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W. Joe Taylor commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Advanced ornithopter uses independent wing control for acrobatics (and gets attacked by a hawk)
"Loved this. Great work Maryland team. Thanks for posting Chris."
May 6
W. Joe Taylor commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Robots Podcast interviews Harvard insect-drone team
"Great post Chris, I met Dr. Wood in SanDiego in 2007 at the IROS convention right after he published the paper on this design. I am glad to see it finally hovering & flying. If he can just get a reliable micro energy source... It looks like he…"
May 4
W. Joe Taylor commented on Alejandro Martin Pirola's blog post 3D Printed Quadcopter with detachable arms
"Alejandro, I really like the design, especially the arms, which would tend to not restrict lifting thrust as much as wider arms, like so many of the designs out there. When you get the honeycomb, lighter version, please post again, so we can order…"
Apr 29
W. Joe Taylor commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Hidden camera investigation finds illegal commercial drone use in US
"Chris, Thanks for keeping on top of this.  I'm just a little rat dog, and these high tech things just amaze and terrify me.  But even I can see that this article does 2 things: It makes me angry and scared.  I've been…"
Apr 26
W. Joe Taylor commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post Fighting Walrus fully-integrated RTF airframe
"It was an interesting banter, and I am glad that Duran-SteadiDrone stood their ground; but also that Fighting Walrus did the right thing (eventually).  There are a gazillion other platforms for Quads, some better some worse.  I've got…"
Apr 17
W. Joe Taylor commented on Thomas J Coyle III's blog post Dehogiflier, pig hunting drone
"Fantastic! Mobile delta also has a hugh wild hog problem, as do many coastal marshes on the gulf coast and along the Antlantic. They are not just a nusiance. There are some communities where the hogs are bold enough to be dangerous to residents.…"
Apr 14
W. Joe Taylor commented on jim C.'s blog post APM 2.5 for photogrammetry
"Aerial mapping has all kinds of applications for monitoring, surveying, agriculture, land use management,submerged aquatic vegetation management, shoreline erosion / beach replinishment, disaster response, etc. Best done autonomously, and drones…"
Apr 12
W. Joe Taylor commented on Stephen Carlson's blog post Introducing the "Orange Hawk" Tricopter/Flying-Wing VTOL UAV
"Awesome Stephen! Saw a similar set-up in France about 7 years ago, but it was a quad.  How long is flight time in hover, and in forward flight?  The one in France did not use the MultiWii board.  Looks like those controllers have also…"
Mar 17

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About Me:
Environmental Engineer Consultant
Burned-out-rocket scientist
Robotic Hobbiest since 1980.
Tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Multicopters, Auotpilots for them, FPV & High def Video & panoramic camera applications. Have large library of aerial robotics research and enjoy translating multicopter theses from foriegn languages to english.
Hometown:
Daphne
 
 
 

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