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Location

Gold Coast


About Me:

Electronics/RC/Drone Hobbyist/Entrepreneur, Amateur Photographer,Microbiology & Chemistry Student, , Computer Techie, I live on Gold Coast of Australia. I love technology chemistry and cars, multirotors and planes. Im an airbrush artist and enjoy Science and Electronics.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I have been interested in RC planes and cars since about ten when I got my first balsa built plane but have never had the money to really do anything much more than dream. Now that drones are more accessible I have been obsessed with learning all I can about the workings of multirotors, vtol and fixed wing aircraft.


Hometown:

New Zealand


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Michael replied to Charles K Taylor's discussion Composite Scratch Built with Rascal 110 wing
"Looking pretty cool brother, I would love to see the whole thing and see what your wings look like on it too."
May 11, 2018
Michael replied to Bob Stout's discussion Autogyros
"Could an auto gyro pusher use brushless motors to have vertical take off then transition to forward flight and then re-use the energy from the two spinning gyro motors being spun by the gyro effect of the pusher.  I am just having a random thought…"
May 11, 2018
Michael commented on Ellen Zhu's blog post Skywalker X8 Honeycomb Composited Material on Sale
"I am interested in this to make a quad rotor vtol, would you see this as a possibility or have you heard of anyone else doing that with this one being that the control surfaces are so close to the fuselage I wonder if it is able to be done.  I have…"
May 7, 2018
Michael posted a discussion
Does anyone have a tarot 960 with a dslr and having reasonable flight times?  I am getting really poor flight times and I need some advice regarding prop/motor/weight thanks you.
Oct 19, 2017
Michael posted a discussion
Set up is getting limited flight times and I only just get in the air and start to set up my shots and it is coming down.Please throw me a line for help to improve this situation.T960mm, 1755" props, 4114 320KV Tarot motors, 2x6000MAh 6s 25C Tattu…
Oct 16, 2017
Michael replied to Horatiu Vulcan's discussion Can't program waypoints with toggle switch in manual mode
"So does anyone actually use this function with a multirotor or plane?  I am using version 3.5  on a multi-rotor and I would like to use the function to set waypoints to program a route then fly the mission and operate the camera.  It will be a…"
Sep 29, 2017
Michael replied to Ewen Rankin's discussion One Hour Flight Times - Specs
"Sorry I hijacked the thread I was just on a roll thinking how to increase flight times as well."
Sep 29, 2017
Michael replied to Ewen Rankin's discussion One Hour Flight Times - Specs
"Did you say X6, what exactly is an X6?   I have a few hexcopters, my main ones are 800mm with 13" Props & 380KV and a Tarot960 with 17" props 320KV, I am getting limited flight time from both of these with 2x6000MAh 6s +camera and gimbal and I was…"
Sep 29, 2017
Michael replied to Christian Mauch's discussion Safety First: 100A & 200A Hall Sensor with BEC for Pixhawk / APM
"Hello Christian, I managed to work out the minor difficulties setting up the divider measurements and now I am setting up my other drone with 2x 200A sensors with the X2 Hub.  I have it set up fine but as far as the alarm/buzzer goes I am a little…"
Sep 19, 2017
Michael replied to Christian Mauch's discussion Safety First: 100A & 200A Hall Sensor with BEC for Pixhawk / APM
"Yes I have done it right. I will recheck what is going on now the correct values are in.  I thought I had to manually measure the current while throttle was at full.  Maybe not by how I understand the links instructions.  So it looks a lot easier…"
Aug 30, 2017
Michael replied to Christian Mauch's discussion Safety First: 100A & 200A Hall Sensor with BEC for Pixhawk / APM
"I have entered the info on the included paper but I am not sure how to calculate other values.  Perhaps I am not measuring it correctly.  I included my multi meter connection above.  What else are you meant to measure?  How do I connect to calculate…"
Aug 29, 2017
Michael replied to Christian Mauch's discussion Safety First: 100A & 200A Hall Sensor with BEC for Pixhawk / APM
"Hello Christian, 

I just bought three 200A Mauch sensors and have connected one up as you showed me.  I actually emailed you about it before buying, thanks for taking time responding.  I am having trouble getting the sensor calibrated.  I was…"
Aug 29, 2017
Michael replied to John Keegan's discussion Not connecting: 3DR telemetry radios
"I can't believe the bullshit with these Flight Controllers sometimes.  I just had a perfectly working set of 3DR Radios I had been using a year and a half on four different APM an Pixhawk FC's then I buy the new Pixhawk 2.1 and it won't communicate.…"
May 21, 2017
Michael replied to MikeRover's discussion More info on Here GPS? in Pixhawk 2 User Group
"I just looked at your site PhotoModeler UAS- Martin L, very interesting but I am finding it very confusing lately.  I have been building UAS for a few years now and I remember when I would know of all the best features and sensors available (or at…"
May 8, 2017
Michael replied to Samson's discussion Is it possible for me to build a DIY mapping fixed wing drone?
"Hey ScratchN,
I like the build you did with the Pix 2.1 and Sony A6000.  I am wanting to get into Mapping with my drones and thought you might have some helpful advice.  I have mainly multirotors and recently have been upgrading a Tarot 680 with a…"
May 7, 2017
Michael replied to Michael's discussion iFlight G40 Gimbal vibration issues for SONY A6000
"I used to think that too but I spoke to a rep from "Rise Above" professional and commercial drones and they said they can be used as a stand alone gimbal, I'm not sure the telemetry/accelerometer data etc is able to be used, which can help make them…"
Aug 6, 2016
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