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Visit our booth at:

International Paris Air Show
Le Bourget, France
June 15 - 21, 2009

Farnborough International Airshow 2008
July 14-20, 2008
Farborough, UK
Farnborough International Airshow 2008
July 14-20, 2008
Farborough, UK
AUVSI North America Convention and Trade Show
Washington Convention Center
Washington, D.C.
August 10-13, 2009

-Micropilot's Autopilot Systems Successfully Integrated with CONTROP's STAMP Stabilized Miniature Payloads

-Micropilot's Growth Continues 500 UAV Integrators in 60 countries

-True Hardware in the Loop (trueHWIL) Simulator Delivers more complete, Higher Fidelity Simulation

-NASA jet makes inaugural flight at 2007 AUVSI trade show

-MicroPilot (finally!) shipping MP2128heli

-MicroPilot Launches Miniature Helicopter Autopilot

-MP2028g Used in the First Pairing of Air and Ground Robotic Vehicles for Indoor Search and Rescue Mission Simulation

-MicroPilot Launches Two New UAV Autopilot Packages

-University of Manitoba Wins 2006 AUVSI Competition Using MicroPilot's MP2028g

-University of Linkoping Wins with MicroPilot

-MicroPilot Performs for NASA

-MicroPilot: Official Autopilot of the 2005 AUVSI Student Competition

-Canadian Based MicroPilot
World Leader in Miniature UAV Autopilots

-MicroPilot Presented with SmartTech Award

-MicroPilot’s Milestone Growth 300 Clients in 47 Countries

 
MP-Visione |

MP-Visione - Additional Items Needed

Camera Estimates
Pentax Camera Optio are A20, A30, A40 (A40 may not be available in some parts of the world)
$350.00
Discontinued Optio models that will still work are s5i and A10
Memory Card
$80.00
TOTAL:
$430.00
Laptop
 
Laptop

 
Requirements Pentium II, 500 MHZ, 256 MB Ram
 
Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP recommended (not Vista)
 
TOTAL:
$1,600.00
Recommended Software to Stitch Images
 
PT-GUI Software (www.ptgui.com)
$80.00
AutoStitch free software from the University of British Columbia
 
(http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~mbrown/autostitch/autostitch.html)
Free
TOTAL:
$80.00
RC Field Box (Prices from Local RC Store)
 
RC Receiver and Transmitter, either Futaba or JR Propo (Do not use Spectrum 2.4)*
$200.00
Ernst airplane stand                                                
$13.00
Allen key/ballwrench                                                 
$4.00
Thunder Power RC 1010C Li Poly Programmable Battery Charger*
$200.00
FMA Direct five dean pin parralell board (CMP-HC-5) *
$20.00
Xacto knife
$4.00
5 minute epoxy
$7.00
1/2 oz thin CA glue
$6.00
1/2 oz thick CA glue
$6.00
Accelerator for CA glue
$7.00
6 oz fiberglass cloth (for repairs)
$6.00
Power Shot motor cleaner
$8.00
10-32 wing bolts 4/pack
$2.00
# 64 rubber bands (per box)
$3.00
Extra set of flight batteries 4 packs x $70
$250.00
Thunder Power L-Polymer 2100 mah / 11.1 volts (3 cell)
 
TOTAL:
$736.00
Additional items (Prices from Hardware / Sporting goods store)
 
Large Tool Box for use as a Field Box
$13.00
DC to AC converter to power laptop and radio modem
$44.00
Handheld GPS
$107.00
TOTAL:
$164.00
Miscellaneous  
Q-tips and alcohol for cleaning camera lens
 
Paper towels / Windex for airframe
 
   

* NOTES:
The RC transmitter and receiver needs to be a minimum of 5 channels. JR or Futaba with a preference to JR.
http://www.greathobbies.com/search/results/?srchtype=AdvSearch&srchcat=QA
Due to fail safe features, the Spectrum DX7 2.4 radio transmitter is not recommended.

Thunder Power L-Polymer 2100 mah / 11.1 volts (3 cell)
http://www.rctoys.com/rc-toys-and-parts/TP-2100-3SPL/RC-PARTS-THUNDER-POWER-3-CELL-LITHIUM-BATTERIES.html

Thunder Power RC 1010C Li Poly Programmable Battery Charger
http://www.rctoys.com/rc-toys-and-parts/TP-1010C/RC-PARTS-CHARGERS-BALANCERS-POWER.html

To charge the batteries at the same time we use the FMA Direct five dean pin parralell board
(CMP-HC-5) soldered on the output leads.
Link- http://www.fmadirect.com/products.htm?cat=35&nid=3

Revised October 4, 2007

 

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