"Since the MPU6000 chip handles the sensor fusion and provides the processed angles, why would you need to implement DCM as well? Are there other sensor inputs that you are accounting for with the DCM?"
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Joe commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Design for a 3D printed tricopter tail motor mount"The strength will depend on the material and the settings you use. I can attest that our printer can make parts that are virtually indestructible. Of course, that strength comes with a corresponding weight penalty."
Joe commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Final results of the AUVSI student UAS competition"Kansas State University - Piccolo"
Joe commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Final results of the AUVSI student UAS competition"Great Mills High School - Micropilot
University of Arizona - Piccolo
Utah States University ROSAM - Paparazzi
Mississippi State University - Piccolo
Hampton Roads Area High School - In-House Autopilot
One of the Texas teams also had an APM…"
Joe commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Final results of the AUVSI student UAS competition"Delhi Technical University and Rutgers University also used the ArdupilotMega. Sherbrooke University used the Paparazzi."
Joe commented on Julian's blog post Unmanned Development Team"Next year you should definitely look into competing in the AUVSI SUAS competition. Its a good challenge, and a great source of funding if you do well."
Joe commented on Chris Anderson's blog post APM 2.0 beta released!"New data point for the HK GCS.
Reset APM
Connect using HK GCS
Go to "Serial Data" tab and set Attitude to 3 Hz.
The GPS data starts arriving
Go to "Serial Data" tab and set GPS to 3 Hz.
No change observed
Hope this helps"
Joe commented on Chris Anderson's blog post APM 2.0 beta released!"Some notes on the Attitude not displaying in HK GCS. I've had issues getting HK GCS to display attitude data. In most cases no attitude data is even received. The following procedure gets everything working. I'm connected to the aircraft…"
Mike Bakula commented on Joe's blog post AUVSI SUAS Compeition 2010"We use LabVIEW IMAQ imaging, but the school has a site license with National Instruments (NI). If you can't get NI support (you should ask, they're very helpful), look into the open-source OpenCV libraries for your basic functions. Any…"
Malcolm Gibson commented on Joe's blog post AUVSI SUAS Compeition 2010"Hi,
I'm part of an emerging Aerial Robotics Club at my university and we are looking to start doing some work with integrating a camera system into one of our club planes. Ideally, we would like to also use computer vision to be able to…"
Bob Waldron commented on Joe's blog post AUVSI SUAS Compeition 2010"Joe -- I'm involved with the Experimental Aircraft Association activities for electric aircraft, http://www.airventure.org/news/2010/100311_electric.html. We'd love to have representatives from the AUVSI SUAS competition. Would you be able…"
Joe posted a blog postAUVSI SUAS Compeition 2010
Overall ResultsNorth Carolina State UniversityMississippi State UniversityEmbry Riddle Aeronautical University (Blackbird)Sherbrooke University (VAMUdes)University of California at San DiegoBest Flight - North Carolina State UniversityBest Journal - University of California at San DiegoBest Oral Presentation - ???Safety Award - VAMUdeS, University of Sherbrooke.Prize BarrelsAutomatic Target IdentificationUniversity of Texas at AustinHigh Accuracy Target FindingRutgers UniversityEmbry Riddle…See More
Frank Bolduc commented on Joe's blog post AUVSI SUAS Compeition 2010"Hi, First of all I want to say congratulations to all the team who participated to the event! I was with team VAMUdeS from the University of Sherbrooke and this competition has been a great experience for us. We look forward to next year's…"
"Yep, we used Attopilot for the second year in a row!, I am very pleased with the results. We had a crash Sunday night around 8:30 pm, 3 days before the competition started. Although the IMU was kicked around in the mangled fuselage from the impact…"
Joe posted a blog postAUVSI SUAS Compeition 2010
Overall ResultsNorth Carolina State UniversityMississippi State UniversityEmbry Riddle Aeronautical University (Blackbird)Sherbrooke University (VAMUdes)University of California at San DiegoBest Flight - North Carolina State UniversityBest Journal - University of California at San DiegoBest Oral Presentation - ???Safety Award - VAMUdeS, University of Sherbrooke.Prize BarrelsAutomatic Target IdentificationUniversity of Texas at AustinHigh Accuracy Target FindingRutgers UniversityEmbry Riddle…See More
Mike Bakula commented on Joe's blog post AUVSI SUAS Compeition 2010"I was with Embry-Riddle SOAR. We flew the ArduPilot Mega, with a V2 sensor board patched in for XYZ and airspeed. The aircraft was my original EasyStar with the Eflite series-six motor and 8 square inch rudder. We were flying both a Webbie using an…"
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AUVSI SUAS Compeition 2010
Posted on June 20, 2010 at 5:00pm 17 Comments 0 Likes
Overall Results
- North Carolina State University
- Mississippi State University
- Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (Blackbird)
- Sherbrooke University (VAMUdes)
- University of California at San Diego
Best Flight - North Carolina State University…
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