Slightly bigger than this space should show but an idea to keep an eye on. Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that the DA42M aircraft that will serve as its Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) prototype has arrived at its Manassas, Virginia facility. The DA42M is a 4-place, twin-engine general aviation aircraft produced by Diamond Aircraft in Austria. The aircraft that...
An interesting chat from ShmooCon 2010, using the Ardupilot opensource autopilot to make your own drone. Build your own Predator UAV @ 99.95% Discount from M W on Vimeo. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d1839').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) });
The first batch of 17 light, fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aerial photography systems was delivered in Beijing on April 15 to the surveying and mapping departments of 16 provinces and municipalities. This marks the first time domestic surveying and mapping departments have begun to comprehensively apply UAV aerial photography systems that played significant roles in disaster relief for...
A very interesting podcast at DIYdrones, the project Andromeda team and their Outback Challenge 2010 attempt. Its a step on the way to something bigger I think. http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/podcast-episode-21-nima?xg_source=activity Bookmark It Hide Sites $$('div.d273').each( function(e) { e.visualEffect('slide_up',{duration:0.5}) });
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — A man fishing about 60 miles offshore from Tampa, Fla., on Sunday spotted something unusual: A BQM-167 drone out of Tyndall Air Force Base. Instead of calling the Coast Guard in Mobile, Ala. — which is what the Air Force recommends when people see such objects in the Gulf — the fisherman towed...
There are so many versions of this press release floating around that its quite amazing. Whoever does their PR is doing a great job but the fact is they have not produced the smallest UAS by a long shot! An Indian private firm has developed the smallest and lightest unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in the world. The UAV named,...
Dean Goedde of Attopilot fame has posted development news. Tri-copter successfully flown with IMU AttoPilot in a stabilized and assisted attitude mode (Co-Pilot type mode). Planning to offer as a commercial product, likely as part of the standard IMU Atto autopilot system. GPS + IMU INS filter for heading (without magnetometers!) with uncorrected drift of 2.5 degrees per minute...
