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A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle
Started this discussion. Last reply by GliderUAV Feb 15. 34 Replies 6 Likes
"Cruise control" for an e-glider.I am building an e-glider that is controlled normally until you release the sticks. Then the autopilot kicks in and keeps the model around and starts looking for…Continue
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GliderUAV commented on Jean-Louis Naudin's blog post Full autonomous Cross Country Soaring flights with the ThermoPilot v6.xGliderUAV commented on Chris Anderson's blog post DIY Drones and 3D Robotics in great Dutch TV documentary on drones"Hi Chris,
Its fun to find a tv program made in my counrty, in my native language. It is indeed well made. The makers are worried about the
Dutch airfoces preference for the Reaper. Also there is the threat of the armsrace and the inpersonal nature…"
GliderUAV commented on Riccardo Kuebler's blog post Proxima II ! My most complex UDB4 plane. A tribute to Bill Premerlani"Riccardo,
Congratulations. A very nice setup. Full-house controlled by AutoPilot. Do you have plans for autonomous thermalling? That shouldn't be too hard now. Good luck.
GliderUAV."
GliderUAV left a comment for danstrider"Hi Dan,
Love what jou did with Aloft, is your record still standing?
Seems like http://soaring.goosetechnologies.com is dead. What url should I use to reference to Aloft, maybe…"
GliderUAV replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle"Hi Dan,
Love what jou did with Aloft, is your record still standing?
Seems like http://soaring.goosetechnologies.com is dead. What url should I use to reference to Aloft, maybe…"
danstrider replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle"Nice auto-soaring results. Great to see others are interested and having success.
Dan"
GliderUAV commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Details on how Iran may have used a GPS override spoof to capture US drone"I bet heavy encryption in GPS signal will be used the future, but it will take many years before all Gps sats will be replaced. I wonder what Galileo can do to help."
John Campen replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle"Something to keep an eye on is Sliver solar technology where the solar cell can be made into a very thin flexible film which would be ideal for aircraft wing skins. The cells also have nearly double the power capacity and can still generate power in…"
John Campen replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle"Yes its certainly a challenge and Ill do some more researcher on it. I'm also thinking about how we fly looking for thermals by identifying terrain type. For example open fields generate more heat than forests. So perhaps the thermal camera…"
GliderUAV replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle"John,
Detecting the temperature of thermals would be challenging as thermals are only tenths of a degrees warmer then the surrounding air. Also some sort of depth percepion would be required, to know how far away the updrafts are. Maybe advanced…"
John Campen replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle"Have you though about adding hot air sensors somehow like thermal cameras can pick up? I'm also building a UAV but not for thermaling. My other hobby is paragliding and Ive always wondered about experimenting with using thermal goggles to…"
GliderUAV replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle"Adam,
I'm sorry I was a little vague there. I like how you interpreted that, good idea really!
I ment to say this: I use a MicroController (some say uC), a pic18F2550 and program it with JAL v2.4O. It would be fun to take one…"
Adam French replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle"GliderUAV,
I've put it on my list to consider and evolve in my next slope-soaring setup. You'll get a credit in the comments.
What are you programming on now? I used an Arduino for my last project - an autopilot for my sailboat.…"
GliderUAV replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle"Hi Adam,
Yes I did. I wrote it when i was still using pic16f88 devices, so it had to be small and simple. Glad you like it.
Looks like something like a uc be added to the osd and telemetry systems more and more modelpilots are starting to…"
Adam French replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle"Hi GliderUAV,
Thanks for posting your project. This is a cool algorithm - was it your idea? I really appreciate how lean it is.
Best,
Adam
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GliderUAV commented on Jean-Louis Naudin's blog post ThermoPilot project: a Thermal Hunter Glider drone"Wow, Nice!
And I thought only a few people care about Autonmous Thermalling....
I would love to see more of this.
Oh, here is my project:…"
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