Nice retractable pan/tilt mount Added by Chris Anderson on August 31, 2012 at 1:35pm — Important note for APM 2.5 users: if you're not using an enclosure, cover your baro sensor! One of the differences between APM 2.0 and APM 2.5 is that on APM 2.5 there is no daughterboard covering the barometric pressure sensor. Well, if you've got your APM 2.5 in an enclosure of some sort, it's no big deal (the official enclosures will be out in a few weeks and will be included with APM 2.5 orders then;… Added by Chris Anderson on August 29, 2012 at 10:30pm — Call of Duty Black Ops II video game kit comes with actual flying quadcopter This is the same… Added by Chris Anderson on August 28, 2012 at 10:00pm — Reverse engineering the Syma 107 toy helicopter IR protocol If you've played with the Syma 107, you'll know that it's an amazingly stable, fun and cheap ($16!) toy helicopter. Maybe a good platform for a micro UAV? Possibly, but you'll need to be able to hack into its control signals first.

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Added by Chris Anderson on August 26, 2012 at 12:55pm —where can i buy a drone in london UDrones RTF ArduPlane/ArduCopters now come with APM 2.5 The uDrones RTF ArduPlane, which is a very good deal at $599, now comes with the new APM 2.5. You can add telemetry and FPV video options, too. Just add your own RC and LiPo and you're ready to go.  Added by Chris Anderson on August 25, 2012 at 10:34pm — Two ways to extend the range of a Parrot AR. One of the common mods that popped up on the internet were ways of extending the range on the AR Drone. It normally uses a local Wi-Fi connection to your phone or tablet for control and video signals. Many found this quite… Added by Chris Anderson on August 24, 2012 at 4:57pm — Some recent features added to the Mission Planner You've probably noticed that Michael Oborne seems to be improving and enhancing the Mission Planner every day, judging by the frequent autoupdates.

And you wouldn't be far off from the truth! We don't post a changelog with every update (it's too many to keep up with), but if you're curious, you can always see them in the… Added by Chris Anderson on August 22, 2012 at 8:51pm — Making a quadcopter RC controller with a WiFly radio When [Matt] started building his multirotor helicopter, he was far too involved with building his craft than worrying about small details like how to actually control his… Added by Chris Anderson on August 22, 2012 at 8:41pm — Where drones sit on the "hype curve" Every year, the Gartner IT consultancy releases its famous "hype curve", which shows where it thinks various emerging technologies are in the usual cycle of swings between overheated expectations, backlashes and ultimate practical application.… Added by Chris Anderson on August 21, 2012 at 10:15am — Quadcopter used as weed sprayer Added by Chris Anderson on August 21, 2012 at 7:30am — MakerPlane, a new organization for open source (full sized) aviation

From BoingBoing, news of a new organization that uses some of the same open source principles we use here, but for manned aircraft: "MakerPlane is an open… Added by Chris Anderson on August 20, 2012 at 5:20pm — Centeye optical flow copters on TechCrunch! Our friend Geoff Barrows, who has been working with us on his great optical flow boards, just got covered by TechCrunch! Added by Chris Anderson on August 19, 2012 at 7:00am — Finally: replace just the bent shaft, not the entire motor If you're like me and crash a lot (I'm a terrible pilot), bent motor shafts are a weekly curse. There's no good way to straighten them, so I have to replace the entire motor. That's expensive, and requires a lot of soldering of wires and remounting motors. So good news: now you can just replace the bent part, leaving… Added by Chris Anderson on August 16, 2012 at 9:30pm — Defense industry UAV makers transitioning to commercial/civilian markets Part of a report on the AUVSI show by the Robot Report.

Also check out … Added by Chris Anderson on August 14, 2012 at 10:30am — Farm robots only pick the ripe strawberries One of the biggest commercial opportunities for robotics is agriculture, which I find endlessly fascinating (probably because I know nothing about farming!).  This isn't exactly drone-related (although lots of farmers are using drones for everything from multispectral imaging to crop-spraying), but Forbes has a… Added by Chris Anderson on August 10, 2012 at 6:00pm — New stamp-sized GPS module claims to be spoof-proof From the LA Times. The product datasheet is … Added by Chris Anderson on August 10, 2012 at 12:30pm — Roundup of Lockheed Martin's latest UAVs Some new small-scale UAVs from Lockheed Martin, plus the latest in blimp with huge radar arrays and onboard power generation. Always interesting to see the standardization on Xbox-style controllers for the little ones. Added by Chris Anderson on August 10, 2012 at 9:27am —