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Help with the Sony webbie

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robust estimator of the direction cosine matrix

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Discussion forum for Sparkfun 3-axis IMU-based autopilot board

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Brian Wolfe commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'AttoPilot 3.3, IMU, flying wing prices released'
I didn't realize your volumes were that high. That's great. Jordi has put together quite the nice web store so I guess selling other products there helps too.
December 1
Brian Wolfe commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'AttoPilot 3.3, IMU, flying wing prices released'
Don't be too hard on Dean Kevin. The price structure and level of commitment needed to run a viable business is very different than that for a hobby or "sideline". Imagine if Chris had to feed his family solely on what he made from his Ardu products…
December 1
Brian Wolfe commented on Scott Plunkett's blog post 'Outback Challenge - Who's up for a run??'
I'm interested. Whether or not the realities of life allow me time to participate are another story.
November 30
Brian Wolfe commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'T3 Contest, Round 3'
Hey Gary, I'm running a PicPilot (I've also called it a Pic32 Pilot), my own home brew AP - not the commercial Pico Pilot. Minor thing. Thanks, Brian
November 29
Brian Wolfe commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'T3 Contest, Round 3'
I'm seeing some awesome runs here after a week away. I was considering the possibility of putting in a bigger battery, tweaking the code and getting another run in, but seeings how I just got back from a glorious week in Hawaii (neener neener neener…
November 29
Brian Wolfe commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post 'Anybody able to guess what this is??'
I'd bet 6 months salary I know what it is ;o)
November 22
Brian Wolfe commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'T3 Contest, Round 3'
I'm impressed with the run time Mark got out of his battery. I went back out this last weekend and made an attempt at the course but as I expected didn't get anywhere near the run time to get to 7100ft. I have made some changes to improve things pl…
November 18
Brian Wolfe commented on Jianguo Zhao's blog post 'A New AHRS about $300'
Why do we think it's an Analog devices three axis gyro? The users manual say it uses two gyro chips to sens the three axis but doesn't state the manufacturer. It does say the rate limit is 500deg/S. I don't think Analog Devices is selling any multi…
November 16
Brian Wolfe commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'T3 Contest, Round 3'
T3-3 Pre-Run Test: I finally found some time to start looking at the new T3 challenge but decided to take a baby step since I'm making several changes/updates for this round. Firstly, I haven't taught my autopilot how to do circles yet. I was lookin…
November 13
Brian Wolfe commented on Angus Peart's blog post '"World's First Single Chip 3-Axis Digital Gyroscope"'
I'll withhold judgment until they release the full specs. It does have a built in temp sensor, but they don't talk about (at least that I saw) noise, bandwidth, resonant frequency or drift. Even when using some form of drift compensation, which with…
October 27
Brian Wolfe commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'New 9DOF IMU--$400-$500. Looks good'
Dragos, I agree completly. In using my PicPilot on several platforms I've come to the conlusion it would be better to have the magnetometer remotlely mounted. There just is no single place for mounting that is suitable for all platforms. My next rev…
October 27
Brian Wolfe commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'T3 Contest, Round 2--UPDATE: Deadline extended (and new contest previewed)'
Real Teeth? Oh no, those are caps the dentist gave me to cover up my bad teeth. The rest is classified. Time to scrub that image from our minds and move on to T3-3. ...Please.
October 22
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October 22
Brian Wolfe commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'T3 Contest, Round 2--UPDATE: Deadline extended (and new contest previewed)'
Well, unfortunately I don't really have any goofy hats so I decided to just take a picture of my standard flying gear. . . . . . . . Living in the desert, it's always important to stay protected from the sun as much as possible. . . . . . . . Also f…
October 21

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u-Blox rocks.
More to follow....

wait, that's five words.... I mean nine words...that is to say thirteen words.......oh poo

Posted on October 15, 2009 at 9:47am — 4 Comments

Brian Wolfe

Built up Three more PicPilots




Well my back ordered parts finally came in so I built up my last three PicPilot boards. I plan on keeping one of them so I'll have two to play around with. One is in my Tri Rotor and the other will be installed in the Easy Star clone I just received. Of the remaining… Continue

Posted on July 27, 2009 at 1:10am — 22 Comments

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Easy Star Clone




AXN Floater

Not sure if any of you have seen this, but there's a decent looking easy star clone for what appears to be a pretty good price. Here is a… Continue

Posted on June 23, 2009 at 2:11pm — 9 Comments

Brian Wolfe

PicPilot/Y UFO musings

Well I completely removed the stock Y-UFO electronics (except for speed controllers of course) and am now doing all the mixing and stabilization with the PicPilot. Here is a pic of the install.




It's been too windy to fly outdoors so I've been doing what testing I can inside.… Continue

Posted on June 20, 2009 at 5:18pm — 6 Comments

Brian Wolfe

PicPilot Flies a Tri-Rotor.....

Well at least for a couple minutes and six inches off the ground. Read on!



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Posted on June 13, 2009 at 12:00pm — 11 Comments

Comment Wall (3 comments)

At 4:25pm on June 12, 2009, Julian said…
Hi Brian, I like the work you've done with your autopilot, and it would be pretty awesome to see it in one of my airplanes down the road. I've switched gears from rocket launched UAVs to fast deploying ones, so the rocket engine is no more, but the folding wing design is staying. We'll see what happens...
Julian
At 2:38pm on October 22, 2009, Gary Mortimer said…
Brian, I need you to confirm the airframe and auto you used, I may be being dense and not seeing them written anywhere.

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At 3:13pm on October 22, 2009, Gary Mortimer said…
Thats what I thought, but I also thought I should check.

Loved the photo BTW!

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