Spent some time in the workshop today in between meetings, and finally got the POV camera powered up and working. I fashioned a little custom wiring harness using JST connectors for power, reconfigured the A/V cable that came with the … Continue reading
I had the opportunity to attend ISKME’s Big Ideas Fest 2012 earlier in the week, at the lovely Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Half Moon Bay, California. On the third day of the conference, artist John Q of Spectral Q posed conference … Continue reading
Having captured a few good aerial images, I turned them over to Jason Pittman, Professor of Geosciences and project co-conspirator. He georeferenced one of those images using ESRI ArcMap 10.1 – screen grab and details below. Here is a photo (captured … Continue reading
After some initial quadcopter sketchiness – mainly a yaw problem that I think was the result of a loose rotor – and a couple of crashes, I completed two successful flights this afternoon down in the wetlands, after which college … Continue reading
This is an image from Google Earth: This is an image from more or less the same location taken this afternoon:Zoomed in – note the game trails:Since the start of this project I’ve wanted to see these images side-by-side. The … Continue reading
Jason Pittman (Geosciences Professor and co-conspirator) and I had the chance to fly the quad over the wetlands today, and had a couple of really good flights. The image above is one of the better ones – note the game … Continue reading
Minor crash yesterday into the wetlands. Only broke one landing gear, so a quick fix and back into the air. Set the GoPro on the one-photo-every-two-seconds mode – this is maybe the best of the bunch: A little windy today, … Continue reading
When the GoPro Hero 2 cameras arrived, this little plastic mounting plate was glued to the top of the each box, presumably for display purposes? In any case, the plate makes a really solid camera mount, albeit a shaky one. … Continue reading
After the bad crash – the bitter outcome of this otherwise successful flight – I rebuilt the ELEV-8, and finally had the chance to fly it this afternoon. One of the props is acting a little janky, so I need … Continue reading
One of the crucial tasks in getting the quadcopter flying is programming the ESCs, or Electronic Speed Controllers. They store a variety of parameters, not all of which I entirely understand, but all of which need to be set for … Continue reading