Chris Lovett
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Steve Monro commented on Chris Lovett's blog post A few tips for building a hexacopter
"Hi Chris, I think I may have found what I was looking for in this post, but still keen to know what you are running. (http://diydrones.com/group/arducopterusergroup/forum/topics/payload-for-3dr-arducopter-hexa-b-frame-motors-full-flight). Thanks. :)"
May 10
Steve Monro commented on Chris Lovett's blog post A few tips for building a hexacopter
"Wow, this is a great quick video. I have just purchased one of these bad boys and so am waiting with expectation for it to arrive. Chris, the biggest question I'm having right now, is what battery and charger to buy. I'm sure I'm not…"
May 10
HeliStorm commented on Chris Lovett's blog post Roof inspection using quadrocopters...
"I worked, for a short time, with a company doing insurance repairs on roofs. Having done damage inspection in the past, I did initial assessment work for them, looking at storm tracks, going into the field, driving up and down storm hit streets, and…"
Apr 7
Jorge Ubero commented on Chris Lovett's blog post Roof inspection using quadrocopters...
"Hey this is amazing, easy (as far as I my concernings) and simple. Thanks for share it! I will share my old father's house roof sights very soon :-) Do you think there's a business for a company who does this services? Is my very question…"
Apr 5
Matevž Bošnak commented on Chris Lovett's blog post Roof inspection using quadrocopters...
"Sorry, guys.. A Slovenian branch of the European roofing company Bramac introduced a roof inspection service using quadrotors a month or so ago.... Link (unfortunately in Slovenian): Bramac - check your roof (Preglejte svojo streho)"
Apr 2
Chris Lovett commented on Chris Lovett's blog post Roof inspection using quadrocopters...
"Yes indeed.  Make them a tool that saves lives, much harder to ban that way."
Apr 1

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Gary McCray commented on Chris Lovett's blog post Roof inspection using quadrocopters...
"@ Chris, Interesting, I've been thinking of a ruggedized, tethered, ground powered, blade protected multicopter capable of serious "work" for some time now. Was even contemplating small diameter high pressure…"
Apr 1

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Gary Mortimer commented on Chris Lovett's blog post Roof inspection using quadrocopters...
"Here's a building inspection I did with my friend Mike, lovely place in Scotland 2010 and at that time I was playing with structure from motion via photosynth.     The point cloud looks pretty…"
Apr 1

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Gary Mortimer commented on Chris Lovett's blog post Roof inspection using quadrocopters...
"Next you will be telling me she does not let them clean the chimneys. "
Apr 1

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Chris Anderson commented on Chris Lovett's blog post Roof inspection using quadrocopters...
"Gary, absolutely on the children, but due to silly concerns by their mother they're not allowed to hang off the roof and do the top floors. Dunno why I had them really. Useless. Gotta get a robot to a kid's work!"
Mar 31

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Gary Mortimer commented on Chris Lovett's blog post Roof inspection using quadrocopters...
"Chris that's tech too far it's why we had children isn't it? You know how they are looking for sounds for electric cars to make as they drive about. Well your window-o-matic must carry a speaker and sound this out as it flies.…"
Mar 31

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Chris Anderson commented on Chris Lovett's blog post Roof inspection using quadrocopters...
"Gary, seriously, I'm working on a window-cleaning UAV, with a tether giving power and water. Based on a ducted fan and shaped like a can with a couple wiper blades sticking out. Just trying to get the "handle of the squeegee" steering…"
Mar 31

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Gary Mortimer commented on Chris Lovett's blog post Roof inspection using quadrocopters...
"Building inspections are exactly what I had in mind for the latest T3, the qube one. Obviously we don't all live in cubes but you have to start somewhere. In the not too distant future I see an entire class of UA that hugs a building doing its…"
Mar 31

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Adam AKAV8R commented on Chris Lovett's blog post Roof inspection using quadrocopters...
"Works great, keeps contractors on their best too :)  See pics below- "
Mar 31
Luke Olson commented on Chris Lovett's blog post Roof inspection using quadrocopters...
"It's definitely something that roofing companies could use, and a lot of other folks for that matter. Too bad the FAA has dropped the ball and continues to drop the ball on commercial applications of UAS."
Mar 31

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Randy commented on Chris Lovett's blog post Roof inspection using quadrocopters...
"Yes, this is a really good use.  Pretty easy, saves time."
Mar 31

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Roof inspection using quadrocopters...

Posted on March 31, 2013 at 3:00pm 17 Comments

Hey, I had to get my roof repaired, and so I took my quad up for a little roof inspection afterwards.  Worked great.  I reckon you could sell this as a package to roofing companies.  That way they could show home owners how bad their roofs are and why they need repair, and then show them how great it looks when all the work is done. …

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A few tips for building a hexacopter

Posted on February 2, 2013 at 12:26am 7 Comments

I had a blast helping my friend build his hexacopter last weekend. This video includes some tips and tricks. We also had to do some interesting trouble shooting for problem that showed up during ESC calibration that turned out to be a bad soldering job (yep it was my fault!).

Anyway please enjoy a 5 minute condensed version of a fun day building the most…

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A few tips for the APM Mission Planner

Posted on January 21, 2013 at 1:00am 34 Comments

Having learned the hard way on a few things, I thought I'd put together a little video that shows some tips and tricks with the APM mission planner.

The first time I tried mission planning some things were a mystery, like how do you actually get into auto mode to fly a mission? I found something that looked like a way to do it from the APM software flight data tab, but…

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