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Interested in light commercial UAV operations of varying types.


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Stephen McAmis commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Skywalker: Best UAV platform ever? (I'm in love)
"The T-tail configuration must have some pretty solid handling characteristics ...
http://recuv.colorado.edu/tempest/
you can see it in other places too."
Apr 30, 2010
Stephen McAmis commented on Chris Anderson's blog post xkcd is especially good today
"This is if you're a wimp.

Funniest thing I've seen in awhile :) thanks for sharing!"
Apr 22, 2010
Stephen McAmis commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Blimp driven by artificial muscles
"I can see these things with some cosmetic changes in malls, amusement parks and the larger aquariums very soon... VERY very cool."
Apr 18, 2010
Stephen McAmis replied to Andy Geppert's discussion Studying Tornados with UAVs
Apr 18, 2010
Stephen McAmis replied to Andy Geppert's discussion Studying Tornados with UAVs
"Just more or less adding to the question here...

Since they are:
"The National Science Foundation (NSF) foundation and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)..."
and that means they are both government entities...
Then once they…"
Apr 18, 2010
Stephen McAmis posted a discussion
If this is the wrong forum area, I apologize. Where should this discussion be placed?I am wondering what sort of prices the aerial photo companies are asking per picture or for services rendered? I'm needing this info for a business model.Not sure…
Apr 15, 2010
Stephen McAmis commented on Chris Anderson's blog post FireScout scores first drug bust
"Ron... that's a good video. I suppose I made a mistake when I was asking about the footage... it was, after all, the thing in action and not an attempt to 'push' the fire hawk... still it seems like the operator would have tried to gain more detail…"
Apr 14, 2010
Stephen McAmis commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Meetup with DIY Drones folks this week
"wishful thinking Chris :D was hoping it was the 22nd more or less... cause then I had more of a chance of making it down there with my sons to stoke their fires..."
Apr 14, 2010
Stephen McAmis commented on Chris Anderson's blog post FireScout scores first drug bust
"I might actually have a line on this to a certain extent... I will see what I can find out. It might not be directly related to Fire Hawk but hopefully will provide some insight. and of course there's the possibility I won't be able to learn a…"
Apr 14, 2010
Stephen McAmis commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Meetup with DIY Drones folks this week
"Is that Thursday the 15th or 22nd for Atlanta? (assuming the 15th)"
Apr 14, 2010
Stephen McAmis commented on Chris Anderson's blog post FireScout scores first drug bust
"i see they switched to white hot at 4:41.. still."
Apr 14, 2010
Stephen McAmis commented on Chris Anderson's blog post FireScout scores first drug bust
"ok, that's from 6:37pm to around 8pm local time in the Gulf eleven days ago. (i'm assuming).
Wouldn't this be daylight hours? I wonder what other optics the Fire Scout has.... seems they never show the detailed footage regardless of daylight etc...…"
Apr 14, 2010
Stephen McAmis commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post This looks cool.
"Going back to Gary's comment... No flying body, no fixed wings, I wonder what could be done to enhance the endurance on the thing?
And a total silly noob question: What would be the gain, if any, if it had some sort of solar power system built in?…"
Apr 13, 2010
Stephen McAmis commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post This looks cool.
"What's the back story on this thing? Very cool indeed."
Apr 13, 2010
Stephen McAmis commented on Chris Anderson's blog post White House talks about DIYDrones, cheaper UAV alternatives!
"1:35am here... so I will check back here tomorrow.
Thanks for the convo and the encouragement!!! I truly appreciate it and have learned more in this conversation than I have in the prior two days of browsing the site.
See you all on the flip.
Be…"
Apr 12, 2010
Stephen McAmis commented on Chris Anderson's blog post White House talks about DIYDrones, cheaper UAV alternatives!
"I hear ya Earl... you know, it's possible that there may truly be some cross over potential in commercial space flight and the DIYers etc. Much of the spirit I see in the CSF industry is based upon putting space within reach of the common man (and…"
Apr 12, 2010
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