The WWVi Model UAV Lab

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The Lastest Developments

Tue, 2012-01-24 15:48

Today my patcience was rewarded when some of the frame components of "Shredder" aka RD28 arrived in the mail from the U.K. It only took 12 days to arrive! I unboxed it, and was...

Modeling performance for RD16 (eCalc)

Sun, 2012-01-22 13:59

I decided to sit down with eCalc for multirotor and model all my lipos against all my props for this aircraft and I was very surprised to find that some combinations I would...

RD3 - Rusty tests a new brain The Quadrino Zoom

Wed, 2012-01-11 18:44

I installed the Quadrino Zoom flightcontroller onto the RD3 testing platform and then began the onorous task of trying to set it up. After nearly a month of messing around with...

WWVi Model UAVs

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Recent Developments

RD26 aka Spear gets a new home and owner too

2 weeks 5 days ago

THis model has been deliverd to my brother Bam who will be flying this around his hometown of...

RD23 aka "Buzz" gets a new home and Owner

2 weeks 5 days ago

This model was built for my bro Bam, and last night I delivered it and he got a chance to fly it...

RD13 - Icarus gets CC Replacement

3 weeks 6 days ago

After failing to get Icarus flying correctly with a CopterControl bard, I decided to take out...

To build a fleet of flying intelligent robots

Welcome to the WWVi MUAV Lab
At The WWVi (say wiv-ee) Lab, we are always cooking up some new cool thing. Our current focus is on MUAV or Model-Unmanned Air Vehicles. These devices may seem like toys but dont let the size fool you, they are very sophisticated flying sensor arrays capable of delivering information in very short amounts of time. ARDi (Aerial Research Drone 1) was the flagship Model of the WWVi fleet but is now retired.
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Model			Duration	Location of flight	Flight Date	Battery Used
RD13	Indoor Test Flight	5:	11	Fort Smith, NT CANADA	Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 07:03	45 Hyperion 2S 2100 mAh
RD10	Indoor Test Flight	6:	11	Fort Smith, NT CANADA (Full AP Payload 3S2200)	Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 15:00	20 Turnigy-Nano 3S 2200 mAh
RD10	Indoor Test Flight	3:	48	Fort Smith, NT CANADA (2S-2100)	Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 14:57	44 Hyperion 2S 2100 mAh
RD13	Indoor Test Flight	6:	10	Fort Smith, NT CANADA	Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 18:49	20 Turnigy-Nano 3S 2200 mAh
RD-3	Indoor Test Flight	1:		Fort Smith, NT CANADA - FC test	Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 18:46	20 Turnigy-Nano 3S 2200 mAh
RD26	Camera Flight	7:	5	Fort Smith, NT CANADA	Monday, January 2, 2012 - 16:58	24 Turnigy-Nano 4S 5000 mAh
RD10	Indoor Test Flight	3:	4	Fort Smith, NT CANADA - Balance Tunining	Monday, January 2, 2012 - 13:34	43 Hyperion 2S 2100 mAh 45 Hyperion 2S 2100 mAh
RD13	Indoor Test Flight	4:	4	Fort Smith, NT CANADA - PID Tuning CC	Monday, January 2, 2012 - 13:33	22 Turnigy-Nano 3S 2200 mAh
RD-9	Indoor Test Flight	6:	11	Fort Smith, NT CANADA - Kezia Flight Training	Sunday, January 1, 2012 - 14:37	21 Turnigy-Nano 3S 2200 mAh
RD-9	Indoor Test Flight	5:		Fort Smith, NT CANADA - kez livingroom	Sunday, January 1, 2012 - 00:37	22 Turnigy-Nano 3S 2200 mAh
RD-9	Indoor Test Flight	5:		Fort Smith, NT CANADA - Kezia Pilot Training	Sunday, January 1, 2012 - 00:36	20 Turnigy-Nano 3S 2200 mAh
RD23	Indoor Test Flight	6:	17	Fort Smith, NT CANADA	Friday, December 30, 2011 - 15:32	41 Turnigy-Nano 2S 1300 mAh