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Monroe Lee King Jr. commented on Hooks's blog post APM 2.5 from hobbyking

" You can write one anytime if you like- That's the thing the list is not there because no one wanted to write one! Anyone that wanted too could have. I'm sure if you wanted too you could be on the document team and write one no one…"

8 minutes ago

AJEsq replied to AJEsq's discussion Arducopter 3.0 RC2 Crash (Suspected Bug with outputs to ESCs)

"Im pretty disappointed community! Where's Randy?"

9 minutes ago

Drone Savant commented on Hooks's blog post APM 2.5 from hobbyking

""There are certainly people that don't look before they leap and run into trouble. You sir take advantage of that to turn people away from this project." And the flip side is that many marketing talks take advantage of that same…"

9 minutes ago

DIY Drones NewsKevin Solar commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Interesting-sounding drones conference in NYC in October

"Nice to see something like this being held on the east coast! Not too far from my neck-of-the-woods. Interesting."

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James Cotton commented on Hooks's blog post APM 2.5 from hobbyking

"And really DS you are going to criticize other projects for overhyping and overmarketing their products while you are selling OP stuff? Perhaps you forgot this piece of marketing magic: https://vimeo.com/52362374 Meanwhile the dev team…"

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jim C. posted a blog post

mapping with condor drone and apm 2.5

Because the latter one of condor drone tests went very well in the navigation, I decided to mount the camera aboard the condor photography for mapping and the results appear promising. …See More

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ken Arifin commented on Chris Anderson's group Agricultural UAVs

"Hi Keeyen Pang , Great to know your from Malaysia . I am in Jakarta . We are developing some heavy duty UAVs here , Here's a video what we do .http://youtu.be/TU47z6GR_d0, I'd love to disccuss and share ideas with you . seems like…"

25 minutes ago

Matthew Coleman commented on Hooks's blog post APM 2.5 from hobbyking

"This is really not so difficult. We are talking about a credits page with a link in obvious places. Being difficult to do is a lame excuse for not trying. Again, it does not matter if you think that people are satisfied not…"

27 minutes ago

Richard Boyhan commented on Marque Cornblatt's blog post Battle Drone Crash Test & DIY Walkthrough

"Very cool. Thanks for sharing."

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Marque Cornblatt commented on Marque Cornblatt's blog post Battle Drone Crash Test & DIY Walkthrough

"Thanks for the comments. The props are from DJI and are made from a very resilient plastic. They are very hard to break but I have broken 2 of them in the past few months. Compared with the typical grey plastic props used by DIYD…"

34 minutes ago

Monroe Lee King Jr. commented on Hooks's blog post APM 2.5 from hobbyking

" I'm old but I'm surely no fool. I wont shoot the goose that laid the golden egg and myself in the foot at the same time. I'm just trying to set the record straight from your twisted account of things I'm not the twisted…"

37 minutes ago

Don Shappelle replied to Don Shappelle's discussion Arducopter spins, doesn't look balanced (Rebuilt after flyaway/crash)

"Thanks for your help. We have liftoff!"

38 minutes ago

John McGrath commented on Markus Horeld's photo

Vibration dampening (2)

"Gotcha on the Cam mount.. you are doing ok for what you have then for sure... Bodie is a fun place and would be great to do an AP shoot there but the Rangers are pretty anal of course never know till you ask and would of course be better during the…"

38 minutes ago

Hugues replied to Hugues's discussion On APM2.5 for quadcopter firmware, how is CH8 of the receiver processed ? in the group ArduCopter User Group

"thx. Instead I tried to use the CH7 as described in the wiki (shutter trigger). I followed the wiki but can't seem to make it function. This is what I connected: -a servo is connected (just for test) on analog 8. -I configured in mission…"

39 minutes ago

Markus Horeld commented on Markus Horeld's video

On Apache Trail

"Yes, a little bit jello, but it's okay for me. Here are two photos of my cam mount: http://www.diydrones.com/photo/img-6140 http://www.diydrones.com/photo/img-6139 All the best, Markus PS: Gold mines, great! Yesterday I was in ex gold mine town…"

41 minutes ago

B. Sargent posted a discussion

Mission Planner Source Code Help

Hey guys, I'm trying to figure out how MAVLink processes all of the data within the Mission Planner. My main objective is to access the data from an outside terminal setting so that I may be able to utilize the data, at request or dictated time intervals, in unison with a CLISP / ICARUS code that I'm going to write so the quadcopter can make decisions on its own or effectively be autonomous eventually. The telemetry data is what I'm focusing on, so position, roll/pitch/"yaw" (I know there isn't…See More

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Arducopter 3.0 RC2 Crash (Suspected Bug with outputs to ESCs)

Started by AJEsq in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter). Last reply by AJEsq 9 minutes ago. 1 Reply 0 Likes

Arducopter spins, doesn't look balanced (Rebuilt after flyaway/crash)

Started by Don Shappelle in Quadcopters. Last reply by Don Shappelle 38 minutes ago. 5 Replies 0 Likes

Mission Planner Source Code Help

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Request for log files

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Noob help

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APM Copter 2.9.1.b has been released

Started by Craig Elder in ArduCopter 2.x (multicopter). Last reply by Daniel B 1 hour ago. 806 Replies 9 Likes

1-2 Hz oscillations only in wind - stabilize

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Damaged winding, motor still runs?

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Issues with RTF Hex copter (FINAL UPDATE)

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PPM SUM with other than 8 channels

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Just another happy ArduPiloteer... my new rig flying great

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This is the home for everything about amateur Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Use the tabs and drop-down menus above to navigate the site. (About us/Site rules)

This community created the Arduino-based ArduPilot, the world's first universal autopilot (planes, multicopters of all sorts and ground rovers). The APM 2.5 autopilot hardware runs a variety of powerful free UAV software systems, including:

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mapping with condor drone and apm 2.5

Posted by jim C. on May 24, 2013 at 8:30am 0 Comments 0 Likes

Because the latter one of condor drone tests went very well in the navigation, I decided to mount the camera aboard the condor photography for mapping and the results appear promising.

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Interesting-sounding drones conference in NYC in October

Posted by Chris Anderson on May 23, 2013 at 10:27pm 2 Comments 2 Likes

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Roofs inspection test with VR Brain Pro on GolaKele Frame

Posted by Roberto Navoni on May 23, 2013 at 10:00pm 1 Comment 4 Likes

Dear Friends,

on VirtualRobotix we are working in new advanced platform based on GolaKele Frame and VR Brain Gold and PRO configuration.

This is first example of service where we use the our multicopter for roof inspection.

In the test use also Wookong DJI on other Hexa for doing some comparison on two different kind of…

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Afterflight: A browser-based system for analysis and annotation of video and sensor data from UAVs.

Posted by Aaron Curtis on May 23, 2013 at 9:00pm 3 Comments 3 Likes

Several months ago I started working on a system called Afterflight to organize and browse my tlogs and dataflash logs, sync them with video, and view them along with a map GPS display. It still has a long way to go, but there is a fair amount of working functionality so I figured I'd get it out there…

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Battle Drone Crash Test & DIY Walkthrough

Posted by Marque Cornblatt on May 23, 2013 at 7:23pm 5 Comments 3 Likes

Here is a short video of the design, build and crash testing of the Game of Drone's Battle Quad. It's waterproof, bulletproof, and can fly away from almost any crash.

"Fly 'em hard and put 'em away wet. They're only drones"

http://youtu.be/tjR2nm5tMks

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"Drones: The future of disaster response"

Posted by Joshua Ott on May 23, 2013 at 6:30pm 2 Comments 2 Likes

CNN just posted this story

Here's an excerpt:…

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Thirty Days (#17): 12-rotor close up

Posted by Joshua Ott on May 23, 2013 at 4:30pm 15 Comments 10 Likes

I had a couple of requests for a still shot of the 12-rotor beast that Joe and Justin cooked up, so here it…

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Altitude Comparison: barometer vs GPS

Posted by Georacer on May 23, 2013 at 3:30pm 2 Comments 1 Like

This might be a common knowledge, but in the last months I haven't seen a similar post. Maybe someone new to barometers might be interested in this data.

The GPS receivers return altitude data, but this is inaccurate. The error margin depends on the satellite constellation geometry…

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Black Box Stories: Mid-Air Crash

Posted by Georacer on May 23, 2013 at 3:10pm 3 Comments 5 Likes

Last Wednesday I went out to the field for some flight tests and gains trimming. Other people where flying their model planes there too. We usually follow a counter-clockwise pattern while flying to avoid collisions. That day I was flying especially slow, so when I took the turn, I did so on the spot and…

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F.A.A.’s Concerns Hold Up Use of Wildfire Drones

Posted by elad o on May 23, 2013 at 2:27pm 7 Comments 1 Like

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Greg Walker, the director of the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aerial Systems Integration, preparing a drone for launching.

SAN FRANCISCO — As wildfire season begins in Western landscapes that were covered in smoky haze for weeks at a time last summer, the federal government’s…

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Unmanned aircraft can protect crops from locusts

by Gabino Martinez Serrano The world population is growing at a rapid pace. Today we are almost seven billion people and it is estimated that the figure will exceed 10 billion in 15 years. The world’s need for food will double, but the world’s arable land remains the same. Experts say that to increase performance, it is important to plant each crop where it can best develop, increase the yield potential of plant varieties and to reduce adversity posed by pests which have become a real problem. Failure to protect crops from pests would reduce harvests to just over half. Locusts are unique because they undergo a phase change. This means that under certain circumstances related to climate and population density, their behaviour changes and they move, eat and behave as a group, forming gigantic clouds and can travel great distances devouring crops in their path. These pests can affect 20 per cent of the surface of the earth, spreading through Africa, the Near East, and Southwest Asia. More than 65 countries may be at risk of swarms, invasion and reproduction. The last powerful plague occurred in 1988-89, threatening as many as 43 countries, one fifth of the world as [...]

ESCC to use donated unmanned aerial vehicles for science

Ted Shockley MELFA — Launching unmanned aerial vehicles from the Eastern Shore could be a financial plus for the area, and Eastern Shore Community College is positioning itself for an associated educational and training partnership. A link between the two was seen recently when an Aerosonde aerial vehicle donated to the college was unveiled in front of a gathering of staff members and industry experts. “We have something tangible, real, that the students can see,” said College President Linda Thomas-Glover of the unmanned airplane, which from wing to wing was bigger than a typical dining-room table. The particular model was used for years out of Wallops to gather weather data and has flown into hurricanes, said Jon Borcik, a program manager for AAI Corp., which oversees the Aerosonde program. He called it a “coming home mission” for the plane, a fitting place for an aircraft based at Wallops to continue its service. The plane will be used to stimulate an interest in science and also be studied by various college classes. The donation was arraigned by Peter Bale, board chairman for the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International and a former program manager for Aerosonde North America at Wallops. At a [...]

Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems Achieves Milestone C Approval

Insitu announced today that RQ-21A reached Milestone C under the Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) contract with Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR). The achievement will enable the program to transition from the Engineering, Manufacturing and Development (EMD) phase to a Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) phase and enter initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E). “This milestone represents the dedication and commitment of the entire government and industry team to executing a challenging and fast-paced EMD program,” said Ryan Hartman , Insitu’s senior vice president of Integrator Programs. “I couldn’t be more proud of the Insitu team. Our greatest asset is our engineering talent and this event represents yet another significant engineering achievement for them.” “This milestone and the LRIP decision is a great accomplishment for our NAVAIR and Insitu team. The rapid development, systems engineering and testing has been superb. The sense of urgency and driving force behind our NAVAIR and Insitu team has been, and continues to be, the simple fact that the RQ-21A UAS will be the first organic & dedicated multi-intelligence UAS for U.S. Marine Corps and Navy tactical commanders. The real-time, actionable intelligence and maritime domain awareness coming from multiple sensors off an expeditionary and ship-capable Group [...]

NM drone testing center could soon face competition

Dan Mayfield New Mexico could lose its lead on unmanned aerial vehicle development when the Federal Aviation Administration lays out a new set of rules that allow more airfields to test UAVs, a state leader in the industry said. The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight Test Center, an airfield run by New Mexico State University and the FAA, is the only FAA-approved UAS, or drone, flight test center in the nation. The center logs data from about two flights daily of commercial drones, which weigh anywhere from 15 ounces to 600 pounds. But last year the FAA said it will authorize six more sites for drone testing. “As soon as the FAA opens the door, there will be an explosion,” said Dennis “Zak” Zaklan, the director of the UAS FTC. “At this point, nobody knows. It depends on the FAA. It creates competition.” http://www.bizjournals.com/albuquerque/news/2013/05/22/drone-test-center-could-face-competition.html Bookmark It Hide Sites

A degree in drones (or, unmanned aircraft systems)

by Lizzie O’Leary Ben Trapnell says, given the chance, “I absolutely believe that unmanned aircraft systems will have more money invested in them from a civil context than they ever did from a military context.” Trapnell helped found and now teaches at the Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems at the University of North Dakota. The program offers — essentially — a degree in drones. Trapnell says there’s been little development of what unmanned aircraft systems can do outside of law enforcement and first responders “so a lot of the students are working with civil contractors that are providing services for the military.” Some of the program’s students finds jobs that pay them well out of college — starting at $60,000 or $70,000 a year. He says many of the stereotypes around drones and what they’re used for are incorrect. Of his students, “not a single one of them has flown an armed unmanned aircraft” though they do work with military contractors, using drones to gather intelligence for troops on the ground. Trapnell also objects to the use of the “d-word”: “I think the term “drone” creates a lot of hate and discontent in people’s minds. They get afraid of it.” As for a [...]

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