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U of Arizona Autonomous Glider
Asia
| Name | Location | Hardware | Joined | Current activities / project status |
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| 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 |
Europe
| Name | Location | Hardware | Joined | Current activities / project status |
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| 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.
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| 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 |
| 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] |
| Germany | ||||
| Maik Hoepfel | Berlin, Germany | TWOG, Graupner Elektro Trainer S, Futaba 9C 35 Mhz | August 2009 | Getting started, planning to eventually use Paparazzi for a powered parachute |
| 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 | Booz2 quadrotor | 2008 | flying, but a lot to improve ;-) |
| 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
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| 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.
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| 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!).
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| 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 |
| Andrew Saenko | Russia, St-Petersburg | Tiny 1.13, Tiny 2.11, 2.5 kg motorised glider, 800 g plane | 2007 | Automatic flight, adding own code. |
| 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
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| Luke | Torino, Italy | TWOG | December 2009 | Close to mount the AP on my Mentor |
North America
| Name | Location | Hardware | Joined | Current activities / project status |
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| 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.
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| 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 |
| New User | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Central America
| Name | Location | Hardware | Joined | Current activities / project status |
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| 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 |
Australia
| Name | Location | Hardware | Joined | Current activities / project status |
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| 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 |
Africa
| Name | Location | Hardware | Joined | Current activities / project status |
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| 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 ... |