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Awesome!
http://www.wimp.com/thehexacopter/
Richard
cornelyj
02-24-2010, 15:44
now if they could just mount a camera and turn down the dBs that would be a sweet tool.
greenberetTFS
02-24-2010, 15:50
Awesome!
http://www.wimp.com/thehexacopter/
Richard
Richard,
You promised me one for my recent birthday and I'm still waiting for it !!!!! ;););)
Big Teddy :munchin
I find this really interesting being that I work in this field. I was especially impressed by the gps position/altitude hold and return home functions. While this is definitely nothing new to the Unmanned world it's amazing the size of the package they got it into.
You can have your own for approximately 1200 euros, not including the transmitter and receiver:
https://www.mikrocontroller.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=80&products_id=435&zenid=6d5f3f8968e6073573751778002dc1ec
Flown in first person view.... ie, RC controller, wireless feed, using video glasses onsite to navigate the aircraft....
http://vimeo.com/7671131
I'd like to build their octokopter, get some fusion NVG's tied into a uplink, and use it for SAR up here...
Scimitar
02-24-2010, 23:44
So whats the practical ceiling on this thing?
S