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Sparkfun autonomous competition!?

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Sparkfun autonomous competition!?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Kyle Sanders Jan 15.

FMA Co-Pilot questions
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Chris Anderson Jan 6.

 

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Pat commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'WE WON!!!!'
Do you have a recorded flight path that you could share with us in Google Earth?
April 15
Pat commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'Yay Fire Department! Plane rescued!'
At least it hasn't started to snow yet! Good meeting you today. Pat Brown
April 15
Pat commented on Tom Yochum's blog post 'IMU alignment code progress'
The good news is that the equations of motion and environmental data are really good candidates for S-functions, since one they are tested, you can treat them as block boxes that don't require all the flexibility you get with Simulink blocks. Good...
April 13
Pat commented on Jeremy's blog post 'UAV Project Update - February'
Cool. You should get really nice readings from the rangefinder whether you use the analog, PWM, or serial output. I just finished using an EZ0 on a robot and it worked remarkably well. You might want to double check the range of the EZ1 vs. the EZ...
February 19
Pat commented on Jeremy's blog post 'UAV Project Update - February'
Jeremy, What are you using the range finder for? During landing to detect height above the ground? They are only valid to about 20 feet.
February 18
Pat commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'Surprise! ArduPilot can do stabilization, too'
Jordi, I have a couple of questions about your ground station laptop. 1. Is it a Dell Inspiron Mini 9? 2. Do you have issues with sun glare (glossy screen)? 3. Does it run Labview even though it is an Atom processor? 4. Overall, do you think it is...
January 30
Pat commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'ArduPilot home page'
Chris, thanks for the data sheet link. Is there going to be a more in-depth explanation of the pin-outs on the ArduPilot board? For example, I am interested in connecting a digital compass that uses the I2C serial interface which the data sheet ...
January 29
Pat commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'ArduPilot home page'
Chris, How many bits of resolution do the A/D channels on the Ardupilot have? I picked up mine from Sparkfun today! Got to scope out the UAV course around the building and was pleased to see that there is a fair amount of space surrounding the bu...
January 28

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My first EasyStar RC flights- with GPS too!



Like many others, I have been mildly obsessed with the thought of building my own autonomous aircraft for some time now, and DIY Drones has been a wonderful inspiration. It helped convince me to purchase an EasyStar a year ago, but due to other activities in my life, it sat collectin… Continue

Posted on November 23, 2008 at 10:32pm — 4 Comments

 
 
 

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