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John Condon
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John Condon posted a videoNanoQ Quadcopter Dogfight
John and Jim fly the NanoQ with tilt-to-fly Mimix controller in a Dogfight.
John Condon commented on Max Bruner's blog post Sub-$300 quadrotor kit released on Kickstarter"@Mark
I looked into and actually made a prototype quad-ESC for another project I was doing. The hard part about making a 3rd party quad or hex ESC is making a board that can fit any frame. Also, if one of the four failed, you can't…"
Tom in ON commented on John Condon's blog post New Kickstarter - A Tilt-Controlled, Palm-sized Quad with IR gaming"Oooops, missed that! Yes, you are right! Strike the ground target suggestion.
FPV suggestion still stands :)"
ramboky commented on John Condon's blog post New Kickstarter - A Tilt-Controlled, Palm-sized Quad with IR gaming"@Tom if you read the Kickstarter page you'll see they already have plans for configurable, sensored ground targets. "
Tom in ON commented on John Condon's blog post New Kickstarter - A Tilt-Controlled, Palm-sized Quad with IR gaming"Great idea... here are my layman's suggestions.
I think for those who cannot/do not want to buy another one of these drones for a "dogfight", you may want to create an environment for single drone fun. What sets your drone…"
John Condon commented on John Condon's blog post New Kickstarter - A Tilt-Controlled, Palm-sized Quad with IR gaming"Hey Sergei! I just responded to your questions on the Kickstarter board, so go check those out over there.
You're right, it is very hard to compete with some of the super low-cost toys coming out of China. That's why we…"
sergei lupashin commented on John Condon's blog post New Kickstarter - A Tilt-Controlled, Palm-sized Quad with IR gaming"P.S. Just backed the project :-) "
sergei lupashin commented on John Condon's blog post New Kickstarter - A Tilt-Controlled, Palm-sized Quad with IR gaming"Looks great! $150 is a bit high compared to say, the Ladybird/AR.Drone, but I can definitely sympathize with trying to compete with Walkera or Parrot.. Cool controller concept!"
John Condon commented on John Condon's blog post New Kickstarter - A Tilt-Controlled, Palm-sized Quad with IR gaming"@ Harrison. Thanks for your support! Let me know if you have any questions."
Harrison Cassidy commented on John Condon's blog post New Kickstarter - A Tilt-Controlled, Palm-sized Quad with IR gaming"I have backed, should make a nice toy"
John Condon posted a status"Just launched a new Kickstarter for our NanoQ Copter and Mimix Controller @ http://Kickstartmimix.com"
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- About Me:
- I'm an engineer who grew up in Wisconsin and went to school at the University of Minnesota. I've worked for the biggest of companies and the smallest. Now, I'm working mostly on my own projects.
Outside of that, I enjoy snowboarding, wakeboarding, kickboxing, guitar, sipping craft beers on warm nights, and am trying to get into kiteboarding.
- Tell us a bit about your UAV interest
- Formerly working on small, handlaunched UAVs for the DoD market, I now am focusing on consumer grade products. My background is in electronics, digital communications, control, and estimation systems.
Outside of UAVs, I also work on various medical products in the same technical field (mainly electronics, signal processing and estimation).
- Hometown:
- Hartland, WI
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Two Nano Quads Dogfighting
Posted on October 20, 2012 at 9:30am 1 Comment 1 Like
What do you do once you have two NanoQ's flying? Dogfighting!
NanoQ Quadcopter Dogfight from QFO Labs on Vimeo.
These are the NanoQ copters flown with the Mimix Controller from QFO Labs.
Check out more videos and project details at …
Continue New Kickstarter - A Tilt-Controlled, Palm-sized Quad with IR gaming
Posted on October 11, 2012 at 8:30am 8 Comments 3 Likes
After years of development, I can finally announce the project I've been working on... the NanoQ Copter and Mimix Controller. It's a tilt-controlled, palm-sized, quad with multi-team aerial gaming. We've just launched it on Kickstarter, so checkout the video of it flying at http://KickstartMimix.com!
Now for some specs...
NanoQ Copter Specs
- Size - 5.25" from motor…
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