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Cell phone controls tricopter
Tricopter news...: My mobile (Sony Ericsson K800i) now controls the tricopter (yaw and height). The good thing is, that I changed the reference system of the LED-tracking thingy from "camera bound" to...
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Autonomous indoor waypoint navigation with a tricopter
Finally, it's done... My tricopter flies along a three-dimensional path without me doing anything. The waypoints are recorded by some sort of "teach in" (basically taking snapshots of different...
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Tricopter - The Movie...
...a new movie showing some of the capabilities of my copter design. This is supposed to be a somewhat less technical movie... Enjoy!The copter is a completely independent development using an ATmega32...
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Tricopter - Flips and a little bit of gardening
The final version of Shrediquette. Source code PCB etc. available here:shrediquette.blogspot.comCast:W. ThielickeTags:tricopter, looping, flip, arduino, adxrs610, adxl322, bascom, microcontroller and...
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LenAir - World Domination Tour ;-D
Although this video was created quite a while ago, it is worth uploading it in HQ to vimeo today... The video shows some beautiful onboard scenes, recorded on my way down to Le Lavandou/ Bormes les...
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Stability test - Shrediquette tricopter
I don't know why, but I did two stability tests with my tricopter. First, I used different prop sizes on the motors, then I added some weight to one of the booms.Cast:W. ThielickeTags:Shrediquette and...
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Small size Shrediquette
Shrinking the tricopter doesn't seem to have any influence on flight characteristics.Cast:W. ThielickeTags:Tricopter and Shrediquette
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PIVlab - time-resolved digital particle image velocimetry (PIV) tool for MATLAB
Screen capture of my new open-source PIV tool. Website & download:PIVlab.blogspot.comCast:W. ThielickeTags:PIV, PIVlab, Matlab and particle image velocimetry
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Sölden 2010 Snowboarding - GoPro HD & PixelMotion test
Some footage from my brand new 'GoPro HD Hero' camera. I also discovered that AfterEffects might be an interesting tool. All images shot with mode 3 & 4.Cast:W. ThielickeTags:sölden, snowboarding,...
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Kármán vortex street behind a cylinder, PIV analysis with Matlab
A Kármán vortex street behind a cylindrical rod, RE ~ 11.000, analyzed with PIVlab (Time-Resolved Digital Particle Image Velocimetry Tool for MATLAB):PIVlab.blogspot.comImages were recorded in the...
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Shrediquette DLXm - Self Stabilizing & Aerobatic Micro-Tricopter. The Movie.
The best tricopter I've ever flown! What!? I have only flown one yet? Well... I don't care. This little thing was really worth the time I spent developing it. You can even attach a HD camera to it.More...
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Landkamp 2010 - Onboard scenes
Ein paar onboard-Szenen vom mini-Tricopter.shrediquette.blogspot.comCast:W. ThielickeTags:landkamp, landkämp and shrediquette
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FPV with a micro-sized tricopter (Shrediquette DLXm)
sorry for the quality, in reality it looks much better, but the framegrabber is pretty simple, and the set-up is not optimized at all. This is my third battery with FPV, so I really hope to do some...
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How to destroy a tricopter in slow motion (tricopter vs. balloon)
Some ultra-slow motions of my Shrediquette DLXm hitting water balloons. If you have a close look, you can see how much the blades deform when hitting the balloon. My tricopter...
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Shrediquette DLXm FPV, best of 2 x 800mAh
My micro-tricopter (motor shaft distance: 132 mm, max. dimension: 259 mm) during FPV flight. I hope everyone can guess how much fun this is :-D . Sorry for the bad AV-link, there is probably a lot of...
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41 FPV flips in two minutes
Shrediquette DLX in FPV ( = "first person flight", so there is a wireless camera attached to the copter, and I am wearing video goggles to see the live image from the copter). I am doing some single,...
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GPS, compass & pressure sensors -> Position hold with Shrediquette tricopter
One of the very first outdoor position hold tests with my tricopter. The sticks were not touched for 2*13 minutes (two packs of batteries). This is pretty much preliminary, but it already works in...
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FPV chase ...too close
Tumba and me attempting to chase one another... The GoPro HD works pretty good as FPV cam. Sometimes, the Skyfighter was flown via "3rd person FPV" using the video from the chasing plane.Cast:W....
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PIVlab analysis, synthetic translating Hamel-Oseen vortex pair
PIV analysis of a series of particle images. Analyzed with "PIVlab - Time-Resolved Digital Particle Image Velocimetry Tool for MATLAB" developed by W. Thielicke and E. J....
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Shrediquette MM6 FPV winter flight
Shrediquette Hexacoptershrediquette.blogspot.comController: TriGUIDE mini v2, Atmega328p @ 16 MHz, 5V Gyroscopes: 3*ADXRS610 Accelerometer: ADXL322 Control modes: Heading-hold or auto-level Receiver:...
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