Comment by Howard Gordon on April 14, 2009 at 12:41pm

Looks like fun. Weather should be pretty good, as long as you can finish before the winds kick in -

Partly sunny. A 10 percent chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs 64 to 70. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts to around 30 mph in the afternoon.

Comment by automatik on April 14, 2009 at 1:15pm

Good Luck!
Are there any official / unofficial blogs or tweets where we can follow the progress?

Comment by Michael on April 14, 2009 at 2:52pm

Good luck guys! Can someone take some video footage? It would be nice to see some of the footage from the competition.

Comment by Mike on April 14, 2009 at 5:06pm

Twitter: SparkFun Competition
https://twitter.com/sparkfun

SparkFun - Autonomous Vehicle Competition - Course Preview Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXT_nc2StYw

Comment by Matt Fisher on April 14, 2009 at 6:03pm

Good Luck - again, lets see pics and video!

Comment by Chris Anderson on April 14, 2009 at 9:53pm

Thanks guys! Jordi and I are here in Boulder working through the ArduPilot roadmap plans. The kids have been put to bed, the batteries are charging and the EasyStars are all set up. We went by Sparkfun today and checked out the pick-and-place machines. The weather was perfect--no wind! Here's hoping tomorrow morning, at least is the same.

Here's Jordi tweaking code, with the planes behind him.

Comment by Saiful Azuwan on April 14, 2009 at 11:05pm

good luck guys

Comment by Michael on April 14, 2009 at 11:49pm

This comment was posted on sprakfuns site located here http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=9016

"is that Chris Anderson? head of DIY Drones? these guys are gonna be in for some rough competition :)"

Hrmmm not sure if they know what they are up against....

Comment by Jonas on April 15, 2009 at 12:55am

Have fun and good luck!!

Comment by Jack Crossfire on April 15, 2009 at 1:59am

A fixed wing with no limit on the radius of the flight plan should have no problem. If he requires it to fly between the buildings, look out. These events are good if you want to build UAV's for a living. That takes guts. Personally have neither a job that allows time off nor the stomach to focus on demos unless they're totally crazy.

Surprised more UAV startups didn't enter. Adaptive Flight milked Patrick Egan's FAA demo like crazy.

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