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Nov 04, 2004, 05:31 PM
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College Station, TX
Joined Jul 2004
254 Posts
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Micro Aerial Vehicles
I just came across an article in GPS World that many may find interesting. It looks like a ZLOQ & Co-Pilot on steroids. Here's a link to the story:
http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld/art....jsp?id=128403 |
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Nov 04, 2004, 05:39 PM
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Joined Apr 2004
262 Posts
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Very nice... I was thinking of making something like that for my science fair, but I guess that's no longer an option...
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Nov 04, 2004, 07:05 PM
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Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States
Joined Jun 2004
545 Posts
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weird, the site comes up but that page will not load.
oops... now it is up. Pretty cool 
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Last edited by rpage; Nov 04, 2004 at 07:43 PM.
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Nov 04, 2004, 08:37 PM
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Manassas, VA.
Joined May 2003
105 Posts
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Mabee eventually we can just take off from our driveways and switch to auto pilot and let the plane just go and shoot the pictures while we
watch a movie or something. Might need to be powered by a fuel cell or something, but we americans like everything to be automatic.  Dave |
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Nov 04, 2004, 09:56 PM
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College Station, TX
Joined Jul 2004
254 Posts
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Daniel if you could do that for a science fair, I'm sure you would win prizes. Concidering that these guys are either PhD or candidates. It's just a matter of how you structure your hypothesis & test. You can even win if you prove your hypothesis is false.
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Nov 04, 2004, 10:24 PM
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Peoria, IL
Joined Aug 2004
178 Posts
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It is interesting that the GPS system does not provide quick enough response for altitude information. So they are using a barometric sensor. This is the same method that MX uses on his zlog.
I am guessing this plane will cost a little more then a slow stick. |
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Nov 04, 2004, 11:08 PM
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Joined Jul 2004
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Consumer GPS isn't very accurate in altitude.
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