AIM: UAV for mapping
Equipment:

• Turnigy NTM 4238 750w motor
• Various pitch 13" folding props
• ESC Trust 70amp
• 2x Turnigy 6000mah (12000mah)
• Ardunio APM2 autopilot and all the bits
• Xbee 900 for telemetry (have the 3DR but apparently only 1km range!)
• Lawmate 1.2ghz Vtx with bevrc filter
• Chainlink Dare Long Rang UHF
• GS-1 gyro servo for autonomous Ortho camera stabilisation (possible hook up to APM2 after tests)
• Canon Ixus 220HS with CHDK firmware
• Fly My Dream Auto Antenna tracker
• DIY BiQuad antenna based on IBCrazy plans
• OSD fly my dream acting as the audio modem for position tracking, 3DR minimosd for OSD
• 12v reg
• 9v reg
• 6v bec
• Fpv cam 700TVL Sony CCD Effio-P WDR Color 3D-DNR w OSD
• 12v 80 relay for killing motor when chute servo opens (switched or accidental) also good when bench testing
• LC filter on Vtx pwr
• Di-Noc vinyl covering
• HK 720 30fps wingcam for later observing flutter and chute operation
• Full size servos (hitec 303, what I had)
• numerous homemade plastic vacuum formed parts (available for purchase
• Fruitychute Iris 60" UAV parachute (typical landing method)
• Folding 2.5m catapult

WISHLIST:

• Flir Tau or Quark Thermal camera
• Image stabilized retractable camera gimbal

I am the obsessive type, like a dog with a bone. So when I start thinking about these things it is a 24/7 head space resident.
I need a dome made for the Multi rotor and saw how easy it was to vacuum mold stuff (so I thought) so I made my own Vac forming machine. And so it began, I have molded...Continue Reading