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    newbie intro: looking to get into autonomous flight

    i have seen this! in fact, my buddy and i ordered one today. i think it's the ticket we are looking for. i will report back our findings as soon as we get it in and start tinkering with it. i was also interested to know what people are using to transport their drones. woudl it be a worth while...
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    newbie intro: looking to get into autonomous flight

    UPDATE: so in the past week, my plans have been moving super fast. my buddy and I got two practice drones, an X5C and a UDI/829 and we started learning how to fly them. we were practicing every day and we actually got fairly decent at it. we even started trying to master obstacles like holding...
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    using radar for object detection

    thank you sir, that was the right rabbit hole to jump down! thanks again, much appreciated.
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    using radar for object detection

    hi all, i am pretty new to the drone world and i am planning a long term goal of designing and building my own custom drone capable of autonomous flight. i have experience in mechanical engineering, and my buddy who is an EE, will be helping me along with the power issues and programming end of...
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    newbie intro: looking to get into autonomous flight

    Update: so i finally received my practice drone, and a buddy of mine who is also getting into drone flight and will be helping me design my future autonomous drone also received his practice drone. between us we have a X5C and a UDI/RC drone. after a couple of days of flying them we have been...
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    newbie intro: looking to get into autonomous flight

    update: i was hoping to get my practice drone (X5C-1) by today so that i would have the weekend to start practicing with it, but unfortunately i will have to wait until next week. as for my larger drone, i went with a kit from 3DR. I was already looking into how to make this thing fly...
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    newbie intro: looking to get into autonomous flight

    thanks for replying Paul, i should have mentioned that I am in the Bay Area CA, and that I recently found out that the 3DR offices are right in my neighborhood. I also should have mentioned that I do plan on taking this in many many steps and will also be starting from square one by learning to...
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    newbie intro: looking to get into autonomous flight

    so after some internet sifting and info i received from members on this forum, i decided to go with the pixhawk by 3DR as my flight controller. i decided to find some off the shelf copter/kits that i can cut my teeth with, and later take on my experiences and design my own frame/arms/brackets...
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    newbie intro: looking to get into autonomous flight

    thanks for the info, this will help me build a good jumping off point to get started in this hobby.
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    newbie intro: looking to get into autonomous flight

    hi all, my name is Ken and i am a complete quadcopter noob. my ultimate goal in the hobby is to design, build and successfully launch my first autonomous quadcopter, but since i am completely foreign the hobby i thought i would start by learning the basics. i look forward to sifting this forum...
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