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glider with clipped wings :) looks good @ Gary , What about small solar panel or small wind mill with dynamo etc to power mini/micro heater for electronic & bat bay ? is it practical ?
3 minutes ago
@ gati, That was interesting to read and I see some merits to it with my very limited knowledge of such project. There are however few things poped up in my mind, no disrespect but both your example( rocket/missile and Tom's( bom) were never expec...
26 minutes ago
I'd ask that the usual rules of DIY Drones apply in this discussion: no politics (let's refrain from talking about "Republican" views), no nationalism (or antinationalism) and no personal attacks. This is a sensitive topic, which is all the more r...
41 minutes ago
Chris, that's the day I will brake the piggy bank with a sledge hammer and race to the DIYDrones store !! Arduino Mega running DCM with a 9DOF IMU, Ublox GPS and Airspeed sensor, possibly with Barometric altitude added, Xbee, all neatly tucked awa...
46 minutes ago
High powered rockets are a better delivery vehicle to something like the Superbowl where the target is enormous. Just getting over the wall into an open-air stadium & landing anywhere is effective. It's easier than UN sugar motor Qassams from Gaza...
1 hour ago
Another good platform to compare to would be the small diameter bomb...it is a long-range glide weapon.
1 hour ago
If your airspeed is slowing than wind speed; then your glide-slope doesn't matter. Presumably you care about being able to operate as many days out of the year as possible; that means incorporating the largest possible performance envelope. Your...
1 hour ago
Mike, it seems LEA5T is available in ublox eshop for 145E as sample? http://www.abacuscity.ch/abashop?s=392&p=productdetail&sku=81
2 hours ago
NS Rana added 2 videos
2 hours ago
thanks.... i will read it. yes i ordered the adapter AND cable from DIY.ublox-center i have already installed
2 hours ago
You can't use it with ArduPilot in its standard settings. Follow the configuration instructions here... Did you get the adapter board and cable from the DIY Drones store? You can't use the Ublox without them, either.
2 hours ago
Chris Anderson added a blog post
For those of you who, like me, love Lego Mindstorms as a robotics prototyping tools, good news. The best programming language for Mindstorms is Robot C, and it's just been upgraded to 2.0. (It's a free upload for registered users of the previous v...
2 hours ago
olli added a discussion
hello, i have ordered the GS-407 .not in DIY-store, because out of stock... must i changed anything in ublox config or i can use it with standard settings ? it´s possible to get a complete config-file for ublox-center ? olli
3 hours ago
UAV's are the tool of gentle nations to /minimize/ civilian casualties; the question appears to be whether or not this same tool could also be used to /maximize/ civilian casualties. It would appear to be dismissable on its face. As others have n...
3 hours ago
Arduino environment is 90% based on Processing, so if you can mess with Ardupilot code you can mess with Processing (C/C++).
3 hours ago
The "notion" is that this tech is beyond the scope of adversarial interest. This is the old fuel that started the fire. The technology is low hanging fruit when viewed as a threat and exacerbated by the lack of a powerful lobby.
3 hours ago
I think the common mod is to sand down the wing roots so they will fit in the EZ Star fuselage. I would avoid taking anything way from the fuselage as I believe the the vertical postions infront and back of the wings are over stressed if you make ...
4 hours ago
IMHO, Why add fuel to fire now? Have enough hinderance and opposition from faa , aaf, abcd and who knows who else, but we all know the available tech in public forum is still far from presision targeting solution required for Mr. T's intentions, f...
4 hours ago
I hope you add the mode part to display ! If I can be of help, let me know. Earl
4 hours ago
Buttons stick out on back next to the 900mhz video RX. Waiting for Gary to post the uplink software. This case is just proof of concept, next case will be much nicer. Earl
4 hours ago

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mo fakahany

Self-retrieving High Altitude Experimental Glider 22 Replies

Started by mo fakahany in Aircraft platforms. Last reply by Morli 3 minutes ago.

Gil

Replacing thermo sensors 5 Replies

Started by Gil in Sensors & IMUs. Last reply by OlivierD. 46 minutes ago.

olli

config GS-407 ? 2 Replies

Started by olli in GPS. Last reply by olli 2 hours ago.

Colby sts

Over powered Easystar with Easyglider wing? 17 Replies

Started by Colby sts in Aircraft platforms. Last reply by John Johnson 4 hours ago.

Richard Green

Z Sensor 3 Replies

Started by Richard Green in ArduPilot software version 2.4. Last reply by Chris Anderson 5 hours ago.

Dale Sparrow

Need help with Reconnaissance blimp 21 Replies

Started by Dale Sparrow in Blimps (other than Blimpduino). Last reply by Chris Anderson 6 hours ago.

Antonio Watkins

com port 12 Replies

Started by Antonio Watkins in ArduPilot software version 2.4. Last reply by Chris Anderson 6 hours ago.

Donald B Andrews

blimp doesn't run 5 Replies

Started by Donald B Andrews in Blimpduino. Last reply by Donald B Andrews 16 hours ago.

Jonathan Lussier

u-Blox 6 4 Replies

Started by Jonathan Lussier in Autopilot hardware. Last reply by Morli 23 hours ago.

Doug Connell

Sony Webbie with Magnetic Lens 5 Replies

Started by Doug Connell in Aerial photography. Last reply by Morli 1 day ago.

Jay Smith

upload error. 12 Replies

Started by Jay Smith in ArduPilot. Last reply by Jay Smith 1 day ago.

Tumba

Proposal 30mm x 50mm Autopilot with ATMEGA 1280 2 Replies

Started by Tumba in ArduPilot Mega. Last reply by Tumba 1 day ago.

olli

first test of ardu failed... 5 Replies

Started by olli in Newbie. Last reply by olli 1 day ago.

Magnus Persson

funjet .h file

Started by Magnus Persson in Aircraft platforms 1 day ago.

Faisal Shah

SCXL004DN Differential pressure sensor (0 to 4in H20) 2 Replies

Started by Faisal Shah in Sensors & IMUs. Last reply by Doug Weibel 1 day ago.

Beau Guidry

Flir Tau and other IR cameras 8 Replies

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Remi

No XBee data sent/received by Ardupilot 3 Replies

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Dave

One tip..about stabilization IMU 39 Replies

Started by Dave in Autopilot software/algorithms. Last reply by Paul Bizard Nov 20.

Curt Filipowski

Cold Weather UAV Sensors 24 Replies

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Welcome!

This is a site for all things about amateur Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): How-to's, videos, discussion and more (you can read more about us here). Please use the tabs above to navigate the site.

These are our Arduino-based open source autopilot projects:
* ArduPilot, a very low-cost (the basic board is just $24.95!) autopilot
* BlimpDuino, an autonomous blimp with both infrared and ultrasonic guidance

Other UAV/autopilot projects and code, by processor and OS type, are here.
Earlier DIY Drones projects, including Lego and cellphone autopilots, are here
Interviews with interesting UAV and autopilot experts are here.

FAQs:
* I'm new to all this--where do I start?
* Are amateur UAVs legal?
* What's the difference between a gyro and an accelerometer? Do I need both?
* I'm confused by all these terms! Is there a glossary? (yes!)

You can find a list of external UAV resources, including commercial UAVs and other open source UAV projects and code here.

Contests

The third round of the DIY Drones Trust Time Trial (T3) Contest has now begun. This round is an altitude round that attempts to beat the current world record for cumulative climbs. Deadline is November 29th. Enter here.

Blog Posts

Chris Anderson

RobotC Version 2.0 now out

For those of you who, like me, love Lego Mindstorms as a robotics prototyping tools, good news. The best programming language for Mindstorms is Robot C, and it's just been upgraded to 2.0. (It's a free upl… Continue

Posted by Chris Anderson on November 22, 2009 at 12:17pm

Sarel P. Wagner

IASSA, Light Unmanned Aircraft Flight Demonstration

This event happened on Sunday 22 November 2009.

More images and videos to follow soon.



UAV Flying Day v2.pdf The brochure.… Continue

Posted by Sarel P. Wagner on November 22, 2009 at 7:30am — 9 Comments

Chris Anderson

In AUVSI mag: "Do Terrorists Want UAS, Too?"


There's a provocative piece in the current issue of the AUVSI's offical magazine, Umanned Systems.… Continue

Posted by Chris Anderson on November 21, 2009 at 11:30pm — 10 Comments

Chris Anderson

DIY Drones live chat/podcast Sunday. Guest: Steve Morris of MLB


Free video streaming by Ustream

Tomorrow (Sunday) night we'll do our regular podcast, which everyone here is welcome to participate in by listening to the chat live above and commenting and asking questions via the DIY Drones… Continue

Posted by Chris Anderson on November 21, 2009 at 6:30pm

Chris Anderson

Beta of AttoPilot GCS


The folks at Millswood EngiContinue

Posted by Chris Anderson on November 20, 2009 at 9:13pm — 5 Comments

Jack Crossfire

FLYING REALLY HIGH & MORE DISHES

FLYING REALLY HIGH

For the first time since Mike Fouche documented it on Goo Tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6j--ja_okg

An autonomous copter has flown at a certain very high altitude in a certain country. The exact altitude & country is a secret to protect the innocent of course. It was also at midnight, like all our most extreme test flights.

Since the radio seems to work better if the antenna isn't blocked by anythin… Continue

Posted by Jack Crossfire on November 20, 2009 at 2:00pm — 4 Comments

Roberto Hawkowski

CHR-6d, US$125, 1.5grams 6DoF IMU

CHR-6d, US$125, 1.5grams 6DoF IMU


Did anybody use "CHR-6d Inertial Measurement Unit" (US$125, 1.5grams 6DoF IMU) in his/her UAV?

Posted by Roberto Hawkowski on November 20, 2009 at 5:00am — 6 Comments

Jean-Louis Naudin

The ASP XR-01 UAV with the Ardupilot v2.4.6


On nov 15,2009, this was a great day, my ASP XR-01 UAV fully equiped with the ArduPilot v2.4.… Continue

Posted by Jean-Louis Naudin on November 19, 2009 at 12:19am — 24 Comments

HappyKillmore

ArduIMU V2 Test Application



This application was designed to help you test your ArduIMU V2 by showing graphically and numerically all of the data being output from the IMU.

You can download the Setup here: ArduIMUTest Setup (3 MB)

This version of the Test App uses the MSCOMM control, so the max COM port number is 16 (unfortunately a limitation set forth my Microsoft).

Be… Continue

Posted by HappyKillmore on November 18, 2009 at 7:30pm — 9 Comments

Bryan Cuervo

Pushing the UAV DevBoard to the limits


Tailless & Wingletless from Bryan Cuervo on Vimeo.


In one more attempt to test the abilities and push the limits of Bill's UAV DevBoard, I removed the winglets from my tailless design so now there are no horizontal or vertical stabilizers.
The video is in three segments; the first showing manual flight with stabilization disengaged. You can see the difficu… Continue

Posted by Bryan Cuervo on November 18, 2009 at 5:06pm — 5 Comments

Adam Kaplan

SC-203, Small UAVs, and You

Earlier tonight I had the pleasure of attending an AIAA seminar on Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the National Airspace System led by John Moore, a principal design engineer with Rockwell Collins.

SC-203, a special committee requested by both the AOPA and the FAA, is currently drafting recommendations for policies that will "assure the safe operation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) within the National Airspace System." A vast majority of the regulations SC-203 is in the process of drafting wil… Continue

Posted by Adam Kaplan on November 17, 2009 at 9:01pm — 1 Comment

Dimitar Kolev

Airtec UAVs video



Promised video from Airtec
Hummingbird
Falcon
Fancopter

Regards,
Dimitar

Posted by Dimitar Kolev on November 16, 2009 at 11:33pm — 5 Comments

Angus Peart

Yet another 3 axis single chip gyroscope


http://www.st.com/stonline/stappl/cms/press/news/year2009/p2440.htm

Apparently a world first, but I swear I saw something similar a few weeks ago.

Again though as with the ITG-3200 an… Continue

Posted by Angus Peart on November 16, 2009 at 3:41pm — 14 Comments

agmatthews

ArduIMU groundstation written in 'processing'

I have created a basic 'ground station' for the ArduIMU in the 'Processing' IDE



The Processing development environment is very similar to the Arduino evironment
Processing compiles into Java, it allows you to run the same code on Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.

Being a Mac… Continue

Posted by agmatthews on November 16, 2009 at 4:00am — 16 Comments

Hooks

Small UAV platform



Hi Everyone

I got my fingers on this UAV platform - maybe it could be an interesting platform for the community.

Remember to use your Chinese translation..


Some information:
Wingspan: 1120 mm
Body length: 970

The airframe is made up of the compound of PVC and EPS, which is light weigh… Continue

Posted by Hooks on November 16, 2009 at 2:00am — 34 Comments

automatik

Gyro and accelerometer vibration tests



I pe… Continue

Posted by automatik on November 16, 2009 at 1:00am — 2 Comments

Chris Anderson

DIY Drones live chat/podcast tonight at 8:30pm PST


Free video streaming by Ustream

Tonight (Sunday) we'll do our regular podcast, which everyone here is welcome to participate in by listening to the chat live above and commenting and asking questions via the DIY Drones… Continue

Posted by Chris Anderson on November 15, 2009 at 6:30pm

Jordi Muñoz

More news.. (Including new 2Ch OptoCoupler and ArduIMU Flat issue)

For some reason my left index finger hurts me, so i can't type very well. ;-)

I'm setting up ArduIMU and ArduPilot SVN repertory, in conjunction with Google code. In that way you will be able to track all the changes made to the code and spot the differences between revisions with the possibility to comment (or complain) about it.

Lets do an interesting example, if you go to google code repertory for ardupilot and you click in the tab "source" and then in the option "Changes", or just click he… Continue

Posted by Jordi Muñoz on November 15, 2009 at 1:30pm — 10 Comments

Chris Anderson

Excellent tear-down of an old military gyro



They don't make them like this anymore! Gorgeous manufacturing, but it's still a mystery how this ol… Continue

Posted by Chris Anderson on November 14, 2009 at 5:24pm

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