MAKE » Tag: R/C

Quadcopter Flying Over a Field of Yellow Mustard

Laura Cochrane — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:00:39 +0000

There is a large field of mustard a couple miles from MAKE headquarters, and for a few weeks in spring, all the mustard blooms, and the field turns brilliant yellow. On the way home from work about a month ago, I stopped at the field, with a plan to to take some photos. As I got closer to the ideal photo spot, I came across a gentleman, documentary filmmaker Michael Heumann, flying a quadcopter. We got to chatting, and I ended up snapping some photos. Michael has a DJI Phantom Aerial UAV Drone Quadcopter with a GoPro camera mounted to it, and he showed me how he had installed some Moongel pads on the top and bottom of the camera, to absorb shock to reduce video shakiness.

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Weekend Projects – Mini Rover Redux

makemagazineuser — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

Complete instructions for this episode of Weekend Projects can be found at http://makeprojects.com/Project/Mini-Rover-Redux/2479/1 Learn the basics of modding a remote controlled (RC) vehicle for the purpose of making your own terrestrial rover. Mount one wireless camera onto your vehicle's chassis, and see how far you can drive it and see what it sees. Then, add a second camera for ultra-wide-angle vision, front and rear viewing, or sterescopic 3D video of the world!

R/C Watermelon Boat

Laura Cochrane — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:45:26 +0000

This R/C watermelon boat would work better rigged up as trimaran, seeing as it "met with an untimely death after tipping over." But melon seaworthiness aside, this build would be fun on a warm summer day.

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New in the Maker Shed – ELEV-8 Quadcopter Kit

Eric Weinhoffer — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:31:52 +0000

The Maker Shed now has the ELEV-8 Quadcopter kit by Parallax! This kit takes a little skill to put together, but it's a fantastically fun build and even more fun to fly.

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Parallax ELEV-8 Quadcopters at Maker Faire New York

Maker Shed — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:00:40 +0000

Ready for some high-flying quadcopter action at Maker Faire New York? Parallax will be demoing their ELEV-8 quadcopters live on the Make: Demo Stage (in the Maker Shed) at 4pm both Saturday and Sunday. I’m hoping they bring their first person video setup so you can experience Maker Faire as […]

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WiFi RC Car Has Camera and Force Feedback

Matt Richardson — Wed, 09 May 2012 18:30:25 +0000

From maker Blair Kelly: "Arduino Wifly Mini is a remotely operated vehicle that communicates over a WiFi network, can be controlled with an XBOX 360 or PS3 controller, or G27 steering wheel, or any other controller that can be manipulated with Processing’s ProControll library."

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Stop-Motion Build of an RC Helicopter

John Baichtal — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 18:30:18 +0000

Check out this krispy stop-motion build of a SAB Goblin RC helicopter, along with some clips of some cool stunts, including upside down flying! [via Frankie] Filed under: Fun & Games

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Gogglevision Quadcopter Video

Mark Frauenfelder — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:30:38 +0000

Steve Lodefink sent me this amazing video of a guy flying his quadcopter around his neighborhood using a goggle vision system. He even flies it through his(?) house. What fun! Filed under: Fun & Games

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Kinect Gesture-Controlled RC Helicopter

Gareth Branwyn — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:30 +0000

Impressive Kinect-based gesture-controlled RC helicopter.

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Name This Six-Legged Walker Toy

Gareth Branwyn — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:30:45 +0000

This video has been making the viral rounds today. It's a sneak preview and a draft promo video for a six-legged robotic toy in development at Wow! Stuff. And the toy is definitely a wow.

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