I haven't done anything yet but I have an ongoing aerial surveillance project. The biggest problem I have with the quadrotors is the short loiter time. Fixed wing gives a much longer loiter time for the same battery.
For indoor flight the quadrotor is the only way to go. To make fixed wing effective I would need a stabilized camera gimbal and control software that will allow an autonomous figure-eight hold pattern over the target. Auto-stabilized camera mount 2.0: better, cheaper, faster! http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/705844:BlogPost:2525 Autonomous flight control software http://wiki.paparazziuav.org/ http://ardupilot.com/ Also R/C radios have a limited range (about 1/4 mile at best) so for longer range control and live video feed you would need to use the amateur radio bands (finally a good reason to get a license). Currently the security for drones is non-existent so hijacking a drone is very easy. When Drones attack. Triathlete discovers the hazards of drones in public spaces http://theconversation.com/when-drones-attack-triathlete-discovers-the-hazards-of-drones-in-public-spaces-25341 http://preview.tinyurl.com/olt4a6s keith -- Keith R. Watson Georgia Institute of Technology IT Support Professional Lead College of Computing [email protected] 801 Atlantic Drive NW (404) 385-7401 Atlanta, GA 30332-0280 > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:tech-chat- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles Shapiro > Sent: Monday, October 13, 2014 10:14 > To: Tech Chat > Subject: [tech-chat] Quadcopter! > > Bought a Hubsan X4 H107L from Amazon for, like, $40 ( > http://www.hubsan.com/products/HELICOPTER/H107L.htm ) with a "Crash Kit" > consisting of a whole slew of replacement parts for another $20 or so. > > Flight time is about 10 minutes for a 30 minute charge. I have 2 > batteries. So far I've had about 4 sessions with it. Flying R/C is way > harder than sitting in an aircraft. But the > machine is small and slow enough to fly indoors, and I've had a lot of fun > running it into walls, floors and furniture. > > > Anyone else done anything with R/C flight? > > > -- CHS > _______________________________________________ tech-chat mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxmoose.com/mailman/listinfo/tech-chat
