Scott Plunkett
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What would you build??

Started this discussion. Last reply by Andy Demartini Oct 17, 2011. 3 Replies

I have an extra Arduino Mega (2560), and have been wanting to continue (reboot) the work that had previously been done on the ArduStation Mega.  I have a 2.8" color touchscreen that I am going to use…Continue

Did I read this wrong??

Started this discussion. Last reply by Chris Anderson Apr 6, 2010. 1 Reply

The other day I was reading one of the posts and read something about one of the newer versions of the ArduPilot software parsing and using NMEA 0183 sentence strings rather than running in a binary…Continue

InertiaDOT

Started this discussion. Last reply by automatik Sep 19, 2009. 1 Reply

This may beold news..but I just saw it and they mention DIY Drones and Bill Premerlani and the IMU Dev Board specifically...so cool...…Continue

Web and other Research Resources

Started this discussion. Last reply by Gary Mortimer Sep 6, 2009. 2 Replies

I admit it, I am a pack rat...of sorts...I have a real tendency to want to accumulate knowledge and information on particular subjects. Recently I have been truly picking over the interwebs for all…Continue

 

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Scott Plunkett commented on Jiri Pistek's blog post '40mm retractable camera turret'
Awesome work...I know a company that paid $3000 for the one from the microuav.com guys (Brandebury Tools,  I think)  Yours looks excellent!  If you need some help taking it commercial (assuming you want to do that,) I could help out…
Jan 25
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Daniel Delaunay commented on Scott Plunkett's blog post 'New GoPro cam for all you drone photogs - Is this your next cam?'
Very disappointed with GoPro Hero 2 performance. This is my first GoPro camera that I acquired to use in a FPV system. But at least in 1080P quality is not even close to that of big brands like Sony, Nikon or Canon point and shoot cameras…
Dec 13, 2011
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Scott Plunkett commented on trappy's blog post 'Stunt sheep'
I've been on and off this site for some time.  When I could, I have contributed what I thought were interesting directions, or tidbits of data, and even hardware designs.  I sincerely enjoy spirited discussions like this one.  I…
Nov 29, 2011
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Scott Plunkett commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'Tour of the new 3D Robotics factory'
Hey so I have to be out that way for a meeting at the Supercomputing Center, how do I score a tour?  get to hang out?
Nov 11, 2011
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Scott Plunkett commented on Sam Kelly's blog post 'Coming soon: MinimOSD!'
This is so awesome...I was about half way into the design on one of these for my ArduStation HUB project...now I can just drop in a header and add it in.   I'll be watching for release date and pricing.  Assuming this is going to be…
Nov 11, 2011
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Macboffin commented on Scott Plunkett's blog post 'New meaning for the phrase "Don't Mess With Texas;" Texas Sheriff's office receives weaponizable drone, alarms local news station'
Ref the Police quad in the river;I think not mechanical or electronics failure, nor pilot error,: after two years failing to get CAA permission to operate they dropped it in the river for the insurance. (If they had asked CAA before using over that…
Nov 11, 2011
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Martin Szymanski commented on Scott Plunkett's blog post 'New meaning for the phrase "Don't Mess With Texas;" Texas Sheriff's office receives weaponizable drone, alarms local news station'
There has been legal interpretations of the vertical property rules. I wonder if the moon as it swept over allowed me its real estates ;-)
Nov 9, 2011
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Scott Plunkett commented on Paul Marsh's blog post 'UAV Exhibit at the Nation Air and Space Museum'
Looks like fun, but you are right, the lack of size of this exhibit is disappointing, especially in light of the overall expanse of the facility as a whole.
Nov 7, 2011
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Scott Plunkett commented on Jordi Muñoz's blog post 'ArduIMU V3 is finally here!'
@Jordi - Any idea on timeline for software? ArduPlane support for an original ArduPilot board?
Nov 4, 2011
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Scott Plunkett commented on apocolipse's blog post 'First video with the ArduBixler'
I like the landing gear...makes me want to spend time on auto-takeoff and landing.
Nov 4, 2011
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Scott Plunkett commented on Scott Plunkett's blog post 'New meaning for the phrase "Don't Mess With Texas;" Texas Sheriff's office receives weaponizable drone, alarms local news station'
@basshead / Mike- Even at that, they don't need to be ABOVE my property (air rights extend vertically from the perimeter of one's land) to see what is going on ON my property.  How many of us live in areas where we can see what is…
Nov 4, 2011
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Mike Pursifull commented on Scott Plunkett's blog post 'New meaning for the phrase "Don't Mess With Texas;" Texas Sheriff's office receives weaponizable drone, alarms local news station'
"only so much of the airspace above their property as they may reasonably use in connection with their enjoyment of the underlying land"   See United States v. Causby   See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_rights
Nov 4, 2011
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Gary Mortimer commented on Scott Plunkett's blog post 'New meaning for the phrase "Don't Mess With Texas;" Texas Sheriff's office receives weaponizable drone, alarms local news station'
@basshead I don't believe you have any rights to airspace above your house!   As has been said, the gap between marketing and reality is as ever huge. Your right the media love stories like this, I do at sUAS News it makes the counter go…
Nov 4, 2011
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Michael Zaffuto commented on Scott Plunkett's blog post 'New meaning for the phrase "Don't Mess With Texas;" Texas Sheriff's office receives weaponizable drone, alarms local news station'
Approximately 550 nanometers (One measureable wavelength of green light) would be my guess.
Nov 4, 2011
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basshead commented on Scott Plunkett's blog post 'New meaning for the phrase "Don't Mess With Texas;" Texas Sheriff's office receives weaponizable drone, alarms local news station'
This is ridiculous, how far above my house do my rights to airspace extend? Anyone know?
Nov 4, 2011
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Scott Plunkett replied to andy j's discussion 'New long range telemetry shield for ARDUINO, with PS3 controller, sensors, interfaces, and up to 40km range : code word DREAMSHIELD'
Did you design / build in PCB123 or send them gerbers from something else?
Nov 3, 2011

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About Me:
Just a hobbyist, looking for difficult projects to try out.
Tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I have been building drones for a few years now, and love all of the small ancillary electronics projects that it requires. Also, the mathematics is incredible as well.
Hometown:
North Richland Hills, Texas

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Faro Focus 3D Scanner - Still a bit large, but 3D Scanners are getting smaller and smaller.

Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:14pm 4 Comments

This is a 3D scanner from Faro.  Spec sheet and brochure and videos can be found at the distributor web site ATS.  This is a video of the scanner on a Lego trolley, so how long until we have something this good on a quad for automated object avoidance and landing???  Engadget article can be found…

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New meaning for the phrase "Don't Mess With Texas;" Texas Sheriff's office receives weaponizable drone, alarms local news station

Posted on November 1, 2011 at 1:03pm 18 Comments

Saw this on the news, and then read about it today on engadget as well.  Interesting points - 50 pound chopper, to be used primarily for surveillance, but also weapons capable.  Local 2 News has a tendency to blow things out of proportion, and they clearly wanted to sensationalize this, but the technology…

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Rotor Concept HPQ-1 quadcopter review at Engadget

Posted on October 27, 2011 at 9:50am 9 Comments

Hands-on video over at engadget about this hardware from Rotor Concepts.  Interestingly they cite a max. altitude of 2000 feet...where are they getting their permits??? {-Just a thought}  I'd love to see a…

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New GoPro cam for all you drone photogs - Is this your next cam?

Posted on October 24, 2011 at 6:34am 20 Comments

GoPro launches HD Hero2 helmet cam, announces video streaming Wi-Fi pack for winter

Check out the full article over on…

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At 9:22am on April 21, 2010, tshadotshado said…
Hello Scott,

I sent 2 private messages and didn't get any response from you.
I would still like to be a member of the workspace to design/build an UAV airplane by the community.
Has the workspace begun ?
What has already been done for the design of this UAV airplane ?
Can you please explain me how to join and participate ?

Best regards,
Jean-Claude

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