About

Gender

Male


Location

Hollywood, FL


About Me:

Nerd.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

FPV, automation, sensor networks.


Hometown:

Fort Lauderdale


Activity Feed

Rick Swanson replied to Taras Wallace's discussion Pixhawk and Px4Flow Line Following
"I'm trying something similar, and I'm wondering if pixhawk is the right platform.  I'm trying to build an autonomous racing drone.  I've looked at a few options, and they all lead to using a separate arduino to make it work.  I'm sure we could hack…"
Feb 5, 2016
Rick Swanson commented on Thomas J Coyle III's blog post Bend boy’s drone among those cited as ‘emerging hazard’ for forest firefighters
"Only when the park is empty, and never without a spotter of course"
Aug 28, 2014
Rick Swanson commented on Thomas J Coyle III's blog post Bend boy’s drone among those cited as ‘emerging hazard’ for forest firefighters
"Just keep your dogs and kid out of my park at dawn. If I have to get up at an obscene hour to fly, the least you can do is sleep in...  I'm the guy that blows the leaves off the playground equipment with the remote control blower."
Aug 28, 2014
Rick Swanson commented on Thomas J Coyle III's blog post Bend boy’s drone among those cited as ‘emerging hazard’ for forest firefighters
"I think the authorities got it right, but the media coverage will kill the hobby."
Aug 27, 2014
Rick Swanson commented on Thomas J Coyle III's blog post Bend boy’s drone among those cited as ‘emerging hazard’ for forest firefighters
"My copter would have burned, as I seldom fly above the trees to keep from falling asleep.  I'm not an aviator, but I can see how a regular pilot might not want this kind of thing in the air.  As unpredictable as my APM craft is, I'd rather have the…"
Aug 27, 2014
Rick Swanson commented on Keyvan R's blog post Mini H CF Quad with APM mini
"Pretty stable Raph?  What props and motors are you flying?"
Aug 27, 2014
Rick Swanson commented on Keyvan R's blog post Mini H CF Quad with APM mini
"Thanks for those PID's.  They'll become famous when the onslaught of 250 builders that is coming start looking for how to get the multirotor version of a hoped up porsche to fly right.  Do you guys recommend a better esc for apm than any simon-k. …"
Aug 14, 2014