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Skydog222 commented on Caroline Hilton's blog post Aerial Robotics Industry Association (ARIA) Created
"This sounds more like an advertisement for a business venture not a real "industry association".  Besides, we already have a good industry association in AUVSI. and They do have a specific rules, check the…"
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Gary Mortimer commented on Skydog222's blog post UAVs in the news
"Arcturus nice"
Jan 21
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UAVs in the news

Here are two news stories from the training exercise I helped conduct last week in south Texas.  We were training the Texas A&M personnel on how to operate as the ground crew for the UAV system they purchased last year.  They did a great job and it was fun week working with them all week despite the colder than normal…See More
Jan 21
Skydog222 commented on Skydog222's photo
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Hornet GCS and Hornet Micro

"@ Micah Roe...The base helicopter is a T-Rex 450...I then modified a bunch of parts and created my own canopy for it.     @Ray K...This is a helicopter I designed about 5 years ago for a company called Adaptive Flight.  It is…"
Jan 9
Ray K commented on Skydog222's photo
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Hornet GCS and Hornet Micro

"Very cool.   I'm very interested in the helicopter.  Is there a link to that build?"
Jan 8
Micah Roe commented on Skydog222's photo
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Hornet GCS and Hornet Micro

"Is that a Helimax airframe? If so, which one?"
Nov 24, 2012
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Hornet GCS and Hornet Micro

This is a closer picture of the Hornet Micro ground control station with the helicopter next to it
Sep 30, 2012
Skydog222 commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New Orleans cancels plans for Super Bowl drone after press inquiries
"Sounds like it has nothing to do with the FAA....sounds like they are going for the cheaper option....   "
Sep 19, 2012
Skydog222 commented on Skydog222's blog post Drones in the news
"Hi Garry,  I remember that demo very well.  It was the last time that I flew Hornets at Webster Field (sad they took away the live demo portion of the conference).  We measured wind gusts of 21mph on the ground that day while I was…"
Aug 5, 2012
Garry Qualls commented on Skydog222's blog post Drones in the news
"I was just telling some of my summer students about seeing some of the smallest Adaptive Flight copters fly a couple of years ago, at the AUVSI demo day at Webster Field.  It was gusty enough that day that I assumed the little ones would…"
Aug 5, 2012
Skydog222 commented on Skydog222's blog post Drones in the news
"Hi Martin,  You are correct.  The system flown  for the demonstration started as a T-Rex 450.  I then designed new lower side frames, lower plate, landing gear, and canopy. There were a few other modifications required…"
Aug 5, 2012
Skydog222 commented on Skydog222's blog post Drones in the news
"Here is a link to the second half of the segment aired last night.  "
Aug 5, 2012
Skydog222 commented on Skydog222's blog post Drones in the news
"Hi Jack, Thanks for reading this post.   I agree with you that the video quality shown on the air was certainly not on par with our normal video quality and was actually quite horrible.  This was in no part due to our video…"
Aug 5, 2012
Martin commented on Skydog222's blog post Drones in the news
"Looks like an Align 450 with a body kit. What a piece of Junk. If you watched the video. One drone is tetherd, The other a 22 lb heli and a Reaper. The digital system weighs as much as the whole heli itself. CNN is so not the place to…"
Aug 5, 2012
Jack Crossfire commented on Skydog222's blog post Drones in the news
"That's normal picture quality for 1990's era 2.4Ghz video in an environment with lots of computers.  Can't believe he's still not showing digital video & indoor autopilot, like the unemployed masses have been putting him…"
Aug 5, 2012
Chris Khosravi commented on Skydog222's blog post Drones in the news
"Very cool! Must have been all that studio equipment causing video issues. -Chris"
Aug 4, 2012

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About Me:
I am an Aerospace Engineer working in the unmanned systems field. I have been working in this field for 10 years. I own my own company that I do consulting and contract work through. I currently do design, integration, testing, and flying of unmanned airplanes and helicopters. I do both internal and external piloting. I have flown vehicles that range in size from 2.5 lbs all the way up to 550 lbs. I am always looking to expand my customer base and share the knowledge that I have built up while working on unmanned systems.
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UAVs in the news

Posted on January 21, 2013 at 12:00pm 1 Comment

Here are two news stories from the training exercise I helped conduct last week in south Texas.  We were training the Texas A&M personnel on how to operate as the ground crew for the UAV system they purchased last year.  They did a great job and it was fun week working with them all week despite the colder…

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Drones in the news

Posted on August 4, 2012 at 9:50pm 8 Comments

Adaptive Flight was contacted by CNN and ask to bring a UAV down to the studio and fly it on live camera while talking about it with the host Don Lemon.  So we took a Hornet Micro and headed down to the studio.  It was a lot of fun to show off this technology and put in a positive plug for domestic use of UAV's.…

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At 6:07pm on December 7, 2011, Skydog222 said…

Hi Kernal, 

I would certainly be willing to help you in any way that I can.  Just let me know when a chat would work best for you and I will see what I can do.  Will talk to you soon.  

-Michael 

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