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Thermal Imaging

Anyone know any sources for affordable thermal imaging devices? I am in the process of putting togather (well planning and sourcing atleast, airframe is designed) a large gas powered all composite drone (3350mm wing span) designed to conduct grid sea

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40 Mile range!?

hmmm... this new sparkfun board seems promising, boasting a 40 mi line of sight range and 3000m indoor range and it should be easy enough to connect to the APM. the data transfer is a little slower than the XBee pro at 115.2kbps but should extend th

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EDF motor delema...

im working on a custom build using 4 400mm carbon fiber EDF's and trying to choose the right Kv range to turn these monsters. inrunner or outrunner? im not too worried about battery options as it will be powered by a kerosene microturbine/generator s

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