Today we were finally able to complete the first successful Pix4D grid mission using the android app. We now feel confident that when the Inspire com...
Today we spent the class period preparing for our presentation that we will be giving tomorrow.
This week was mostly spent preparing for the presentation we gave today.
We presented our first and second quarter progress and challenges to a lar...
Today we wanted to create a 3d model using the grid mission feature of the Pix4D app. The app seemed to be running much smoother now that it has been...
Today we took the Phantom 2 Vision to the track field to attempt another grid mission with the Pix4D mobile app. We figured the field would be the be...
This week we spent our time messing around with the Pix4D mobile app. We were unable to achieve even one successful mission. This is most likely due ...
The Pix4D support team emailed us back, and to paraphrase, they basically said that the app is just glitchy at the moment. In addition, they informed...
We spent today updating the Phantom, the controller, the range extender, and Pix4D.
Today we decided to shoot the E-lab again, but this time we manually flew a grid pattern similar to the one that the Pix4D app programs the phantom t...
This week we were able to successfully generate a new 3D model of the Energy Lab that is much more detailed than the first model. We learned that whi...
There was no weblog for yesterday because it was the first day of school and we really didn't accomplish anything.
Today we downloaded the full ver...
Today I finished editing the beach clean-up video, and I think that it looks a lot better now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eMe2KNJLXQ&feature=you...
This week we made a good amount of progress:
The RealFlight simulator came in and we were able to practice flying various multirotor systems with it. ...
Today we took screenshots of the footage we shot.
We also edited the shots and sent them to Greg.
Kohala Property Aerial Shots:
[Download file "Koh...
Today we really didn't do too much, we mainly practiced flying on the simulator.
I did discover some interesting new drone tech:
Cool 3D Quad:
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Today was Parents day at HPA, so we spent the day showing parents what the drones are, what we are doing with them, and we presented some of the phot...
This week, our main accomplishment was that we sent the photos we took of the Kohala coast property to Greg Moores. We hope to hear from him soon.
In...
Today we practiced flying because the wind was very low. We got a bit of useable footage of the solar array.
RF7 came in and we started installing...
Today we decided on what would be the "perfect" setup.
It includes the DJI F550 six-rotor drone, an upgraded gimbal and FPV system, and a ground st...
I only was able to make it to one class period this week.
All we were able to get done was some research on a better drone set-up.
Next week we plan...
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