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Brian Wolfe commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'Restarting the T3 Contest: Now with copters!'

Just when I finish the 12 step program for UAV Pilots Anonymous you had to go start up T3 again. I had just gotten over the shakes too. Curse you....

Nov 21, 2011

by.charly commented on Brian Wolfe's blog post 'Built up Three more PicPilots'

Thanks a lot Brian! I didn't know about that page of your project. I will test your routines as soon as possible. Thanks again!!! :)

Apr 23, 2011

Brian Wolfe commented on Brian Wolfe's blog post 'Built up Three more PicPilots'

charly, Someone else had asked for help so I posted the code on my website. http://desert-wolfe.com/PICPilot/default.html The zip file has two files, one with the init and processing code and one that shows how I'm reading…

Apr 23, 2011

by.charly commented on Brian Wolfe's blog post 'Built up Three more PicPilots'

Hello Brian, interesting proyect. There is any possibility that you share the routines for the bpm085? I am trying to read it (with not succes) with a 18f873. I will be very gratefull if you could help me!!!

Apr 23, 2011

Brian Wolfe commented on Krzysztof Bosak's blog post 'About serial image processing techniques: automatic methods with time history needed'

I would echo Kris Nackaerts advice to look into Hugin. It has a capability that sounds like what you looking for. At it's core is a set of very powerful open source image processing tools called Panotools. Unfortunatly it is command line driven…

Feb 6, 2011

Brian Wolfe commented on Bill Nesbitt's blog post 'AutoQuad ver 5'

Hey Bill, Great stuff! I use a similar arrangement in my autopilot, but found that if I attribute the velocity errors to accelerometer bias and correct for it I get a low level oscillation whereby the velocity errors cause a change in…

Feb 2, 2011

Brian Wolfe commented on Bill Nesbitt's blog post 'AutoQuad ver 5'

Thanks Bill. I'm familiar with using the mag vector for attitude estimation other than just yaw, I've just been leary to rely on it because of the fear of local magnetic varience as the airframe moves around (clumps of iron, ground…

Jan 31, 2011

Brian Wolfe commented on Bill Nesbitt's blog post 'AutoQuad ver 5'

Hey Bill, Nice board! I can spot another design junkie a mile away. I'm getting ready to re- spin my PICPilot and was wonder why you chose the HMC6042/HMC1041Z combo rather than someof the 3 axis units such as the HMC5843.…

Jan 31, 2011

Brian Wolfe commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'Let's start an official ArduRover project'

Hey Chris, I don't have this exact beast, but one similar. I put a beefier motor on to speed it up and found the gear box couldn't hold up to the load and I stripped several gears before switching back to stock. There are games to be…

Jan 30, 2011

Duane Brocious commented on Brian Wolfe's blog post 'T3 Entry'

Thanks! Cool and keeps the FAA from having ammunition against us.

Jan 30, 2011

T3 Entry

My entry for the T3 contest, ending this weekend. T3_Trappy.kmz See More

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Brian Wolfe commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'T3 Contest, Season 2, Round 1: Synthetic Trappy!'

Link doesn't appear to work. Try Again. T3-Trappy.kmz

Jan 30, 2011

Brian Wolfe commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'T3 Contest, Season 2, Round 1: Synthetic Trappy!'

Here is a link to my entry. Could use some polishing, but it'll work for now. T3-Trappy.kmz I've included the way points in the KMZ file so it wont auto run the flight when you double click on it (at least not on my…

Jan 30, 2011

Brian Wolfe commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'Roundup/Review of all the EasyStar clones'

For those that might decide to give the AXN Floater a try here is my build log. AXN Floater UAV Build

Jan 17, 2011

oliver Grant commented on Brian Wolfe's video

Hi Brian, fantastic project. By far one of the best I have seen. Will keep an eye our for you gerbers!! I'm doing a postgraduate degree in controls engineering at the moment and I'm looking for something to tinker with on the 'rainy…

Pic32 Autopilot Attitude Estimation

Dec 9, 2010

Brian Wolfe commented on Paul Mather's blog post 'First person flight through Google Earth HK - GCS Update'

Hey Happy, Just wanted to let you know I added ArduPilot compatible TM messages to my PicPilot and things seem to be working pretty well with your GCS for the most part. No trouble installing or running on my XP desktop. Haven't tried my…

Nov 23, 2010

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T3 Entry

Posted on January 29, 2011 at 9:00pm 1 Comment 0 Likes

My entry for the T3 contest, ending this weekend.

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T3-8 entry, right under the wire

Posted on September 7, 2010 at 1:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes

T3_8.kml

AXN Floater Buildup

Posted on February 12, 2010 at 1:30am 2 Comments 0 Likes

I'm slowly getting some web pages put up to document the PICPilot development. Since I had just built up another AXN Floater Easy Star clone I thought I would start with that for those considering it as a possible UAV platform. Take a look here if your interested:

http://www.desert-wolfe.com/PICPilot/AXN_Floater_Prt1.html

I'll be adding more content as time allows.

Brian

Two words...

Posted on October 15, 2009 at 9:47am 4 Comments 0 Likes

u-Blox rocks.
More to follow....

wait, that's five words.... I mean nine words...that is to say thirteen words.......oh poo

Built up Three more PicPilots

Posted on July 27, 2009 at 1:10am 30 Comments 0 Likes

Well my back ordered parts finally came in so I built up my last three PicPilot boards. I plan on keeping one of them so I'll have two to play around with. One is in my Tri Rotor and the other will be installed in the Easy Star clone I just received. Of the remaining two, I have one potentially sold leaving one up for grabs. If your interested the cost is… Continue

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At 4:25pm on June 12, 2009, Julian said…: Hi Brian, I like the work you've done with your autopilot, and it would be pretty awesome to see it in one of my airplanes down the road. I've switched gears from rocket launched UAVs to fast deploying ones, so the rocket engine is no more, but the folding wing design is staying. We'll see what happens...
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At 2:38pm on October 22, 2009, Gary Mortimer said…: Brian, I need you to confirm the airframe and auto you used, I may be being dense and not seeing them written anywhere.

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