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Twin Rotor micro VTOL, new project, let me know what you think!

Started this discussion. Last reply by Jeff Feb 7, 2010. 7 Replies 0 Likes

Hey everyone, I'm looking for thoughts and advice for my project. I have spent the last month laying down the groundwork for a micro VTOL aircraft, which can be flown indoors autonomously. I've…Continue

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Jeff commented on Jeff's blog post 'USB DSM2 Transmitter for my Blade MSR helicopter'

I believe it will, but I am not exactly sure to be honest. I am still new to all of this. So to go along with your comment, I read somewhere that someone found that their MCX had 1 or 2 "hidden" channels that could be used to transmit…

Mar 22, 2010

OpticalFlow commented on Jeff's blog post 'USB DSM2 Transmitter for my Blade MSR helicopter'

Thanks, that's interesting. Do you know whether the LP4DSM can bind to an AR6100 or AR6110 or just to the MSR's 5-in-1 ? I would like to use it to control a camera on my heli, i.e. pan, tilt, shutter. As the video is displayed on the…

Mar 22, 2010

Jeff commented on Jeff's blog post 'USB DSM2 Transmitter for my Blade MSR helicopter'

okay, i found the link: i picked up two Spektrum 1.5g linear servos (http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=SPMAS2000). These include the servo drivers on the board, so that was a selling point along with the 1.5g part thanks for…

Mar 19, 2010

Xander commented on Jeff's blog post 'USB DSM2 Transmitter for my Blade MSR helicopter'

The pro mini is quite well documented on the main Arduino site. http://www.arduino.cc/en/Guide/ArduinoProMini http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardProMini Nice work! Oh, what's a micro servo board? Are you talking about a replacement…

Mar 19, 2010

george commented on Jeff's blog post 'USB DSM2 Transmitter for my Blade MSR helicopter'

Nice, looking forward to getting a blade myself.

Mar 19, 2010

USB DSM2 Transmitter for my Blade MSR helicopter

Today i flew my Blade MSR using a joystick, my PC, and the 2.4ghz LP4DSM transmitter which used to be in the tx controller. The serial protocol is best documented here, but information on this exists elsewhere including here in a few posts, on diydrones. I'm pretty excited that I finally got this working...it took a few nights of serious head scratching to work out some kinks. I used a USB to TTL breakout board to transmit to…See More

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Morli commented on Jeff's blog post 'New Camera'

120us$!!

Mar 3, 2010

mook commented on Jeff's blog post 'New Camera'

expensive! around 120 / pc in low volume (~75)

Mar 3, 2010

Tomtom Express commented on Jeff's blog post 'New Camera'

Wonderful, I am going to Taipei in the next couple of days. I shall pay them a visit :-)

Mar 3, 2010

Jeff commented on Jeff's blog post 'New Camera'

oh and by the way, thanks for the info about the camera!

Mar 3, 2010

Jeff commented on Jeff's blog post 'New Camera'

just to follow up, i know some of you are interested in the vid quality...i hooked it up to record a test video but noticed that the wiring at the camera was loose, risking another crossed wire situation. since i learn from mistakes, I will be…

Mar 3, 2010

Morli commented on Jeff's blog post 'New Camera'

hmmm , yes it looks like it. thanks for the link David, found few more here .....Now where can I find one or 2 to buy as sample?......

Mar 3, 2010

David Conger commented on Jeff's blog post 'New Camera'

Looks a bit like the little camera I'm looking at in my laptop (someone else noticed that in the comments on the vid).

Mar 3, 2010

tycinis commented on Jeff's blog post 'New Camera'

yep misumi camera , great company : http://www.misumi.com.tw/iframe/35063.html

Mar 2, 2010

David Ankers commented on Jeff's blog post 'New Camera'

I should be able to help here, looks like a camera from Misumi in Taiwan. Specifically from the mo-b800 or mo-b900 series. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7-bHQrbAA0

Mar 2, 2010

Wayne commented on Jeff's blog post 'New Camera'

Yeah if you had some sample video, that would be great.

Mar 2, 2010

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USB DSM2 Transmitter for my Blade MSR helicopter

Posted on March 18, 2010 at 6:17pm 5 Comments 0 Likes

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New Camera

Posted on March 1, 2010 at 10:01pm 16 Comments 0 Likes

Just got a new camera (on right). you can compare that to the LTS wireless camera on the left.

more info on this at a later date, I don't have all the specs. maybe someone can identify it. draws 20mA at 3v, color video

Fried Video Transmitter, minor set-back :-(

Posted on February 25, 2010 at 10:57am 7 Comments 0 Likes

Lesson learned: don't try to wire small circuitry at 11pm at night. Last night I received a small CMOS video camera + transmitter combo (2.4 ghz LTS wireless camera) and put it on my E-Flight Blade MSR. I was actually able to…

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Updates-- trying to control a micro indoor helicopter with PC and transmit wireless video

Posted on February 24, 2010 at 11:00am 5 Comments 0 Likes

I just bought a wireless camera for my micro heli E-Flight Blade MSR. More on this below....

I took a few weeks to digest everyone's suggestions, and I think I now have a better grasp on my project and where I should take it. For a while I couldn't quite understand why everyone was telling me that I should loose the complexity and stick to simple designs, but then I remembered… Continue

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At 8:44pm on January 26, 2010, Jonathan Lussier said…: Welcome Jeff!

If you're interested in ARM7 cpus you can see a short thread on the xduino (using STM ST32 Cortex M3) here:
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/xduino-32bit-arm7-cortexm3