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Monroe
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Monroe's Groups
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Learning to program the …
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Telemetry over cellular …
59 members
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ArduCopter Evolution Team
105 members
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Team Prometheus
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ArduPlane User Group
376 members
Monroe's Discussions
Loading code to the 1280 platform
Started this discussion. Last reply by Benny Ho Dec 1, 2011. 12 Replies 0 Likes
AuduIMU Questions
Started this discussion. Last reply by Monroe Feb 18, 2010. 24 Replies 0 Likes
Monroe's Page
Latest Activity
ModeratorMonroe commented on James Goppert's blog post ArkScicos Toolbox now released for Windows/ Mac as well as Linux
ModeratorMonroe replied to Earl's discussion Button Add in MP
"Yeah, it needs to be Mavlink because the telemtery link is going to be stronger than the R/C gear at that distance."
ModeratorMonroe commented on Gerard Toonstra's blog post RTH and "stabilized mode" with the arduimuv3
"I agree it's very interesting. Do you expect to get any data in the near term? I'm loaded down with projects myself."
ModeratorMonroe replied to Flythroughthelens.com's discussion Introduction and new FPV Store
"Love that turrent kit! Way to go!"
ModeratorMonroe replied to Earl's discussion Welcome
"Great idea Earl! I hope so too! Balloons need this sort of thing."
ModeratorMonroe commented on Gerard Toonstra's blog post RTH and "stabilized mode" with the arduimuv3
"What range have you tried? I've looked at something like this but so far the range was not there. I need something like this for a balloon platform. I can use bigger antennas. I need 50km range on the slant to 30km altitude."
ModeratorMonroe commented on Gerard Toonstra's blog post RTH and "stabilized mode" with the arduimuv3
""This setup demonstrates how far you can push this remarkable board. The W5100 chip provides 30Hz telemetry over wifi to the ground (just make sure to use the sparkfun one, I've seen other implementations with a hardware bug that only…"
ModeratorMonroe replied to Hawhoo's discussion First Skyfun Flight - I need some tuning Help ....
"I'll have a look at the logs get back with you later tonight."
ModeratorMonroe commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Congrats to Jordi: One of MIT Technology Review's top entrepreneurs under 35 !
":) Oh well nobody's perfect! :) Now that you mention it yeah it was Jose! Wonder where that video is? I'm sure Jordi will understand what my meaning was anyway. But thanks Jason I'm glad you said something I congradulate Jose too!…"
ModeratorMonroe commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Congrats to Jordi: One of MIT Technology Review's top entrepreneurs under 35 !
"I think the first time I saw Jordi he was playing Ping Pong with an early version of the Arducopter. In a video I can't remember where, It's been a long road huh Jordi. Great job hanging in there I know the pressure must be pretty tough at…"
ModeratorMonroe replied to Hadleigh Shaw's discussion GPS for boat
"How big is your boat :) Your going to need a servo strong enough to turn the wheel. What type of engine do you have? Your going to need throttle control. I'd suggest thinking about radar obstacle warning and avoidance. I'd also look at the…"
ModeratorMonroe replied to Monroe's discussion USB connection dropping packets in the group ArduPlane User Group
"I have no MUX or PPM led at any time."
ModeratorMonroe replied to SecurityCamera2000's discussion Share Your FPV Camera Expirence with SecurityCamera2000
"Find me a tiny board camera with optical zoom and auto focus and I'll be your best buddy! :)
Monroe"
ModeratorMonroe replied to Hawhoo's discussion First Skyfun Flight - I need some tuning Help ....
"Humm, can you post a log file of the flght?"
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Monroe's Blog
APM vs AGC (Apollo Guidance Computer)
Posted on April 26, 2012 at 5:00am 23 Comments 5 Likes
Just for fun I thought I'd do a little comparison between the APM and the AGC that was used on the Apollo 11 moon landing mission :) Just to kinda give you an idea of how truly…
Learning How to Program the Ardupilot
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 9:30pm 31 Comments 5 Likes
Well, they say you can't teach and old dog new tricks! lol I don't believe in the word old and I believe it's a state of mind. In this case…
ContinueSoftware Defined Radio (SDR) on the REALLY cheap!
Posted on April 16, 2012 at 9:30pm 24 Comments 4 Likes
Hey! This might be interesting to some of you? This is a really cheap ($10 USD) SDR! You can buy one off Ebay. They are disguised as a European DVB-T USB TV dongle!
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ContinueManned Autonomous Aircraft
Posted on February 17, 2012 at 6:44pm 22 Comments 2 Likes
This is a Hummel Ultracruiser a US legal ultralight aircraft. http://www.flyhummel.com/ultra_cruiser.htm I already had plans to build this plane and I'm considering using the APM as an autopilot and other experiments may be possible as well.…
ContinueTeam Prometheus How to make a Zero Pressure High Altitude Balloon
Posted on February 5, 2012 at 1:30pm 79 Comments 8 Likes
Making your own Zero Pressure balloon is a bunch easier than you might think! What is a Zero Pressure balloon? A Zero Pressure balloon is a high altitude balloon much like the latex weather balloons many people use to do experiments in NearSpace these day's or altitudes higher than 65,000ft.
These balloons go so…
ContinueComment Wall (4 comments)
- At 4:25am on March 31, 2012,
Rowland said… Sorry - didnt - check will fix
- At 1:00pm on April 11, 2012,
david l stancill said… You guys getting ready for the summer heat?
- At 2:38pm on April 11, 2012,
ModeratorMonroe said… Looking forward to a lot of good stuff happening this spring/summer! Oh yeahbring on the heat (but don't bring on the burn-bans) Rocket flyin weather!
- At 12:03pm on May 1, 2012,
Chad Frazer said… You guys are doing stuff that I SO want to do too!
I think it was about 2 years ago I drew up a sketch of a 3 balloon system with a self stabilizing platform to try to put a rocket into orbit :) I might have it in my black book somewhere...
Contests
Season Two of the Trust Time Trial (T3) Contest has now begun. The third round was a reliablilty/aerial photography round for both planes and copters, which is now closed. Stay tuned for the next round, beginning soon.A list of all T3 contests is here.
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