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Dconger	MarcusWolschon	Alfamyke	Danstah	Martinmm
John Burt	SilaS	Mecevans	CSU-FCUAV	Pierre-Selim
martinpi	VAMK	Elden_Crom	Bernard Davison	U of Arizona Autonomous Glider
Marc	Bu5hm4nn	HWal	Rui Costa	Stephen Dwyer
Paul Cox	Bruzzlee	Stspies	Mzr	AGRESSiVA
add yourself here	Martial Châteauvieux	Christoph

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Asia

Asia

Name	Location	Hardware	Joined	Current activities / project status
WANGYAO	China	UMARIM,twog,tiny2.11	2008	fly with Umarim v10 now, fully auto takeoff and landing
ZHAOJin	China	Tiny2.11	2011	Just Finished my hand-soldered Tiny2.11 board. Welcome to my blog: freikorps.blogcn.com (CHINESE中文)
Wangcfan	China	Tiny2.11	2008	The beginning, is now in learning phase;Learning in Tiny2.11 using the method of IMU!
MNW	China	Tiny2.11	2009	Just starting,having troubles with parts.
Shubham	India	Tiny2.11	2009	Writing the configuration code for airframe
M Mundhra	India	Tiny 1.3	2007	Gain tuning on a flying wing configuration airframe
Jianlun	Singapore	TWOG V1	2008	trying to get TWOG onto an EasyStar. very much a newbie!
prashanth	India	Tiny 2.11	2008	6 autonomous flights till now, currently build a new wing like funjet
spencer	Taipei, Taiwan	none	2009	research for now, hope to take aerial photos of Taipei City soon
benybee	Bandar Lampung, Indonesia	Tiny13 1.1	2010	trying to get wing dragon fully autonomus, for aireal photograph and research
Anil vanjare	India	TWOG, Tiny v2.1,Umarim v10	2011	,Umarim board assembled and tested all are ok on ground, now building a MAV to do test flight using UMARIM, with prashant

Europe

Name	Location	Hardware	Joined	Current activities / project status
Austria
Martin Piehslinger	Vienna, Austria	Tiny 2.11	2008	just starting
TomS	Graz, Austria	Tiny 2.11	2008	Starting to complete the wiring for the tiny and then trying to apply it to my TwinStar II.
France
X-MicroDrones	Paris, France	Tiny 2.11, Quad-Tilt-Rotor VTOL	2008	Wiring completed, first flights soon... We're trying to adapt Paparazzi to a Quad-Tilt-Rotor VTOL able to perform both airplane-like and helicopter-like flights. Working on inertial measurement units implementation.
Philippe Volivert	Paris, France	TWOG 2.12, EasyGlider, MPX3030	July 2009	Working on pan/tilt/roll camera
ESTACA Modélisme	Paris, France	TWOG 2.11, Swift 2, MC22	January 2010	Starting
Imed Limaiem	Paris, France	TWOG 2.11, EPP-CF FPV	January 2010	flight test; Town pollution measurement;
Paul Cox	Toulouse	Tiny v2.11	Nov. 2008	GWS Slow Stick flying in AUTO2 reliably. Starting on stabilized video and payload drops Skype: pauldanielcox Gtalk: [use email]
Charles-Edmond Bichot	Lyon, France	Tiny/YAPA, IR+GPS, XBee/smartphone	September 2009	Teaching projects, solar cells, object detection in video / image
Germany
Maik Hoepfel	Berlin, Germany	TWOG, Borjet Maja, Futaba 9C 35 Mhz	August 2009	Have flown different airframes and am flying a Borjet Maja right now; built a more rugged case and connecting board for PPRZ; taking surveying pictures
Marcus Wolschon	Freiburg, Germany	Gumstix, Paraplane	2008	Porting Paparazzi to Linux-Userland with UDP-communication using mesh-networking. UDP-Downlink working, GPS via GPSD working, Pararazzi in Linux working, Hardware still RC-only due to sensor-soldering-issues
Felix Ruess	Munich, Germany	Lisa/M, Lisa/L, Booz, Twog	2008	coding more than flying.... unfortunately
Jonas Jelten	Augsburg, Germany	just our airframe	2010	"P-Seminar" for the new G8 at our Gymnasium (solarflugzeug.de.tc)
Christoph Niemann	Bremen, Germany	Reely Condor with TWOG and Sparkfun Razor-IMU	2010	Several successful AUTO2-Flights.
Martial Châteauvieux	Munich, Germany	Bormatec/Maja with TWOG and IR	2011	Next test in January 2012, as soon as the weather permits. Hopefully I can switch in AUTO2.
Steffen Spies	Wolfsburg, Germany	Multiplex TwinStar with Tiny V2.11 and IR	2010	Awaiting first flight.
Tobias M	Germany	Multiplex TwinStar II TWOG v1 and IR/imu	2007	about 120h of flight tests in Auto2 with IR - coding and testing a new vertical control with airspeed - just changed from IR to Aspirin imu - about 3h Auto2 in that configuration
Rolf N	Bremen, Germany	Multiplex Acromaster with TWOG, airspeed and imu	2010	Several successful AUTO2 flights
Jochen Rieger	Karlsruhe, Germany	Bormatec Maja, Lisa/L	2011	I hope the first flight is coming soon.
Portugal
Rui Costa	Azores, Portugal	Outrunner Twinstar II with Tiny 2.11, Aerocomm datalink, 1W video tx	2008	Only ground test and software configuration.
Nuno Guedes	Lamego, Portugal	Tiny 2.11	2008	Starting
Switzerland
MarkG	Geneva, Switzerland	Modified Tiny v2.11, TWOG v1, EeePC as GCS, Multiplex FunJet & EasyStar	2008	Many successful flights.
CedricM	Geneva, Switzerland	Tiny 2.11, Multiplex FunJet with video camera	2008	Many successful flights working on an osd module and weather probes.
RetoB	Meilen, Switzerland	TWOG, Tiny 2.11, Cougar, eHawk, Y-UAV, EzOSD, Scherrer UHF	2010	Many successful flights. See www.aerovista.ch and www.y-uav.com for current status.
EmilioS	Winterthur, Switzerland	Tiny 2.11 incl. ArduIMU, Borjet Maja, UMARS	2010	Many successful flights. See UMARS for current status.
Oliver E	Winterthur, Switzerland	Tiny 2.11 incl. ArduIMU, Kyosho Calmato, UMARS	2010	Many Successful flights. A lot of experience as savety pilot. Experience with pich based speed control (best you can have). No programming skills unfortuanatley.
Samuel B.	Winterthur, Switzerland	Tiny 2.11, Multiplex Easyglider	2010	Just starting. No flight so far :/
RetoM	Bottighofen, Switzerland	YAPA2/SparkFun-SEN-10121-6DOF-IMU, Multiplex Mentor, SebArt Wind S 50E	2011	Many flights successfully performed, including autostart/autolanding, many more to go ...
Simon W.	Aarau, Switzerland	TWOG with ArduIMU in Jamara Roo, TWOG on a Telink Tempest flying wing, YAPA2 on a Bormatec Maja, Lisa/L on a Droidworx AD-8 HL	2010	Many successful flights. See http://sites.google.com/site/paparazziuav/.
UK
Alan K	Middlesbrough, England	Tiny 2.11 & MaxStream	2008	Just starting.
Gareth R	Sheffield, UK	Tiny 2.11, video, bunch of helicopters, Multiplex Mentor, Multiplex Funjet, Multiplex Fox, GWS Formosa	2008	Came 4th in EMAV09 (although won the Golden Balls award for courage in the face of adversity and exceptional partying). Many AUTO2 flights with a camera and XBee868s. Current main airframe is a GWS Formosa (they are so cheap!).
Other
SilaS	Budapest	Tiny 1.3,2.11, Twog 1.0	2007	Applied tiny to GWS Estarter, finished long travels in AUTO2. Now transfert it to a Twinstar and working on pairing tiny with FPV. Successfull. Now using it on large gliders and jets.
Chris Efstathiou	Piraeus Hellas	tiny 2.11 on a Mpx EasyGlider, TWOG 1.3 on a Boomerang turbine jet	2008	The Easyglider is fully operational, still working on the jet which had his first flight with the TWOG at 25/1/2009
OpenUAS	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	TWOG, Tiny, Lisa/L and various airframes	2007	Quite a few AUTO2 flights. Improving airspeed, IMU and strong wind integration
Andrew Saenko	Russia, St-Petersburg	Tiny 1.13, Tiny 2.11, two own hardware designs, 5 kg aerial photo plane, 2.5 kg survelliance uav, Easystar	2007	Use modified autopilot and GCS in professional tasks, add self desidned IMU
David "Buzz" Carlson	Cyprus	Tiny 2.11, Lynx EDF & GWS SloStick, 9XTend datalink	2008	Quite a few AUTO2 flights. Plane currently grounded due to a TX run-in with a 1 year-old. Currently working on getting new TX and completing CBP store setup.
AneMos-Group	Patras, Greece	Tiny 2.11, Quadrotor VTOL	2008	Working on IMU, Trying to implement Constrained Control for the quadrotor trajectory flight
Allan Ojala (VAMK)	Vaasa, Finland	TWOG, with AC4790 radio and LEA-5H GPS	2009	Ditched the SIG Kadet. Built a new big plane TaigaCam. Self-build model made out of EPP and a plastic tube.
Phineas	Bucharest, Romania	Tiny2.11 (PPZUAV)	November 2009	Just started to set-up
Luke	Torino, Italy	TWOG	December 2009	Close to mount the AP on my Mentor
Helge	Bergen, Norway	TWOG	2009	First Auto2 flight with Twinstar2 in October 2010
Joaquín	Málaga, Spain	TWOG v1, Trex600, Cockpit SX, ArduImuV2, HMC5843	September 2009	Finished integration (navigation, control, actuators). Missing to realize an automatic engine control.

North America

Name	Location	Hardware	Joined	Current activities / project status
Matthew Currie	Nanaimo, BC Canada	Tiny 13 v1.1 (Self-built)	November 2006	Funjet + XBee
John Burt wiki page	Portland, Oregon	Tiny v2.11 + LEA-4H (PPZUAV), Multiplex Cularis/Easystar, 9Xtend modem, T7CAP TX, ground station: EEE PC701 and/or Nokia N810	Jan 2009	Initial flight tests w/ Easystar in AUTO1 & AUTO2.
Pat O'Gara	St. Paul, MN	Tiny 2.11 and TWOG (PPZUAV)	Oct. 2008	Completed and flown FunJet and Minimag in Auto 2. Currently rebuilding MiniMag as an improved development platform.
John Koches	Muskegon, Michigan	Tiny 2.11 (PPZUAV)	2007	currently flying a 48 inch zagi, 80 inch under construction.
Steve Deguir	New York, New York	Tiny2.11+LEA-5H (PPZUAV), XbeePro 2.4, Berg4L, JR FMA	Feb 2009
David Conger	San Diego (Ramona), California	Tiny1.3 (PPZUAV)	Sept 2007	Flying Wing MAV with onboard video. Test platform for the new 900mhz XBPro 900 RF modems.
Michael Evans	Seaside(Monterey Bay), California	Tiny2.11 (PPZUAV)	Feb 2009	http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1000937.
USU AggieAir Remote Sensing	Logan, UT	TWOG (PPZUAV)	January 2009	Building 72" Flying Wings which will be used for remote sensing. Routine autonomous flight.
USU OSAM-UAV	Logan, UT	TWOG (PPZUAV)	June 2007	2x72" 5x48" 1x60" Flying Wings. Research backyard for AggieAir Remote Sensing. Routine autonomous flight.
CSU Fuel Cell UAV	Fort Collins, Co	Tiny 2.11 + LEA-5H (PPZUAV), 2.4Ghz XBPro	Mar 2009	Maiden flight complete Feb 28. New Airframe in development.
Armen Gharibans	La Jolla, California	Tiny2.11 (PPZUAV)	March 2009	UCSD Project with Multiplex Mentor. Completed August 2, 2009. Several Successful Auto2 Flights. A LOT of help from David Conger.
Elden Crom	Tucson, AZ	Twog 1.0	July 2009	Multiplex Twinstar, XBee Pro. Several Successful Auto2 Flights. Working toward precise Auto-Takeoff and Auto-Land
U of Arizona Autonomous Glider	Tucson, AZ	None, will use TWOG 1.0	December 2009	Super Dimona, Aerocomm. No Flight test. Working toward setting waypoints within Paparazzi code
[Reegan]	Lubbock, TX	Planning on Tiny 2.11 (PPZUAV), 900mhz XBPro	Dec. 2009	Gaining info to begin a collegiate project
Team UAV UALR Caleb Tenberge	Little Rock, AR	Using TWOG 1.0	Feb 2010	Using a Telemaster, we are learning the GCS and building our plane.
Arizona State University POLY - Capstone Team: Development of UAV /w surveillance System	Mesa, AZ	Using TINY 2.1 - 2.4GHz Modem, CCD Camera /w 900 MHz Video Transmitter	March 2010	4-lbs Flying Wings. We made successful autonomous flights.
Stephen Dwyer	Edmonton, AB, CAN	Nothing Yet	Jan 2011	Obtaining Hardware
Murat A. Genc	New York, NY	not decided yet	May 2011	just started
University of Alberta UAS Group	Edmonton, AB, CAN	TWOG 1.0, Asprin IMU	Aug 2011	Completing tuning flights in Auto 1 on a Senior Telemaster with 26cc gas engine. Working towards a stable platform for research.
Piotr Esden-Tempski	Santa Cruz, CA	Lisa/L, Lisa/M, Aspirin, Quadshot, Rotorcraft	2009	Software and Hardware development as well as The Quadshot
University of Arizona MAV	Tucson, AZ	Lisa/M 2.0, Aspirin v2.0, uBlox MAX-6Q, XBee 900 Pro/868LP, Mini-Vertigo	2005	University of Arizona Micro Air Vehicle Club (competing in IMAVs with Paparazzi since 2003.)
Chris Wozny	Nashua, New Hampshire	Lisa/M, Aspirin	2008	Currently building quadcopter around Lisa/M 2.0 platform.
New User	1	2	3	4

Central America

Name	Location	Hardware	Joined	Current activities / project status
Joekadet	David Panama'	Tiny v2.11/LEA-4P, RF Modems XBee Pro 2.4 GHz (PPZUAV). Multiplex Mentor	2008	Seven flights now. Flights 6 & 7 in Auto2. Now only a matter of fine tuning.
New User	1	2	3	4

South America

Name	Location	Hardware	Joined	Current activities / project status
Gustavo Violato	São José dos Campos, Brasil	Tiny v2.11/LEA-4P, Modem XBee Pro 2.4 GHz Swift II	2009	Flying autonomously and enjoying it. Planning to use the system for flight test data acquisition and aircraft parameter recognition.
Eduardo Lavratti	Porto Alegre - RS, Brasil	TWOG / BOOZ / LISA-M, UBLOX, Xbee900 60mw	2011	Working with geoprocessing - developping new modules and sensors to paparazzi. ACCENT AERiALS
New User	1	2	3	4

Australia

Name	Location	Hardware	Joined	Current activities / project status
RH1N0	Brisbane, QLD	TWOG, Multiplex Easystar, PPZGPS, H.264 live digital video, Ubiquiti modems	May 2011	Multiple AUTO2 flights up to 40 min. Currently testing PPZIMU.
Todd Sandercock	Adelaide, SA	Tiny v2.11, Multiplex Twinjet, 9Xtend modems	Jan 2008	Completed successful flight testing. Now designing new airframe.
Reuben Brown	Gawler, SA	Tiny v2.11	May 2009	Getting the autopilot set up
Bernard Davison	Neutral Bay, NSW	Tiny v2.11, Vertical + Horizontal IR sensors, XBee PRO modems, Futaba T6EXAP TX, Futaba R136F RX, Funjet, MacBook laptop	August 2008	Several flights in Auto1
Chris Gough	Canberra	TWOG v2.11, EZ*	September 09	not yet airborn
Adam Amos	Sydney, NSW	TWOG, IMU, BORJET MAJA	March 2010	see www.rescuerobotics.com.au for current status

Africa

Name	Location	Hardware	Joined	Current activities / project status
W1th	South Africa KZN	TWOG V1 ,LEA-5H GPS , RF Modems XBee Pro 868 (CheBuzz)	July 2009	Got TWOG,GPS etc interfacing with Laptop and working , Have not done anything to it recently but...Made a website SCARF Paparazzi-UAV of my struggle ...
Willie Smit	South Africa NW	Tiny v2.11, LEA-4P GPS, RF Modems XBee Pro	April 2010	We are currently doing test flights. Also doing research on obstacle avoidance.

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