Available in October, or pre-order yours today. They will also be releasing a new cross platform mission planner. This is a bit of a big deal. Source: https://store.3drobotics.com/products/3dr-pixhawk/
Backup GPS tracker – These are usually used for tracking pet dogs, vehicles or cheating spouses. They send location over cellular networks and some use GMRS/FRS. Here is one that lightweight (1.8oz) that uses cellular to email its position to you, includes 1yr of cell service and then its $50 each year after: Garmin GTU…
Weighs only 19 grams, great job Femtoduino!!! “Motor to Motor: 5cm 3x hexTronik 2 gram Brushless Outrunner 7700kv 3x 2.4Ghz SuperMicro Systems – Brushless ESC (BLHeli Firmware) 1x HK-5320 Ultra-Micro Digital Servo 2x propeller Walkera QR Ladybird (Front) 1x propeller silverlit x-twin (Rear) Femtoduino as Flightcontroller ITG 3200 Gyro Sensor (flytron.com) RX: Deltang RX-31, (deltang.co.uk)…
A $20 SDR is a nice piece of kit to add to your base station laptop. It’s a receiver and spectrum analyzer. It will allow you to see with your own two eyes on your computer screen what is going on in your radio frequency environment. Use it for finding interference before you fly. You…
This thing combines in a great way; a quadcopter and an airplane. Color me impressed, Great job! Misc thoughts, facts, whatever After watching this I have a need to get my hands on one. The Wingcopter comes from Germany. I’m curious how they implemented Ardupilot. The transition from quad to plane is very cool. source:…
“The new Iris from 3D Robotics is a compact, ready-to-fly, fully autonomous aerial vehicle designed specifically for the consumer market. Iris provides point-and-click mission planning with 127 configurable waypoints that can guide it from take-off to landing, all from your mobile device or computer. Sporting a stylish and sleek body that resists crash damage, Iris…
Some MyVu Crystals are experiencing a white haze in video or where the whole screen turns white. Its an error with the LCD matrix’s being over driven, why is it over driven? Bad engineering or bad capacitors could be the culprit, but I don’t know for certain. But I do have a simple fix. Things…
Flight cams are just small CCTV cameras and are usually 12 Volts but some are 5V, so a converter/regulator may be needed. I use the Adjustable step down regulator, or a Step Up converter, or a 12V BEC (note most BEC’s are 5V). You also might need to add a Torroid filter on the cameras…
Video glasses or goggles are a great way to get totally immersed into your flight. With some mods like ski goggles and paint you can block out 100% of all sunlight, but I prefer some dark tinted lenses so that I can still look down to my RC sticks or equipment if needed. Glasses are…
A single LCD screen can be your entire monitoring setup, or as a secondary monitor if you have friends with you. It gives them something to look at if you are wearing video goggles. Beware though that so often with TV’s they have a “feature” that when static is on the screen it will cover…