"I have was an $8 Easy capture, but the frame rate depended upon the computer power of the laptop.
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It also really eats into the battery life. I needed to record for several…"
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arashi commented on Hooks's blog post Black X8 EPO wing"@Mark - The new units are black. I got one coming.
They even sell a black Skywalker now."
arashi commented on Sina Kazemi's blog post The Trimaran(Anna)"Nice.
How does the wind sensor work?Is there a need for a full APM2? It seems like it might be accomplished with just an Arduino Mega, GPS, wind sensor, and servos for lesser cost. I believe overall cost is important if you actually let…"
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arashi commented on Monroe's blog post Cold Gas Thruster Help"Wouldn't it be simpler to just run a mechanical gyro for attitude stabilization of such a small craft? Basically set the craft to aim strait down until aerodynamic forces allow the control surfaces to overcome it.
Maybe just place a…"
arashi commented on arashi's blog post My Arducopter UAVforge competition entry"@Ellison - Yes, we all suspected interference at the flight area. I tested my RC control range at the hotel and all was good. Nothing like driving around rural Georgia at 2 am and randomly stopping on the side of the road while wearing…"
arashi commented on arashi's blog post My Arducopter UAVforge competition entry"Day 3 - Thursday May 10, 2012 - First baseline attempt.
After the failures at the pre-trials, I got lucky enough to fly the first baseline attempt of the competition. Back at the hotel, I had a bunch of perfect flights and thought my troubles…"
ModeratorEllison Chan commented on arashi's blog post My Arducopter UAVforge competition entry
"Interesting that it would fly fine in the hotel, but not in the field. Could it be radio interference, deliberate or incidental?"
arashi commented on arashi's blog post My Arducopter UAVforge competition entry"It appears that no one has completed the baseline mission.Darpa has starting posting a day by day account of the event. http://www.uavforge.net/uavhtml/#
Here was one of my flights at the pre-trials. I was still having the intermittent…"
Murray Spoelstra commented on arashi's blog post My Arducopter UAVforge competition entry"Arashi, sorry to hear about your misfortune. I see the posts at the UAVforge website are filled with tales of disaster from some very reputable competitors. Your final model at the fly-off looked really sleek and quite hard to spot, which I suppose…"
arashi commented on arashi's blog post My Arducopter UAVforge competition entry"I'll wait until the competition is finished to post detailed accounts, but I have nothing but praise to offer regarding all aspects of the event. I've read and heard a lot of negative comments about military involvement and…"
ModeratorEllison Chan commented on arashi's blog post My Arducopter UAVforge competition entry
"Arashi, you're doing a lot of pioneering and advanced stuff! I would love to hear some detailed accounts of all your experience for the competition."
arashi commented on arashi's blog post My Arducopter UAVforge competition entry"http://code.google.com/p/ardupilot-mega/issues/detail?id=431
Apparently is a known issue with the APM1, but was an unknown issue to me. I had always used the attopilot current sensor instead of the onboard voltage dividers. I took out…"
ModeratorChris Anderson commented on arashi's blog post My Arducopter UAVforge competition entry
"Arashi: Many thanks for the great update. Robotics competitions are hard, and are rarely successfully completed in the first year, so you should feel good about the learning, at least. I'm not familiar with that voltage monitoring…"
arashi commented on arashi's blog post My Arducopter UAVforge competition entry"Well I'm back and so far, no one has completed the baseline mission. A team must complete the baseline mission to win the money.It was a lot of sleepless nights, but in the end I made a lot of new friends.I was plagued by random gyro…"
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My Arducopter UAVforge competition entry
Posted on March 3, 2012 at 6:00pm 40 Comments 2 Likes
After reading about the crowdsourced UAVforge.net competition here on DIYDrones, I conjured up the audacity to enter an Arducopter into the fray. Since then, the field has been reduced to 20 teams competing for 10 slots in a fly-off scheduled for May.
After some trial and error, I was able to assemble an Arducopter capable of completing the competition course. I passed the required live, directed demo indoors during a snowstorm last…
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Chris Allen said… - lol, the VT-3 U.A.V. is about the size of a paper plate. the names i give my planes is what i think could be done with them, and not actually what they can do. I am sure the right resources i could make it happen. but for now the only guidance system is my two thumbs a radio & receiver .:^)-[---(
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