AVC 2015 AnnouncedJanuary 7, 2015  adminSparkfun just announced some details on the 2015 Autononomous Vehicle Competition. Key detailsSat, June 20At the new Sparkfun HQ, not the reservoir where it was held for the past two yearsAerial is copter-only — no planesThere will be a “no GPS” bonus, because GPS is too easy!Many of the 3DR team will be there coaching kids/student teams, but we probably won’t compete directly. Best to keep it focused on amateurs, which is in the Maker spirit of the Read MoreFlying Christmas TreeJanuary 6, 2015  adminDid you guy’s see this? Merry Christmas to ALL!Good job guy’s!
Team Prometheus
Monroe Lee King Jr.

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Market Survey/ What Is Needed?
January 6, 2015  admin
Looking for feedback from the community. We currently build unmanned vehicle for military and commercial applications in the USA. Our current commercial units are obviously very similar to the consumer drones.
What if any features are community members looking for in a RTF consumer drone?
We currently develop our systems under IRAD funds so this is not a Kickstarter type program.
Examples:
Multi-Rotor: Longer Endurance, Installed Video Links, Foldable, More payload capability, Ethernet based? Read More
Design Feedback Needed – 2
January 6, 2015  admin
The “balloon” around the rotors is for storage only. You can open the upper part and put up to X batteries in it.
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What Cause A Crash?
January 5, 2015  admin
So if you’ve got a RC plane, Helicopter or Multirotor for Christmas congratulations, I’m sure you’re going to really enjoy it. I’m hopefully going to give you some pointers so you don’t crash your new drone. It should also make your flying more enjoyable and less stressful. Follow the link to the full blog link

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Safety Above All
January 5, 2015  admin
Happy Holidays to everyone!
SAFETY ABOVE ALL!

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Le Poste In France, And Deutsche Post In Germany Using Drones!
January 5, 2015  admin
No hard to see Europe is far ahead in their small Drone programs for Civilian use!
The French post office has launched a programme to use drones to deliver parcels in all weathers up to 12 miles away.
La Poste, as France’s public postal service is called, said a series of test flights over the past three months by its subsidiary, Express Internationale GeoPost, has been a success.
The tests, conducted in collaboration with the company Atechsys at La Poste’s special test site Read More
UAS America Fund Files FAA Petition For Rulemaking On “Micro” Drones
January 5, 2015  admin
Law firm Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems practice headBrendan Schulman has filed with the Federal Aviation Administration a formal Petition for Rulemaking (“Petition”) on behalf of the UAS America Fund, LLC (“UAS Fund”), proposing a new “micro” unmanned aircraft (“mUA”) rule. The proposed regulation would govern all commercial operations for unmanned aircraft systems (“UA