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--- projects:canadawest [2012/10/09 01:02] – canadawest
+++ projects:canadawest [2015/02/04 11:51] (current) – [GPS guided Drone] canadawest
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 The end-game is to put up an autonomous drone as high as possible and return it back by gliding / minimal propulsion.\\
-Anyone who wants to join this project may contact Michael Pede (mpede@t4bi.com)
+Anyone who wants to join this project may contact Michael Pede (mpede.code.laureate@gmail.com)
 This project will have three parts
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   * High altitude Drone release
+There are a few reasons I want to have a payload that glides to a controlled area.
+  * Canada is big.  It can easily drift to some unpopulated area the would require a multi-day hike to retrieve.
+  * The US of A is South.  They may not take kindly to things referred to as "payloads" overhead.
+  * I have friends and family to the East.  With their help, retrieval can be made easier.  It would be cool to eventually drop things for my friend in Alberta to retrieve!
+[[projects:canadawest:progress|Progress Blog]]
 ====== GPS guided Drone ======
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 I'm going to break it down into the following steps
   - <del>[[projects:canadawest:glider|Get a glider]]</del>
-  - [[projects:canadawest:flying|Learn to fly]]
+  - <del>[[projects:canadawest:flying|Learn to fly]]</del>
-  - [[projects:canadawest:dronehw|Get drone hardware]]
+  - <del>[[projects:canadawest:dronehw|Get drone hardware]]</del>
-  - Fly the drone
+  - <del>[[projects:canadawest:droneflight|Fly the drone]]</del>
-  - [[projects:canadawest:gumstix|Expand the drone to be more programmable]]
+  - <del>Use a Ground Control Station to remotely fly the drone.</del>
-  - Test the drone's expanded capabilities
 ====== High altitude Balloon ======
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   - [[projects:canadawest:hab_payload|Build the payload]]
-  - Launch and record data
+  - [[projects:canadawest:hab_launch|Launch and record data]]
   - Rinse and repeat
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   - Test Hybrid done as a standalone flier
   - Launch Hybrid Drone
+====== Complementary Projects ======
+  * [[projects:canadawest:gpstracker|Python-based GPS tracker]].
+  * [[projects:canadawest:radar|Radar]]