[chbot] UAV I'm in

[Hanno Sander]

Hi Steven,
There have been a number of successful UAV's that use the Propeller.
There's even an $800 GPS autopilot that does all the work for you- it
too uses a Propeller.

See here:
http://www.attopilot.com/

Another good site for diy drones in general:
http://diydrones.ning.com/
Hanno

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Steven
Graham<steven.graham at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
>
> I have been interested in doing an UAV (robot plane) for a while and
> when I saw some of the web sites asoceated with the Propeller it
> convinced me that the Propeller chip would make a good platform. My
> feeing is that a UAV is very achievable for any one, but it does take a
> spread of skils and abiliies. I have built and flown RC model aircraft.
> And would be happy to help in any way I can. I also have the tools for
> hot wire cutting of foam for wings etc whether covered or left bear i.e.
> foamys.
>
> In the weekend I found a Mag/Book on the new Magazines Polytechnic
> library called "Make technology on your time". It had an interesting
> article on building an UAV. I was not able to copy the article so if any
> one has access to photocopying at the Polytechnic it is a good read and
> a valuable resource to bring to the UAV group.
>
> There is a lot of potential in this field. I recently sat in a
> presentation by CAA (civil aviation authority of New Zealand) one point
> of interest was that there is a new category of aircraft in New Zealand,
> Yes UAVs. The will become aircraft doing useful work in NZ.
>
> Steven Graham.
>
>
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