"Sorry if I offended you. I guess I've been hanging out on rcgroups too much lately.
I saw the pics of the plane you're building. Looks like a professional job. I assumed you were a newbie, my mistake. I hope my apology removes any desire…"
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Andrew Helgeson replied to Andrew Helgeson's discussion Nav light positions? in the group Australia"for the wing tips I have a red and green boat nav light filters.
for the belly "strobe" I'm going to use 8 high intensity LED's in a circle with one of those semi-clear lids from a spring water bottle, I'll use a counter…"
Warren Purnell replied to Andrew Helgeson's discussion Nav light positions? in the group Australia"I think playing chicken with a commercial airliner has been done before."
Warren Purnell replied to Andrew Helgeson's discussion Nav light positions? in the group Australia"I'd only suggest that you consider that LEDs light is somewhat directional and can be fairly intense to look at straight on. Too many whites may only prove to disorientate.
To take the edge off the intensity try putting them in ping-pong balls."
Andrew Helgeson replied to Andrew Helgeson's discussion Nav light positions? in the group Australia"I want lights because
a) looks cool on the ground
b)looks cool in the air
c)when flying at night
I would never fly near here or near an airport"
Eddie Furey replied to Andrew Helgeson's discussion Nav light positions? in the group Australia"Yeah ok. I assumed it from "I live under the main approach path to Adelaide airport". But what I said still holds true, just maybe I didn't need to say it, so ok point taken."
Warren Purnell replied to Andrew Helgeson's discussion Nav light positions? in the group Australia"I can't find where he said this?"
Eddie Furey replied to Andrew Helgeson's discussion Nav light positions? in the group Australia"I think the best idea is not to fly under the approach path. If you insist on breaking the law by doing so then having no lights would probably be less confusing for the full size aircraft. CASA regulations say no model aircraft within 3nm (5km) of…"
Paul Classon replied to Andrew Helgeson's discussion Nav light positions? in the group Australia"Hi Andrew, 1:1 scale have red strobes or rotating beacons on upper mid fuselage and may have an additional strobe or beacon on the belly. These can also be fitted with a 1/2 red/white lens with white facing to the rear.
An anti collision light…"
Andrew Helgeson added a discussion to the group Australia
Nav light positions?
Besides wing tip green and red lights, a forward facing white light on the vertical stabiliser, where do the anti-collision lights go?I live under the main approach path to Adelaide airport (groan) and I've been taking photo's at night of light locations, every plane seems to be different!Any ideas? I need to run all the cabling before I skin the wings and tailplane.ThanksAndrewSee More
Andrew Helgeson commented on Advanced UAV's group Australia"Easy answer there Jean-Baptiste, Australia has the highest per capita uptake of technology.
Wide open spaces, low population density make it a great place to fly UAV's or FPV.
Australia has always been at the forefront of inovation."
Andrew Helgeson commented on Alan Kharsansky's blog post Quadrotor Flight computer FLCv2p0"this is really cool!
great work!"
Andrew Helgeson commented on Andrew Helgeson's blog post My new UGV in alpha"It's a lot faster with wheels with better ground clearance.
GPS speed is around 4-5kmh.
The 6 way battery is a joke, you need way more current, each motor has a 2.5A stall current, getting the rover to move at anything less than 40-50% PWM just…"
ANDREUX Jean Paul commented on Andrew Helgeson's blog post My new UGV in alpha"Hello,
very nice Rover.
I am just building something like that with a Dagu Rover, a Pololu TREX Jr car, my DX8 RC and a video Camera.
Want to put big wheels.
Also questions :
* with tracks it runs at 1 Km/h . What is the speed with this…"
Andrew Helgeson commented on Advanced UAV's group Australia"I think the issue here is just plain ignorance.
These people have never seen a "toy" aircraft with a 2 metre + wingspan before!
I was cutting out ribs for another two wings for a total span of 4 metres and suggestion it would be better as…"
Andrew Helgeson commented on Advanced UAV's group Australia"Thats what I thought.
Basically common sense and good building practices.
Seriously, if most model flyers had seen what, where and how the ArParrot was being flown they would have been horrified.
I know I was.
These are the <expletive> guys…"
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My new UGV in alpha
Posted on March 10, 2012 at 5:35pm 5 Comments 0 Likes
This is what I've done to my Dagu Rover 5!
As it comes out of the box.
I was shipped the 4 motor version.
I live out here in the "boonies", so I get to talk to guys that use and maintain earth moving equipment.
There is even a guy that restores old tractors, stationary engines and such.
Talking with them was great, they all said powering…
Continue My first post, Watch this space!
Posted on May 14, 2009 at 7:50am 0 Comments 0 Likes
I couldn't believe it when I found this site!
If you have a look at my photographs you will see my under construction aircraft.
It is 1200 mm long, 90 mm wide, 220 mm high.
Made from cardboard, balsa, 12 mm square aluminium extrusion tail boom.
It will be powered by an OS 28, with a pusher prop.
Weight at the moment is under 1kg, with no engine, canopy "glass", or radio gear.
The whole point of this aircraft design right from the start was
1)… Continue
If you have a look at my photographs you will see my under construction aircraft.
It is 1200 mm long, 90 mm wide, 220 mm high.
Made from cardboard, balsa, 12 mm square aluminium extrusion tail boom.
It will be powered by an OS 28, with a pusher prop.
Weight at the moment is under 1kg, with no engine, canopy "glass", or radio gear.
The whole point of this aircraft design right from the start was
1)… Continue
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