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Tell me what pains you about drones/UAVs. (VENT AT ME)

Posted by Robert Merki on November 10, 2014 at 1:44pm

I've been fascinated by drones for quite some time, but have recently had the opportunity to join a university engineering team and we're looking to develop some sort of drone component. We've had a few great ideas so far, but we want to do some more research by asking actual thought leaders and seasoned hobbyists.

I want to hear what really pains you about drones. What would make your life easier? How can we build something to fix your problems? Also, I'm very open to having a Skype call!

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- Robert Merki > Gary McCray November 10, 2014 at 9:02pm
  
  Thanks for your response Gary.
  
  Judging by your profile information, you have a huge amount of experience to share. Would you be interested in doing a short call with my team at some point? We would love to hear some more!
  
  Thanks,
  
  - Rob
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    Gary Mortimer > Robert Merki November 10, 2014 at 9:06pm
    
    The rush to make simple things complex and the use of the phrase, "worlds first". The phrase for 2015 will I suspect be a fool and his money are easily parted. ;-)
    - Gary McCray > Gary Mortimer November 10, 2014 at 9:19pm
      
      It is going to be an interesting year indeed Gary and I am sure you are in no small part right, although I'm not sure that wasn't true this year as well. :-)
Scott Reid November 10, 2014 at 6:33pm

I'll start: radios architecture that hasn't changed for 20 years. Radios are too big (physically), and having to hack a 3 flap/gear switches into a mode channel seems a little silly.
- Whirligig > Scott Reid November 26, 2014 at 6:38pm
  
  Have you looked at radios that use OpenTx e.g. Taranis X9D, Turnigy X9R, etc?