"Bummed that I can't make it this year, but we're doing our own flight testing just up the road to the north..."
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Phillip Jones
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Phillip Jones commented on Chris Anderson's blog post "Storm drones" to chase tornadoes in Oklahoma (someday)"The University of Colorado has been flying the Tempest UAV for several years. They've even flown into storms and back out again!
http://tornadochaser.colorado.edu/
(even more amazing, CU actually has COA's from the FAA so they can fly…"
Phillip Jones commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Golf Channel using drone to film golfers at Arnold Palmer Invitational"I wonder how long before the FAA addresses this one?"
Phillip Jones commented on Bot Thoughts's blog post AVC 2013 info has been posted"My day job is at Scion UAS -- though, with all the fun things I work on it's hard to call it a job!
The video is of the SA-400 Jackal - it's got an experimental rating from the FAA. The powerplant is a 150HP turbine engine (An R22…"
Phillip Jones commented on Bot Thoughts's blog post AVC 2013 info has been posted"@Josh - The 700 did pretty well - I was having some issues with an altitude oscillation at the time. There's results from last year's fly off if you can track down the right thread. The heli is completely disassembled at the…"
Phillip Jones commented on Bot Thoughts's blog post AVC 2013 info has been posted"I'm tempted to bring a 700 heli again this year.... I'll start thinking about how to make the tennis ball drop work. "
Phillip Jones commented on Yiduo Zhan's blog post Banning drones because of privacy? I think it is just an excuse."When cars were new technology (horseless carriages), people were afraid of cars. Laws were passed to require that someone walk in front of a car waving a red flag to warn people that a car was approaching. That seems silly now, but it was a big deal…"
Phillip Jones commented on Matthew Beck's blog post Pilot Spots Possible Drone 1,500 Feet Above NYC's JFK Airport... FAA launches investigation"For what it's worth, I've personally operated a 500-class helicopter up to 1500 ft AGL in restricted airspace (We had clearance to 18,000, so I figured I'd do at least one flight up). Normally that heli could fly for about 20 minutes…"
Phillip Jones commented on Matthew Beck's blog post Pilot Spots Possible Drone 1,500 Feet Above NYC's JFK Airport... FAA launches investigation"Ok, I think I understand your viewpoint now. You're saying that since there was no enforcement for decades, then flying model planes must have been legal. And the only way that could make sense is if models are not considered…"
Phillip Jones commented on Matthew Beck's blog post Pilot Spots Possible Drone 1,500 Feet Above NYC's JFK Airport... FAA launches investigation"@Miller - can you point me to the FAA regulations on uncontrolled space? I would very much like to read them.
The FAA defines Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace. Class G is not defined in federal law (that I could find), but the Aeronautical…"
Phillip Jones commented on Matthew Beck's blog post Pilot Spots Possible Drone 1,500 Feet Above NYC's JFK Airport... FAA launches investigation"If I understand you correctly, your opinion is that "model aircraft" are not "aircraft" as defined by the FAA. (Please let me know if I misunderstood you). If that is the correct interpretation, then there are no laws that apply…"
Phillip Jones commented on Matthew Beck's blog post Pilot Spots Possible Drone 1,500 Feet Above NYC's JFK Airport... FAA launches investigation"@Patrick
I was under the impression that the FAA operates a white-list approach: everything is illegal unless they create an exemption to make specific things legal. But like you, I hadn't seen that written as a matter of law. So this morning I…"
Phillip Jones commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Farmers, not police, are likely to be biggest drone market"From the northern colorado business report:
Drone maker targets agriculture market"
Phillip Jones commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Farmers, not police, are likely to be biggest drone market"There's estimates that UAVs for agriculture will be $5billion/year for Brazil alone. The U.S. market has serious potential.
@Randy - Yamaha Rmax is more than $100k, but only takes one person to operate. (Two people makes ground handling…"
Phillip Jones commented on R_Lefebvre's blog post Arducopter Flips!"Robert, very impressive videos! Looks like you've made a lot of progress.
On the video, many cameras have a focus on infinity setting that is good for filming small vehicles, it prevents the auto focus from kicking in when you don't…"
Phillip Jones commented on Randy's blog post More pics from AUVSI 2012"Randy - good seeing you again and thanks for stopping by the booth!
@jasonshort - actually, our autopilot does automatic flips to and from inverted flight with traditional helicopters :-)"
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- Electrical Engineer that likes to fly.
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- I work for a UAS company as my day job. I still play with UASs at night, too.
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Getting ready for AUVSI
Posted on July 13, 2012 at 12:00pm 7 Comments 1 Like
We're getting our booth ready for AUVSI and I thought some of the people on DIY Drones might appreciate a sneak preview of the helicopter that we'll be showing off. I was really hoping to have some dead bugs on the rotors before AUVSI, but some of the machined parts got delayed. So, first flight will have to wait…
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