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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?

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