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UAV Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles > Finally flying autonomous
 
 
HiroboEric
Veteran
Location: Los Angeles, CA.

It was alot of work to get here but it's really easy once you do.


Eric Pacheco, AirWorksRC.com
07-14-2007 Over year old.
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HHawk
Veteran
Location: Gardnerville Nv.

I thought flying autonomously was illegal in the US
07-31-2007 Over year old.
 
 
okiefarmr
Senior Heliman
Location: USA

I think it depends who you ask.
08-01-2007 Over year old.
 
 
Raptor3DPilot
Key Veteran
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

I thought you could only fly autonomously if it was line of sight flying and something like not over the horizon.

Airplanes are for guys with one dumb thumb...
08-25-2007 Over year old.
 
 
wxyz
Senior Heliman
Location: calif*, U know where

Posted 1.5 months ago and nothing since. No mention of the firmware or hardware used. Sounds like it was a lucky hover in no wind but nothing reproducible. Happens all the time.
08-27-2007 Over year old.
 
 
ErichF
Key Veteran
Location: Odessa, FL 33556 (Tampa Area)

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...but nothing reproducible. Happens all the time.

Welcome to the reality of research and development.

I have the job of converting two Bergen Observers into fully autonomous aircraft (takeoff to landing) in the next three months.

I will, of course, be using off the shelf components for this project. I'm also hoping for a little luck, as this will be my third aircraft conversion and first helicopter conversion.

Erich

Team Kyosho Regional Field Representative
08-28-2007 Over year old.
 
 
okiefarmr
Senior Heliman
Location: USA

ErichF

Hey keep us updated and let us know it works out. If you didnt mind sharing it with us. Good Luck.
08-28-2007 Over year old.
 
 
ErichF
Key Veteran
Location: Odessa, FL 33556 (Tampa Area)

No problem...it's not secret squirrel stuff

Just more tools in our inventory:





Erich

Team Kyosho Regional Field Representative
08-28-2007 Over year old.
 
 
HiroboEric
Veteran
Location: Los Angeles, CA.

Sorry, not to get back sooner but the team won the level one competition in Georgia and are on the way to levels 2 and 3 for next year with a bigger and more powerful machine.

The system was a Rotomotion flight package. The obstacle the company provided I felt where next to impossible for the advanced pilot to deal with for a realistic direction. But anything in this direction is going to be expensive and time consuming on any degree.

P.S. I never said this was done in the US.



Eric Pacheco, AirWorksRC.com
10-17-2007 07:20 PM
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HeliFisher
Heliman
Location: Reno, Nv

Just so happens I watched a HUGE turbine heli fly at a local field here in Huntsville yesterday. The second flight was totally autonomous. It was pretty cool to say the least. Never seen a 48lb heli fly before. The 2 guys flying it, Mike & Rob, are from a local robotics company and were very happy with the speed at wich they were working out the programming.

I have pictures and 15sec video on my phone if someone wants to PM me, I will e-mail it to you.

Adventure,hmm,excitement,hmm,a Jedi craves not these things. -Yoda
11-15-2007 02:43 AM
 
 
HeliFisher
Heliman
Location: Reno, Nv

Sorry. I can't send video off my phone. The pictures send fine though.

Adventure,hmm,excitement,hmm,a Jedi craves not these things. -Yoda
11-15-2007 05:24 AM
 
 
wxyz
Senior Heliman
Location: calif*, U know where

According to the Neural Robotics patent, they have to mount the helicopter on a test stand and repeatedly tilt it to train the neural network. Must be quite a test stand and U can appreciate why they don't talk about it.
11-15-2007 06:28 PM
 
 
okiefarmr
Senior Heliman
Location: USA

I have seen NRI's patent for their system for sale on ebay a couple of times within the last month. The catch is you have to sign a waiver saying you will not use their autonomous coding to develop systems for helicopters or something like that. All this for starting at $50K.
11-16-2007 05:19 AM
 
 
HeliFisher
Heliman
Location: Reno, Nv

Hey okiefamr,

The pictures I sent you are in fact an NRI bird.

Adventure,hmm,excitement,hmm,a Jedi craves not these things. -Yoda
11-16-2007 05:24 AM
 
 
okiefarmr
Senior Heliman
Location: USA

I wish I could afford the NRI. Better yet wish they would sell their system like Carvec does. I have been looking at Carvec and MicroPilot's
MP2028LRC. Their systems are a little easier on the pockets and you can add on as you can and not 30K + all at once.
11-16-2007 05:05 PM
 
 
wxyz
Senior Heliman
Location: calif*, U know where

It is remarkable that he started trying to sell patent rights in addition to the autocopters on Ebay, all in such a short time frame. U can make up all the complicated explanations for it you want, but like dot com boom 1.0 , the simplest answer is probably right.
11-16-2007 07:49 PM
 
 
okiefarmr
Senior Heliman
Location: USA

I do believe you are correct about that. I think I would of discounted my items and try to increase sells before selling my patent.
11-16-2007 10:31 PM
 
 
RobRoy
Key Veteran
Location: Huntsville, Alabama

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Their systems are a little easier on the pockets and you can add on as you can and not 30K + all at once.

You get what you pay for. In my opinion anyway.

Ignorance is curable, stupidity is for life.
11-16-2007 10:38 PM
 
 
okiefarmr
Senior Heliman
Location: USA

I'm not saying their system is bad. It's just easier to buy a core system, and then later add on the GPS system. A little here and a little there. It would be easier for me to buy a system like this . I wouldn't be able to afford to pay 30k + all at one time but maybe others can. If I tried to dig that deep in my pockets I would be accused of playing pocket pool.

If I had the money, their system would be one of the top ones I would be looking at to purchase.....
11-17-2007 12:05 AM
 
 
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