Gender
Male
About
Location
San Francisco, CA
About Me:
UAV Systems Engineer and test pilot
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I fly unmanmed aircraft everyday of my life :-) for work and a hobby.
Hometown:
San Francisco
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"Pretty neat. What's the benefit of a system like this over a small landing pad than transfers power? Seems like a lot of extra weight on the vehicle for this approach as well as having to push more current since the vehicle is hovering."
"There is a red tour helicopter that flies under the bridge multiple times a day... I've been in it. I was a lot of fun obviously and the heli is moving fairly fast so not a time for a drone to get in the way. I've always wanted to fly my rig around…"
"It is not required... It falls under "Target UAS Requirements (In addition to minimum requirements)" column not "Minimum UAS Requirements""
"I think the blame falls on both sides but more responsibility should be taken by the companies, in this case 3DR, to emphasize the complexity of these machines and provide a path to learn the ins and outs of how to operate and understand them. I…"
"I usually don't jump in on conversation like this but your suggestion is way off base. The option to perform RTL with a specific behavior is %100 dependent on how you operate. What you believe to the correct behavior may result in hitting an…"
"If you are going to be flying a GoPro the CM3000pro is an amazing gimbal. 32bit Alexmos with dual IMU and slip ring on the yaw axis all ready to go out of the box. I've been loving mine. …"
"FAA officially announced it Sunday morning... http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/rulemaking/media/021515_sUA..."
"Well it would be foolish not to use/test other systems out there but by no means does that mean they are porting code or anything."
"Not all commercial autopilot companies look at and take Ardupilot code. How do they develop something of higher quality... lots of time and hard work from a building full of brilliant people with backing from large VC firms. It's not easy to build a…"
"While stick and rudder skills may not translate well to flying a drone, the knowledge gained from earning a private pilot liscense is essential. COAs I've been apart of in the past required our crew to have at the minimum passed the FAA Private…"
"Are the low voltage cutoffs disabled on your speed contollers? I havent looked at your log but maybe the LVC is starting to kick in on the ESCs"
"The ESCs most people use (basically any hobby type ESC) are not very robust to interference and PWM glitches. Depending on how things are wired and what sort of EMI/dirty power and signals some equipment are generating the ESC may perceive it as a…"
"The EKF is much more robust as it leverages multiple sensors (baro and GPS for altitude for example) and it much more immune to sensor glitches, failures, and vibration. I highly recommend using it."
"Any ballpark price tag for just the airframe? "
"It is definitely possible the video tx is interfering with GPS since L1 GPS is 1575mhz, not to far from 1258. Try killing the power to the transmitter and see if GPS improves. I had a 2w on 1258 over a foot away and it still severely impacted GPS."
"Depending on your configuration it could be interference from your setup. Mount the GPS up and away from the body. I had the same issues until I shielding the plate my GPS mounts on with copper tape."
