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Cheltenham, Gloucestershire County
About Me:
Just retired after 38 years in the European defence industry - in antenna research/design and development. Last 10 years with emphasis on research into airborne DSP (digital signal processing) hardware & UWB's (ultra wideband antennas). Final projects prior to retirement: design and development of antennas for the EADS Typhoon and A400M projects. Knowledge of UAV's - limited to negligable I'm afraid, other than for research into antennas for data links. The DIY DRONES website is a great database for homespun & open-source UAV projects and UAV design/development and control - however, when it comes to antenna's, there appears to be a big gap. I'd like to see myself been able to contribute significantly to that side of things. Anyone have any question/s about antenna's - would be happy to comment and share my experience and ideas.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Have always had an interest in R/C models and model building - but never had much time to pursue the interest. Now have the time to get involved and starting off by getting up to date with the current "state of play" regards R/C & FPV technology.
Hometown:
Cheltenham
Activity Feed
"Marine Radar and 7.4 kg, not for UAV usage - issues regards certification?
That will be an obstacle to be overcome and I haven't a clue what would need to be satisfied. I doubt NAVICO would support "hacking" their product for such an application so…"
That will be an obstacle to be overcome and I haven't a clue what would need to be satisfied. I doubt NAVICO would support "hacking" their product for such an application so…"
A long standing issue flying RC/UAV models in so-called “commercial airspace” has been the issue of safety associated with “situational awareness” i.e the ability of an RC/UAV model to unilaterally institute an “avoidance procedure”. Till that…
"I don't think it was ever decided 100% one way or the other what "killed Columbia" i.e. foam, or foam & ice, or just ice, or a heat resitant tile. The jury is still out. In any event it wasn't Sorbathane - there is none on the outside of the…"
"Gerard
If you read the notes at the end of all the marketing blurb - and it becomes clear that the sub-meter accuracy referred to is subject to certain conditions - as it is with most modern day GPS modules with half decent firmware and onboard…"
If you read the notes at the end of all the marketing blurb - and it becomes clear that the sub-meter accuracy referred to is subject to certain conditions - as it is with most modern day GPS modules with half decent firmware and onboard…"
"As others have already said - Sorbathan: used tons of the stuff at work over the years.
Good enough for Nasa cameras on the shuttle, should be good enough for RC models."
Good enough for Nasa cameras on the shuttle, should be good enough for RC models."
"Mario
Brilliant - you not a little worried about the gear noise (?) - what material have you hobb'd the gears out of??
Meldin 5000 (engineering plastic) - great for small gears"
Brilliant - you not a little worried about the gear noise (?) - what material have you hobb'd the gears out of??
Meldin 5000 (engineering plastic) - great for small gears"
"For those interested - a hack for live video output (read “live” to mean “low latency” in reality) for the HD HERO already exists – done by my son and a university collegue of his - via a USB.2 extension cable/adaptor plugged into the SD card…"
A note regards IR cameras .........IR cams are not cheap pieces of hardware – usually beyond the budget of DIY’ers and hobby flyers – or, need they be?Most IR cams are sold through resellers i.e. companies that have nothing to do with the production…
"Ray
The clue is in the bold underlined writing at the bottom of the posting, just above yours - got it????"
The clue is in the bold underlined writing at the bottom of the posting, just above yours - got it????"
"Apple is stopping the Apple store from been used as a distrabution hub for certain kinds of apps - but there is nothing to stop "Apps that use location-based APIs for automatic or autonomous control of vehicles, aircraft, or other devices" been…"
"Pauli
The USB port is certainly fast enough, and in theory yes I guess it could be used, but it would have to be a braver man than me to undertake all the hardware surgery involved in connecting up the internal SD wiring to the USB port. Anyhow,…"
The USB port is certainly fast enough, and in theory yes I guess it could be used, but it would have to be a braver man than me to undertake all the hardware surgery involved in connecting up the internal SD wiring to the USB port. Anyhow,…"
"Lets be under no illusion just how much time is involved in setting up and then maintaining a website such as this - well done, Chris"
"Oh - foirgot to add: at what cost?
Well, the Hero video camera comes with H.264 encoding - all you got to do is modulate the signal and transmit it - which is exactly what you have to do with an analog signal as well."
Well, the Hero video camera comes with H.264 encoding - all you got to do is modulate the signal and transmit it - which is exactly what you have to do with an analog signal as well."
""we use analog...."
Hang on sec, Jani - you asked me a tech question i.e. why use H.264?
By all means use analoge, but for what it worth you'll get a better picture over a greater distance for the same Tx power and with less bandwidth useage (and…"
Hang on sec, Jani - you asked me a tech question i.e. why use H.264?
By all means use analoge, but for what it worth you'll get a better picture over a greater distance for the same Tx power and with less bandwidth useage (and…"
"Jani
Why H.264?
A live H.264 encoded video stream requires siginifcantly less bandwidth when transmitted from a model plane down to a ground station than will the same video at the same resolution encoded with MPEG2.
In short: that means better…"
Why H.264?
A live H.264 encoded video stream requires siginifcantly less bandwidth when transmitted from a model plane down to a ground station than will the same video at the same resolution encoded with MPEG2.
In short: that means better…"
"For what if worth - eyeofmine.com (0n the webpage noted below) have played quite a bit with this HD Naked and have developed a number of add-on options to include live video output and wireless kits, as well as a few correctional filter kits…"
