Steve
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pretty poor in what way? looks wise?
heres the final prototype shrink wrapped
in the drone
its not pretty but if it was pretty in a nice box it would add weight and these quadricopters are sensitive to extra weight.
Iv even taken the receiver out of its plastic casing to save weight
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3CorsaMeal
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Looks just like the super killer bee i just bought for about £60
in other news i just fitted rally tyres to my tamiya
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Steve
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whats happened to your baja
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3CorsaMeal
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Its a marder, didn't get a baja in the end.
I fitted alloy hubs to it, new bearings that lasted 15mins Done quite a bit to it now and all works fine. Had it out this morning and crashed into mums new plum tree and damaged the stump, its only about an inch round
Hoping she won't notice and just blame the winter
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Steve
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lol
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AK
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quote: Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
Its a marder, didn't get a baja in the end.
I fitted alloy hubs to it, new bearings that lasted 15mins Done quite a bit to it now and all works fine. Had it out this morning and crashed into mums new plum tree and damaged the stump, its only about an inch round
Hoping she won't notice and just blame the winter
I really worry about you.
That is something I would have done and worried about when I was 12.
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richardworrall
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suppose they have their uses http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20488362
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Tom G
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quote: Originally posted by AK
quote: Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
Its a marder, didn't get a baja in the end.
I fitted alloy hubs to it, new bearings that lasted 15mins Done quite a bit to it now and all works fine. Had it out this morning and crashed into mums new plum tree and damaged the stump, its only about an inch round
Hoping she won't notice and just blame the winter
I really worry about you.
That is something I would have done and worried about when I was 12.
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sand-eel
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quote: Originally posted by Lee_fr200
Steve once you have fitted the radio gear how does everything operate? Like the auto land and emergency buttons. How do you set it to record and take stills, and how does the live feed work? Does that still come through to your smart phone/iPad?
Thats what I would like to know as it's out of wifi range.
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Lee_fr200
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I'd like to know but Steve hasn't responded yet, can't wait till mine arrives
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Steve
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Sorry i didnt see it.
You can still use your smartphone to record and take stills obviously you only maintain that control upto the wifi rangeof your phone, further than that it still carries on recording to usb however you dont get the control to take stills. i just capture a still from the video normally/
autoland etc is all inbuilt into the arduinos program and is controlled by the sticks on the RC controller. if you are interested in one of my kits i do several types ranging from 1500 feet range to 2.5kms obviously reflected in price, drop me a u2u if youre interested
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sand-eel
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mmm I have a r/c plane and heli I should sell and get one of these.
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3CorsaMeal
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Amazon are selling them for £199 at the moment
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sand-eel
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£245.90
Was that a price comparison site you seen that as ASDA said £199 but it lied!
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John
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Is the arduino doing autoland or is the arduino just passing control back to the drone when it get's out of RC range?
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3CorsaMeal
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quote: Originally posted by sand-eel
£245.90
Was that a price comparison site you seen that as ASDA said £199 but it lied!
It was posted on an RC forum i use, i clicked the link and was £199, although amazon do shit like this and change prices for a week.
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3CorsaMeal
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Just checked the links and the price has gone back up
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Steve
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quote: Originally posted by John
Is the arduino doing autoland or is the arduino just passing control back to the drone when it get's out of RC range?
arduino initiates auto land
if you monitor the values in hyperterminal you can see whats happening when you turn the tx off
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Dom
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I assumed the drone had built in autoland anyway?
Edit - Also, have you got 'return to base' on this? Assuming a GPS module interfaces with the Arduino/ATMega rather than the drone itself?
[Edited on 28-11-2012 by Dom]
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Steve
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No, the default the drone does if loses wifi connection is hovers until its back in range, this can lead to flyaways as if it receives interference and flies off on its own it wont come back down again, lots of people have lost their drones like that.
Yes return to base is a feature you can use with a gps add on that Im also developing as a seperate product.
some pics of how the latest revision of the mod looks
compared to the previous models i made
also a revised lighter weight plug
now only weighs ten grams
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Nath
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Ok
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Steve
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oh and retailer wants to send one away to a mag for a review
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Ojc
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Wtf is this crap
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Steve
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building t-1000's
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3CorsaMeal
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Should sponsor your own race car with that logo
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