Jason's Blog (2)

Open-source ESC - is there a potential community?

Greetings - I have been following this site for some time and I believe that it is time for me to stick my toe in the water.  I am an electrical engineer in my day job and I design the commercial, industrial, and military equivalent of ESC's for various applications.  I have designed the schematics, pbc's, and written the…

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Added by Jason on August 15, 2012 at 4:30pm — 62 Comments

Motor Efficiency

I recently saw a post regarding propeller quality and I figured I would contribute my motor-selection knowledge as a nice complimentary post.

This is my first post, so a quick intro.  I'm an electrical design engineer for BLDC drives, known in the RC community as ESC's.  Most of our applications involve fans and pumps, so there is a lot of similarity in what I do in my day job and what you all are doing here.  I found DIY Drones a few months ago and I now catch it nearly every…

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Added by Jason on January 11, 2012 at 8:44pm — 17 Comments

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Season Two of the Trust Time Trial (T3) Contest has now begun. The fourth round is an accuracy round for multicopters, which requires contestants to fly a cube. The deadline is April 14th.

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