7/3/08: Upgraded to a 4Hz uBlox 5 for GPS. The result is much more stable in the wind. Neural networks aren't required for navigation anymore. New source code has all the 1Hz GPS parts disabled.

4/30/08: We have declared the current tarball version 1.0. The next steps would be $600 for carrier phase GPS, a gas airframe, $80 for 900Mhz video. The economic wall for the next step has become impassable, but it won't be someday.

3/24/08: VicaCopter has become quite capable since last month. Operator directed movement, waypoint following, & Google Earth output have appeared.

2/21/08: The autonomous, flybarless T-Rex 450 lives. Software now supports all rate damping, collective & CCPM. Vibration without the flybar is reduced.

11/12/07: The source code which can hover the HD camera has been released. It has smarter A/D conversions to reduce gyro drift and 3 more ground station channels for camera, autopilot control.

11/05/07: The source code which has been doing autonomous hover for the last month has been released.

4/11/07: The Vicacopter world headquarters went live today.

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