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Useful Links
GPS Information
Single Board Computers
Radio Modems
Airframe Designing
Airframe Building
Other Experimenters working on UAVs
Sensors
Electronics and RC Electronics
Writing Software
Commercial UAVs
Aerial Photography
For information on GPS, try:
Single board computers are available from:
Parallax Inc.
If you're looking for Radio Modems, try:
When you're designing your airframe, try the following
links:
- Turbocad
offers a free 2D CAD program. They also offer a very reasonably priced
3D CAD program. Their products seem to have a fair number of bugs,
but when you really get frustrated, go get a price for Autocad. Look
for Free Sortware under the site map.
- The RcCad site
offers a free CAD program as well as lots of plans (in the RcCad proprietary
format).
- An online
aerodynamics text book (demonstration version)
- DJ Aerotech has an excellent Question
and Answer site with lots of good explanations of various RC model
design issues
- Yet another aerodynamics
text (has different levels covering high school to introductory
college)
- A good RC
related index.
- A page containing equations for static
thrust, engine horsepower, maximum speed etc.
When its time to build your airframe, the following
links may be useful:
If you're looking for other experimenters working on
UAVs, try:
There are many sensors you may wish to consider:
Some electronics and RC electronics links you may
wish to investigate:
Ken Hewitt's RC
electronics projects/kits
Another set of links to RC
electronics sites
When the time comes to write your software, here
are some links:
A few interesting commercial UAVs:
Information on Aerial Photography:
- Miniature video cameras, transmitters and related equipment are
available from Wireless
Video Cameras, Super
Circuits Inc., Polaris
Industries, DCSS,
PlaneTalk,
and ATV Research
Inc
- P.C. Electronics
(ham TV - if you want long range, and don't mind obtaining a ham radio
operator's license)
- Hi Cam -
Aerial Photography from model helicopters and other unusual aircraft,
with related pictures, articles and links.
- Glen Anderson and Bill Dickerson maintain a site about aerial
photography.
- Video overlay boards are available from Decade
Engineering, black
box camera
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