For several weeks now I have been flying an AR.Drone 2 using an Android Nexus 7 tablet to drive it. It worked very well until the A.R. Free Flight app was updated to allow Android users to join the AR…
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The Shed #6 Wayne Garris, Techpod
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An interesting chat with Wayne, Kickstarter star and all round good egg. Its not easy bringing a new product to market, especially one that pushes the current envelope a little further. In this case time aloft, Wayne has already flown…
Parrot removes FreeFlight 2.2 from iTunes
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French manufacturers of the worlds most popular UA have plainly run into problems. They issued a statement yesterday:- AR.Freeflight 2.2 was removed from iTunes last month due to the need for patents’ clarification on accelerometer and absolute control. In the…
The Shed #2 Mix Master Mat
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Hanging out with Matthew Wellington from New Zealand. I believe he has invented a completely new way of handling the transition from vertical to horizontal flight. The first important consideration is that the platform is a bi copter, just two motors. Mat…
RangeVideo publish prices for their RVJet flying wing.
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Designed as a high performance modular airframe specifically for anarchist FPV and UAV flying, the RVJET has been developed from early 2011 till now, with no expenses spared in R&D or production. RangeVideo envisioned the ultimate flying wing and rallied…
Win a copy of AR.Drone Simulator
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A big thanks to Dangerous Derk Interactive we have 5 Android and 5 iOS copies of AR.Drone Sim to give away as prizes. I am going to make winning a copy easy. The top 10 people sharing this post on social media…
The Shed hangout #1 SteadiDrone
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A big thank you to Duran from Steadidrone for coping with my first hangout. A look at the South African companies range of multi rotors. Established for just over a year Steadidrone are already appointing distributors around the world.
Flight Test:- X8 a game changer?
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Having designed, built, and flown flying wings since 2000, I believe that the Spectra flying wing has to be one of the best flying airframes I’ve ever wiggled sticks on. Not that it didn’t come easy – wings are known for some…
Aeronautical Safety Beacon System (ASB)
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Looks like I’m not getting out of ‘The Shed’ anytime soon. (Okay by me, I really enjoy ‘The Shed’ now that it’s open.) Unfortunately, I’ve been so busy that I haven’t really had the time to spend reviewing all of…
The Sled
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The latest installment of ‘The Shed’ is all about the Sled. The sled is one of the latest creations to come out of my very busy brain. At this point, most of you may be scratching your busy heads wondering,…
