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Philip Giacalone
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X8 Catapult Bungee Rail Launcher -- Design Enhancements
Video showing some of the design enhancements made to the original X8 catapult launcher design. And here are 2 links showing the launcher in action.
X8 Launch
ua-cam.com/video/BVJ2bqXfHEE/v-deo.html
Launcher Bungee Dynamics
ua-cam.com/video/dJh5NqL1Md4/v-deo.html
X8 Launch
ua-cam.com/video/BVJ2bqXfHEE/v-deo.html
Launcher Bungee Dynamics
ua-cam.com/video/dJh5NqL1Md4/v-deo.html
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X8 Catapult Bungee Rail Launcher -- Action Demo
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A demonstration of the catapult launcher for the Skywalker X8 aircraft. This video shows the shuttle acceleration and deceleration dynamics. And here are 2 links showing an X8 airplane launch and showing some launcher design features. X8 Launch ua-cam.com/video/BVJ2bqXfHEE/v-deo.html Launcher Design Enhancements ua-cam.com/video/B6wuXObP6Pg/v-deo.html
X8 Catapult Bungee Rail Launcher -- Launch Video
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Video of a Skywalker X8 aircraft being launched using a catapult launcher. See the links below for more info about the launcher and aircraft design. The launcher is based on Brett Binnekade's original design shown here: ua-cam.com/video/asOPtRD_xgc/v-deo.html A video showing our design enhancements to the launcher design is shown here ua-cam.com/video/B6wuXObP6Pg/v-deo.html A video demonstratin...
Hummingbirds at feeder outside the kitchen window
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Many hummingbirds are visiting the feeder this summer (2013). There seems to be several groups fighting for control. Here's a video that runs a few minutes showing them feeding, buzzing around, and fighting for position.
Skywalker X8 first ground test
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Skywalker X8 first test of the ESC, motor and UDB
Mavelous Ground Station (showing heading problem on a MacBook)
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Quick demo showing XPlane and mavelous ground station running side-by-side in a HILSIM with the UAV Dev Board and MatrixPilot v3.3. This is to demonstrate the issue in which the aircraft heading drawn on the map is not updating correctly on a MacBook. The video also shows the values of the aircraft attitude updating correctly at this URL 127.0.0.1:9999/mavlink/ATTITUDE
How to test a servo using a Hyperion Emeter v2
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A short video showing how to use a Hyperion Emeter v2 to test a servo's range of motion. The Emeter is running version 2.14 of the Hyperion firmware.
HiLSIM demo using UAV Dev Board, MatrixPilot, XPlane and MAVelous ground station
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A demo of a hardware-in-the-loop flight simulation using the UAV Dev Board, MatrixPilot, XPlane and MAVelous ground station. Setup info: IMU - UAV Dev Board 4 (UDB4) Autopilot Software - MatrixPilot 3.3 HiLSIM Software - XPlane 10 (running on a Windows XP Home 32 bit PC) Ground Station - MAVelous (running on a MacBook Pro with OS X 10.8.2) Wireless Telemetry - XBee 900 MHz radios Here are the c...
UDB4, MatrixPilot 3.3 and Mavelous Ground Station w/MavProxy running on a MacBook
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A short demo of the Mavelous Ground Station running on a MacBook. The IMU board is the UAV Dev Board (UDB4) running MatrixPilot 3.3 autopilot software. Here are 2 terminal window commands used in the video to launch Mavelous: cd ~/dev/UAV/mavelous/src/mavelous python mavproxy.py master=/dev/tty.usbserial-A600exCq baud=57600 module mmap See the following links for more information about the UDB,...
Elmo 8mm film projector setup instructions
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Instructions on how to setup and use an old 8mm Elmo film projector.
Sunset over the Pacific Ocean, Monterey County, surrounding hills and valleys
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Sunset flight of a Dynam Hawksky RC airplane over Monterey County, CA. Flight video taken on a picture perfect day at twilight. Flying conditions were extraordinary, with very high visibility and almost no wind. The plane is piloted with the assistance of the UAV Dev Board autopilot (UBD4) running MatrixPilot software v3.2.1.
UDB4 and MatrixPilot autopilot -- Wiring, Initialization, and Operating Modes Described
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A video showing a typical airplane setup of the UAV Dev Board (UDB4) IMU, MatrixPilot autopilot software, servos, ESC/BEC, GPS receiver, RC receiver, RC transmitter, and PICkit 3. Also described are the operating modes of the UDB (manual, stabilized, waypoint, and return-to-launch mode). Watch in HD quality. Notes: - The top servo is the aileron servo. The middle servo is the rudder servo. The ...
HawkSky sunrise flight over central California
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A sunrise flight with fog over central California in June 2012. The RC plane is a modified Dynam Hawksky. The flight is assisted by the UAV Dev Board (UDB4) autopilot running MatrixPilot v3.2.1 software. Note that this video was post-processed with youtube's software to reduce shakiness. This causes some distortion and artifacts at times.
BabyFlyCatcher.MOV
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A baby flycatcher, or cliff swallow, rescued from a gutter after falling out of its mud nest. Its parents are feeding it insects during the day and it rest comfortably inside my house at night.
Dynam Hawksky RC plane autonomous takeoff and landing
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Dynam Hawksky RC plane autonomous takeoff and landing
UDB4 - 9 step test procedure to determine cause of erroneous throttle control in waypoint mode
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UDB4 - 9 step test procedure to determine cause of erroneous throttle control in waypoint mode
Dynam HawkSky flight, ESC burnout and crash
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Dynam HawkSky flight, ESC burnout and crash
Multiplex FunJet flight with UDBv3 and MatrixPilot 3.2
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Multiplex FunJet flight with UDBv3 and MatrixPilot 3.2
UDB Flight - Video of HawkSky Control Surfaces
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UDB Flight - Video of HawkSky Control Surfaces
Video of Rainbow taken from an RC airplane
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Video of Rainbow taken from an RC airplane
Aggressive Flying with a HawkSky, the UAV Dev Board, and MatrixPilot
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Aggressive Flying with a HawkSky, the UAV Dev Board, and MatrixPilot
Dynam HawkSky with UDB autopilot and MatrixPilot described
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Dynam HawkSky with UDB autopilot and MatrixPilot described
I have a Yelco Model MP-400 - any help with that? It looks sp different
Hi.how can i contact you please?.
I'm , going to make you jellous, because, I have a dual 8mms Projector.
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I changed the belts on my ELMO GP 8mm projector, but the forward and reverse speeds are extremely slow. What could be causing this?
My 8mm ua-cam.com/video/KVhmHajzTyc/v-deo.html
Wow times have changed glad we had dvds now
This is great
thank you
Hey mate,could u tell me what is the mean about the "hilsim"? Thank you ~
how heavy is the launcher?
Hey mate, can i ask you how did you get the control gains?, did you a math model or you jsut use the default gains of the matrixpilot?
Hi Philip - do you know where I can get replacement projector bulbs for this classic machine? Been looking for literally years...
vjwoody There should be a metal plate on the back of the unit with bulb info. Usually the bulb designation is 3 letters. I just did a Google search for my old Elmo unit and found several places to get the bulbs including B&H in New York
vjwoody Try this for cross reference of projectors and bulbs www.replacementlightbulbs.com/lampscrossreferencee.html#Elmo
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Great job on your launcher! Can you tell me how many pounds of force you have your bungee's set to for the launch in this video. Thank you!
It was pulling with 40 pounds of force before being triggered to launch. There were two bungees on each side pulling at 10 pounds each.
looking to build one catapult for my X8 I found your catapult one of the best designs! do you have some kind of drawings? plans or anything that you can shere with me?
www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1950531
Can the UDB4 be activated via WiFi to run a preprogrammed route?
Great flight, beautiful imaging: how exactly did you mount the keychain cam on the Hawksky? Do you have any detailed pictures of it? Would like to mount it similarly on my own Hawksky. Cheers!
Sweet! Very smooth, all that work on the launcher paid off. Looking forward to more footage with that GoPro.
Much better then the last time! Good work guys :)
a little on the freaky side...... but very cool scenery.
What does it mean?!?!??!
very nice sciences there! is it very hard and for how many weeks you done it?
Please see the notes in the description above. I've just added 4 urls to web sites that describe and sell the hardware and software components.
Wow thanks! Now I can start to retire my PC that only lives to fly :)
Where can all this be purchased ?
Yes, the plane has a small keychain video camera (808 #11) attached to the wing. It records video in HD quality.
Was it a FPV-flight? And what cam do you use (Keycam?)?
Thanks very much for the good wishes! The little bird is very healthy now and has been returned to my backyard, where both of her parents are watching her, feeding her, and taking good care of her. We hope to see all three of them flying around together very soon. BTW, this is a little Thrush born recently in central California.
Looks pretty healthy. Hope everything works out for the little thing.
Great Video! It looks like the San Luis Obispo/Paso Robles area but I coun't be sure. Am I close?
In addition to the autopilot, the plane has an GPS unit and a magnetometer connected to the autopilot. More info about the autopilot board, software, GPS, and magnetometer can be found by searching for 'UAV Dev Board' and 'gentlenav' Configuring the autopilot is not difficult and the online community is always available and happy to help.
what additional sensors you have on ethere besides whats on the UDB4 and I guess a GPS? pressure and compass?
@kempoaz very easy
Nice flight!! How hard was to configure the autopilot ?
Good camera angle! Will be trying that myself.
@sciencethinkpilot Here's the autopilot web site code.google.com/p/gentlenav/
@booterspaw My HawkSky has an onboard autopilot that makes the plane much more controllable in all kinds of conditions. In fact, it also has a return to launch site feature that I've used several times to fly the plane back home automatically. If you're interested in this open source autopilot project, that also has a great support team, visit here
I tried getting a video just like this one about two months ago. Ended up losing my HawkSky for about a week. Conditions were great in my backyard, but up there, man the wind was HOWLING. It went up the way about a half mile and landed in a guys wooded field. I'm just glad it didn't anybody. Great video. I hope I can get the nerve to try it again sometime.
Done that a few times.