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Sky Monkey commented on trappy's blog post San Francisco [TBS@USA Grand Finale]"Trappy - you have out done yourself! Stunning!"
Sky Monkey commented on Saulius L.'s blog post Open-source embedable low-cost wifi board used for arducopter telemetry."Nice! Have you performed any range checks? What do you think the maximum link distance might be?"
Sky Monkey commented on trappy's blog post California Coast (TBS @ USA Riad Trip 9/13)"The grand finale? My guess based on past efforts: The Golden Gate Bridge."
Sky Monkey commented on trappy's blog post Death Valley (TBS @ USA Road Trip Chapter 3)"Thanks for clearing that up. So what's next?
The Vegas Strip?
Boulder dam?
Grand Canyon?
Monument Valley?
Mesa Verde?
Carlsbad Cavern? Underground UAV flying - cool!
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Sky Monkey commented on trappy's blog post Death Valley (TBS @ USA Road Trip Chapter 3)"Is your RC aircraft controlled via 2.4GHz as well?"
Sky Monkey commented on Shannon Morrisey's blog post Congress Passes UAV Bill"What? Government agencies supporting UAVs? It could happen... NOT! Check the following
Dvorak posted this without really providing any provenance:
http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2012/02/05/the-fbis-see-somethingsay-something-posters/
Lots…"
Sky Monkey commented on Andre S's blog post web censorship, SOPA/PIPA blackout, open-source and diydronesSky Monkey commented on Andre S's blog post web censorship, SOPA/PIPA blackout, open-source and diydrones"Censorship is the least of the problems with SOPA.
If you post here with a link to a site and someone claims that site has unauthorized IP, they can have DIY-Drones taken off the air, immediately, with no recourse for the owners of…"
Sky Monkey commented on Jani Hirvinen's blog post ArduCopter Factory update: December 2011"The enthusiasm is very evident - this is the sort of company that enjoys their work. As you mentioned above, Sparkfun and of course, DIYDrones shop are also doing what they love best. This is a winning combination - do a good job of…"
Travis commented on Sky Monkey's blog post Quad art..."@Simone: You can actually buy a decent motion tracking system (eg. Natural Point's OptiTrack) for under $10k these days. "
ModeratorSebastian Gralla commented on Sky Monkey's blog post Quad art...
"simone: it all started like this, if everyone things like this, you wouldn't have mobile phones today ;)"
Simone Chiaretta commented on Sky Monkey's blog post Quad art..."And I also guess this is as usual with an external tracking device. I understand this allows cool things, but the reality is that autonomous drones will not be able to operate inside a 100k USD motion tracking grid."
ModeratorEllison Chan commented on Sky Monkey's blog post Quad art...
"So, how do they prevent the foam blocks from getting blown over by the quad?"
Sky Monkey posted a blog postQuad art...
A very interesting architecture web site has a short blurb on a sculpture that will be assembled by quad copters. …See More
Sky Monkey commented on Gisela & Joe Noci's blog post Inexpensive UAV's used in nature conservation and Photography missions in Namibia."Very good use of this technology.
While others foolishly debate "safety" aspects, you are out in the real world getting real world results. Animal tracking, poaching monitoring, and so on, you are doing positive work with this…"
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Quad art...
Posted on November 24, 2011 at 6:41pm 4 Comments 0 Likes
A very interesting architecture web site has a short blurb on a sculpture that will be assembled by quad copters.
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Continue Relax, don't worry, watch this video...
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:30pm 4 Comments 0 Likes
This week I worked with a consultant from out of town and he asked where there might be a good place to fly an RC plane with a camera. "Wow, that's just what *I* do!" I said. (Along with a lot of people here at DIY Drones). Yesterday just before sunset, I sent him off to the beach and he recorded this video. He flies a plane called a "Slow Stick" manually, no autopilot and with a Contour HD helmet cam attached. If possible, watch this at the hi-res setting; it's just simply… Continue
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Season Two of the Trust Time Trial (T3) Contest has now begun. The third round was a reliablilty/aerial photography round for both planes and copters, which is now closed. Stay tuned for the next round, beginning soon.A list of all T3 contests is here.
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