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Matthews, NC


About Me:

It mgr for a mortgage company in NC Hobbies: High Pwr Rockets with on board video, RC aircraft, robotics.


Hometown:

Indian Trail, NC


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Ken McEwan posted a discussion
Some of the content may be dated, but it food for thought" March 2011 -- The only fine ever issued: A proposed $10,000 fine against a drone operator for an aerial picture-taking flight at University of Virginia (Charlottesville), where FAA…
Apr 30, 2013
Ken McEwan commented on Chris Anderson's blog post DIY Rockets site
"I think the Feds would have no problem with anyone Designing Liquid or Solid fuel rocket engines,  inherently stable airframes, Telemetry or Data Acquisition systems, but start putting guidance systems on rockets, now you have a problem. NAR or TRA…"
Mar 12, 2013
Ken McEwan commented on Mark Harrison's blog post New Horizons in Autonomous Vehicles
"I can just see it now.. the PETV (People for the Ethical Treatment of Vegetables) will all over you for this."
Dec 18, 2012
Ken McEwan commented on Chris Anderson's blog post An in-depth video on hunters shooting animal rights drone
Dec 11, 2012
Ken McEwan commented on Chris Anderson's blog post An in-depth video on hunters shooting animal rights drone
"While I don't condone the way that the shooters were killing the Pigeons (aka rats with feathers), I also don't condone these activist flying over personal property. "Pilots"  if you want to call them that, are suppose to fly no  lower than 500-foot…"
Dec 11, 2012
Ken McEwan commented on Charles John's blog post Dji Naza the best multirotor system for it's price considering it actually lives up what they advertise
"I also have a NAZA and verify it's performance. I've also had KK, Quadrino, MultiwII, Korean KK, MK v2.0 and last but not least the Arducopter hardware. The NAZA out performed all the others for stability out of the box with virtually no tuning.…"
Apr 22, 2012
Ken McEwan commented on Andrew Adams's blog post My Custom Arducopter Frame
"You design looks good though. I spent a lot of time on both the square and round designs when I was part of the arducopter project...
 
Ken"
Sep 10, 2011
Ken McEwan commented on Andrew Adams's blog post My Custom Arducopter Frame
"That hexa base plate looks allot like the one the original Arducopter team did more than a year ago..."
Sep 10, 2011
Ken McEwan commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Meet the Developers: Jani Hirvinen
"FYI, this was not all Jani's design as some would like you to believe.

Enough said....."
Aug 18, 2011
Ken McEwan commented on Jani Hirvinen's photo
"That design looks very familiar..."
Aug 6, 2011
Ken McEwan commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Obama announces big robotics program
"This is just one more topic he is clueless about. Where does he think most of the technology advances came from? NASA..."
Jun 25, 2011
Ken McEwan commented on DaveyWaveyBunsenBurner's blog post Aluminium Arducopter parts - first attempt!
"The problem with using nylon fasteners is that will stretch over time. Sure they'll shear in a crash but I doubt that it would save much. I use steel hardware on my frames and lock nuts. I also don't use thin wall square tubing that will collapse in…"
May 14, 2011
Ken McEwan commented on DaveyWaveyBunsenBurner's blog post Aluminium Arducopter parts - first attempt!
"I believe it was 6061 and I'll have to check old emails to see what the cost of the anodizing was. This was done on a CNC Punch by a company in Arkansas. They do great work."
May 13, 2011
Ken McEwan commented on DaveyWaveyBunsenBurner's blog post Aluminium Arducopter parts - first attempt!
May 13, 2011
Ken McEwan commented on DaveyWaveyBunsenBurner's blog post Aluminium Arducopter parts - first attempt!
"Excellent! I just wish the decision was made to go with aluminum when I was on the arducopter frame development team. I had a couple of aluminum prototypes made here in the US that turned out very good. Two sets were powder coated and one was…"
May 13, 2011
Ken McEwan commented on Anil Kumar. M's blog post KK multicopter
"Are you using counter rotating propellers? If you are not, That would explain the quad wanting to rotate."
Apr 7, 2011
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