Folks,

I'm new to social network sites like this, so not sure if anyone will see this post...

I was involved with a DIY UAV project back in 2000-2001 with a small aviation software company called Wyndemere in Boulder, CO. We did have plans to do some commercial production, but stopped development short of anything useful. At the time our short term goal was to create an affordable platform for airborne measurements/photography.

I inherited most of the equipment/documentation from that project. I joined this site in hopes of being able to share something useful to the community from what we learned, and to perhaps restart that project.

After a quick reading of some of the discussions on autopilot hardware/software, I find it interesting that after 9 years, and the improvements in sensors and processors that folks are hitting the same problems that we did. It convinces me that there is something very basic that is wrong with a complex state engine/navigation system. As I scan through our old notes, I plan on figuring out where I can apply the KISS principle.