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About Me:

I am a recent graduate from Cal Poly, earning my M.S. in Aerospace Engineering. For my thesis, I demonstrated autonomous close formation flight of two RC-scale UAVs using an APM 2.6 for flight control and a BeagleBone SBC and USB webcam for vision processing.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Below are some links with more information (and HD flight video) of my thesis. YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6bkv1F2dqyQ1D4p9MKLDfA Defense Presentation: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6ogjtnvrze97f1q/AACugeXmvcKyzZ-qUCYBMep6a/Defense Thesis: http://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1185/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbdarling/


Hometown:

Southern California


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Michael Darling posted photos
Jun 20, 2014
Michael Darling replied to Michael Darling's discussion Throttle setting in HIL simulation with MIssion Planner
"As a follow-up.  I have actually found that I can reassign the value of RC3_MIN to equal RC3_MIN - (RC3_MAX - RC3_MIN).  This "hack" works for me by letting the throttle scale more like I would expect it to, but becomes a potential safety issue if…"
Jul 1, 2013
Michael Darling posted a discussion
I originally posted this to the drones-discuss Google Group, but it was suggested that I repost here in case Michael Oborne could provide some assistance.I am currently trying to implement a modified throttle controller on the APM for formation…
Jul 1, 2013
Michael Darling replied to Al Dynarski's discussion Problem in Mission Planner Simulation code?
"Not an answer, but I'm having troubles in MP 1.2.48 with XPlane 9.  I calibrated the radio and ensured that the correct PWM values are being output, but the throttle command in the bottom left of the simulation tab reads "0.000" until the throttle…"
Jun 30, 2013