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Mike W replied to Andrew c's discussion 'Using wireless internet(802.11) as transmission protocol'
Wow thats fantastic! And yes your right about boosting the power and frying the chips, I've read about people bricking them online. Will you be posting a build log of your Overo Fire anytime soon? I bought one of those boards a few months ago…
Jul 21, 2010
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Mike W commented on Mike W's blog post 'Cheap RC Helicopter Controlled via Motion Capture'
Ryan, Thanks for the advice! Your right, having all that processing onboard is the way to go. This particular setup didn't have anything onboard except the standard RC equipment for the helicopter and a driver "puck" for the…
Jul 21, 2010
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Mike W commented on iangl's blog post 'Unveiling the robot'
Looks exciting!! I would watch that Lipo cell on front though - don't want to pinch it too much with the cable tie. I learned this the hard way recently.
Jul 21, 2010
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Mike W replied to Andrew c's discussion 'Using wireless internet(802.11) as transmission protocol'
Has anyone tried boosting power on a Linksys WRT54GL after flashing the firmware with DD-WRT or OpenWRT? I own a few 54GL's (awesome routers by the way) and the first thing I do is flash the firmware with DD-WRT. The additional functionality is…
Jul 21, 2010
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Ryan Beall commented on Mike W's blog post 'Cheap RC Helicopter Controlled via Motion Capture'
"how they do things" meaning Kestrel autopilot GUI and control law layout etc. sorry I wasn't specific. Oh and I would throw in Go Navy, but I'll just drop the "At Least We are not Airforce!" Keep me posted!
Jul 15, 2010
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Ryan Beall commented on Mike W's blog post 'Cheap RC Helicopter Controlled via Motion Capture'
I'm not sure what your setup is, but the more you can offload the lower level flight controls such as altitude hold and attitde hold onto the autopilot the better. Keep the upper level navigation to external visual comp. If you try to do…
Jul 15, 2010
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Mike W commented on Mike W's blog post 'Cheap RC Helicopter Controlled via Motion Capture'
@Ryan, Impressive performance with such few components! Makes me think I almost over-engineered this one.. @Gary, others, Thanks for the accolades! @Morli, Not a hijack at all, thanks for the posts, some really interesting ideas and other work! A…
Jul 15, 2010
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Morli commented on Mike W's blog post 'Cheap RC Helicopter Controlled via Motion Capture'
:(( . too many typos , sorry , (borrowed laptop and internet connection with no MS word spell checker)
Jul 15, 2010

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Cheap RC Helicopter Controlled via Motion Capture

Posted on July 14, 2010 at 2:30pm 11 Comments

Autonomous Helicopter from M W on Vimeo.



Recently we've seen a couple of really interesting university projects where quadcopters are controlled in motion capture stages. The video above demonstrates my progress while working at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies this summer over the course of about 2-3 weeks, to show that even… Continue
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Shmoocon Talk

Posted on February 18, 2010 at 8:00am 6 Comments

Two weeks ago I was invited to give at talk at a security conference in Washington DC called Shmoocon. My talk was titled "Build your own Predator UAV @ 99.95% Discount" and was intended to generate interest and expose the information assurance/security community to the fantastic work being done here at DIYDrones.com and elsewhere with amateur UAVs. I demoed my build of the ArduPilot system and brushed through the project briefly. The talk was well received… Continue
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Under Wing Pan/Tilt

Posted on February 1, 2010 at 2:00pm 16 Comments



Mounted the ServoCity.com SPT50 Sub-Micro Pan & Tilt with two Hitec HS-55 servos and a SuperCircuits.com board camera (one of their inexpensive B/W models) to the underside of the Easy Star wing, directly under the wing spar in the removable block of foam. The camera is secured using hot glue which does a surprisingly fine job of holding it in there, yet making removable… Continue

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