The Parrot AR.Drone [spares | repairs | upgrades | modifications] I-Drone - The UK's Number 1 For Customising & Modding Your AR.Drone - Reviews. Review by John Stennard for Quiet Electric Flight International July 2011 Useful & Decorative “Fitting LED light systems to the AR.Drone is actually a bit of both of these. They are definitely decorative but also serve a useful purpose by helping orientate the AR.Drone in flight. I knew commercial lights were available but decided to fit my own first. To do this I fitted the LED ‘off the roll’ strips that can be purchased in most model shops, mine came from Al’s Hobbies. To power them I fitted two 0.8mm plugs on the wires and these plug into the balancer connector. I then contacted Neil at www.i-drone.co.uk and through his excellent web site purchased a ring of white LEDs, other colours are available, a 4-LED spotlight and a three-way balancer lead.
Nigel, West Glamorgan “I ordered the 1500mAh battery, you provided good value for money and a fast delivery time. Wes, Texas “I recently bought a blue LED light ring and extra capacity battery from i-drone. Send us your comments here! Ps. Rc Aerial Photography. When the photograph of a feature, or any object, or phenomenon on the earth surface is taken from camera mounted on a Remote Controlled (Rc) Aircraft is called Rc Aerial Photography . Digital cameras are commonly used for Rc Aerial Photography . Equipments for Rc Aerial Photography: Radio control system in Rc Aerial Photography : A transmitter and a receiver together makes the radio control system. A radio command is send by the pilot to the receiver which passes the respond to the servo. The servo while moving itself also moves the surface of the plane to which it is attached. The frequency band most frequently used in a Rc aircraft is 72MHz.A radio cantrol system can handle 2 separate radio functions.
Rc Aerial Photography with the Rc Gliders: Slope gliders and thermal glidrers are two form of gliders used in Rc Aerial Photography . Use of Rc Aerial Photography : Advantages of Rc Aerial Photography: Disadvantages of Rc Aerial Photography: Tiny Drone Reveals Ancient Royal Burial Sites | Microdrones & Archaeology | 3-D Images of Burial Mounds. A miniature airborne drone has helped archaeologists capture images for creating a 3-D model of an ancient burial mound in Russia, scientists say. Archaeological sites are often in remote and rugged areas. As such, it can be hard to reach and map them with the limited budgets archaeologists typically have. Scientists are now using drones to extend their view into these hard-to-reach spots. "There are a lot possibilities with this method," said researcher Marijn Hendrickx, a geographer at the University of Ghent in Belgium.
The machine tested in a remote area in Russia called Tuekta was a four-propeller "quadrocopter": the battery-powered Microdrone md4-200. The fact it is small ? The axis of its rotors is about 27 inches (70 cm) ? Tuekta is in the Altai Mountains where Russia, China, Kazakhstan and Mongolia come together. Nearly 200 burial mounds were discovered in Tuekta, situated along the River Ursul. The lightweight nature of the microdrone was a problem at times. AeroQuad – build your own quadcopter. Home - Quadcopter. From Quadcopter The aim is to build a 4 rotor helicopter with a autopilot system that we will write. The Quadcopter will contain a few custom built components eg. computer controlled speed controllers, electronic compass, accelerometers, gyros, GPS, GSM module for long distance controlling over the cellular network and a wifi module for the closer range controlling.
It will also carry a long range camera so we can navigate or just look while the auto pilot is flying.... Features Full autonomous flight and landing. Contact Us For any additional information about the project or if you have some ideas for us, please contact us at info(at)quadcopter.org News more... Project - RC Quad Copter - Page 2 - Pre-Build - Ordering the parts. iPhone controlled Solar Powered Arduino Tank - Project Allusion. Using the super awesome TouchOSC app for the iPhone connected to Processing for converting Open Sound Control signals into serial commands send out via USB to an Xbee...I am able to drive a small tank. The tank is entirely made from SparkFun parts:ArduinoArdumotoDual Motor GearBoxStackable Arduino HeadersSuper Awesome Tank TreadsLiPoly Battery ChargerBatteriesSmall Solar PanelXBeesXBee USB boardXBee Explorer boardAlso used a number of misc jumper wires, rubber bands, a block of wood and a few small pieces of aluminum (from the back of a PC).
Of course you will need an iPhone to get everything running exactly as I have setup, but you don't need to use an iPhone to control your tank, you could use a midi controller, a multi-touch screen, a random hardware controller, or really anything that can send serial, OSC or anything into Processing. Here is the Source Code:Source code for Arduino is from a Mechomaniac.com: //-----------Start Arduino code --------------- Processing code: import oscP5.