
Stephen and I practed flying the hexakoptors. We were able to fly Roflkopter (one of the hexakopters) from the lab to the library, over the library and adjacent garage, and land on a 2ft by 2ft board. In addition to the lirary expedition, we also practiced maneuvering the hexakopters, landing on a target, and getting them flying at the correct altitude. Furthermore, we used the GoPro camera to capture video and pictures of the flights. (The camera was mounted on the hexakopter.) Unfortunately, the pictures had a lot of compression (as can be seen by the picture to the left that was taken in the lab). Next week we will be testing to see if adjusting the setting will yield better images.
Below is a link to a video from the GoPro as we flew through Academic Row. The first half of the video is with the distortion and the second half is the cleaned-up version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtPkQShCR8c&context=C451b577ADvjVQa1PpcFNA2j44Y1Kwcn_6Rdo149XVXfaZn7cl70E=