Hello, to all my supporters and friends in Europe! I just wanted to make a quick announcement letting everyone know that you can order techpods from RCTech in Sweden. They will be distributing 3DRobotics autopilots and equipment as well.
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Techpod coming to Australia
I am happy to announce we have a distributor in Australia. Please contact admin@boltrc.com for ordering info. The guys at boltrc.com will have a proper store front up by next week. Thanks to all my friends and supporters from down under! Wayne
Techpod Production sample arrives and closeups of the parts
Here is a gallery of many of the parts that will come with your Techpod kit
production sample on the way!
Hey guys Check out the picture the factory just send me. They are going to send it to me for approval ASAP. So if all goes well, they will be done manufacturing the batch in about 3-4 weeks.Then they will be shipped to the US for distribution to all my wonderful supporters. I should have them […]
techpod molds done
Hey everyone, I am happy to announce that aluminum molds for mass producing the techpod are nearly ready to start cranking out airplanes! Thanks to everyone who helped me out on kickstarter! You can still pre-order your own techpod today at hobbyuav.com They will be ready to ship in January.
UAV's for useful Civilian uses! Who knew?
Today, while browsing the web I finally came across some GOOD PR for civilian used UAV. Turns out, there are people doing cool things with them other than launching weapons, and of course helping “Big Brother” spy. It is too bad that the media has spent a ton of research and articles on the bad […]
Texas Researchers "Spoof" UAV
“discovery that could factor heavily into the implementation of a new federal mandate to allow thousands of civilian drones into the U.S. airspace by 2015.” Known as “spoofing,” the technique creates false civil GPS signals that trick the vehicle’s GPS receiver into thinking nothing is amiss — even as it steers a new navigational […]
Hi Resolution Mapping and Privacy Concerns
Anyone in the UAS industry, including simple DIY guys and even the hobby groups have recently been seeing several news paper articles speaking of the invasion of “Big Brother” via “Drones”. Those of us in the industry sometimes laugh at the fears civilians have, but as we know sometimes they are well founded. I am […]
Using UAS for monitoring Reparian projects
Awhile back I conducted some research and at the time 70% of the most likely uses for UAS were for earth monitoring. That being said, most of the calls my company has received from several companies through out the world have been for just that! And as the industry has progressed and my abilities have […]