drone, flight test center in the nation. The center logs data from about two flights daily of commercial drones, which weigh anywhere from 15 ounces to 600 pounds. But last year the FAA said it will authorize six more sites for drone testing. “As soon as the FAA opens the door, there will be an explosion,” said Dennis “Zak” Zaklan, the director of the UAS FTC. “At this point, nobody knows. It depends on the FAA. It creates competition.” http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/news/2013/05/22/drone-test-center-could-face-competition.html Bookmark It Hide Sites

A degree in drones (or, unmanned aircraft systems)

by Lizzie O’Leary Ben Trapnell says, given the chance, “I absolutely believe that unmanned aircraft systems will have more money invested in them from a civil context than they ever did from a military context.” Trapnell helped found and now teaches at the Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems at the University of North Dakota. The program offers — essentially — a degree in drones. Trapnell says there’s been little development of what unmanned aircraft systems can do outside of law enforcement and first responders “so a lot of the students are working with civil contractors that are providing services for the military.” Some of the program’s students finds jobs that pay them well out of college — starting at $60,000 or $70,000 a year. He says many of the stereotypes around drones and what they’re used for are incorrect. Of his students, “not a single one of them has flown an armed unmanned aircraft” though they do work with military contractors, using drones to gather intelligence for troops on the ground. Trapnell also objects to the use of the “d-word”: “I think the term “drone” creates a lot of hate and discontent in people’s minds. They get afraid of it.” As for a [...]

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