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Mechanical Engineer, programmer, 3d artist, amateur rocket builder.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Thinks the new iPhone 4g would make a perfect on board controller for a UAV.
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"Martin, I never said I perceived a personal attic. You are confusing me with Chris.
This is about a project to get a phone to phone to fly a uav. Steering the project away from phones to custom boards does not help the project along, does it?
If…"
This is about a project to get a phone to phone to fly a uav. Steering the project away from phones to custom boards does not help the project along, does it?
If…"
"Actually, Chris... you can pull the plug on the thread now. I've got about zero interest in persuing it."
"That's awesome :) Should be even better on the 4g when it comes out."
"Thanks Chris. I think I will watch the other discussion... at least you guys are working the problems and asking the right questions."
"No, will. You can realize all you want. But you have a choice, as does everyone, on HOW they present their views. If there are technical challenges, then fine, air them. Help (as some have) to weigh the technical choices and trade offs. Acting like…"
"A lot of you blokes are sniveling whiners... You have a choice... "Be warned... that $200 price tag comes with a requirement of a service contract, you may want to factor that in"... I get "The iPhone is NOT $200!!!!!!!!"
Guys, get some beauty rest…"
Guys, get some beauty rest…"
"No Bill, it's not. It is because as far as I know, the first 3-axis gyro in a phone was announced today which happened to be an iphone, which means it is the first phone (to my knowledge) that is ready to fly a drone. If you think that no other…"
"As it turns out, someone did put a gyro inside an Android as a hack... interesting."
"I don't think that the point is the "iphone". I think the point is "phone". I this case, the equipment set packaged in the iphone is a good match for what uav's need. Are there Androids that have gyros in them?"
"We've already established that it is economical (20% less expensive than Martin's system). And what is practical about do-it-yourself drones in the first place? If practicality and quality was the point this would be just "drones.com" and we'd all…"
"Well of course it's not going to be the same quality... it's less expensive.
This is not a quality pissing contest. It is an idea to use a phone as a UAV controller. What is your problem with that?"
This is not a quality pissing contest. It is an idea to use a phone as a UAV controller. What is your problem with that?"
"Actually, the iphone 4g price is only $200. Not $500. So it is $50 cheaper than the $250 Martin mentions. And I can't think of a single reason why the gyros would be inferior and uhappy with vibration. They might be, but there is no known reason for…"
Yesterday, Steve Jobs announced the iPhone 4g... and to my ears, he was really announcing not the latest phone from apple, but the "iDrone". As I heard him talk about the new gyro built into the phone... I started adding the feature set... a fast…
