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Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I use UAVs for research in caves and on volcanoes.


Hometown:

Socorro, NM


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Aaron Curtis commented on Dmitry Skotnikov's blog post GET in-flight drone charging - Meet us at CES 2019
"Does it actually exist yet?"
Jan 8, 2019
Aaron Curtis replied to mable's discussion Is there any software that can classify point cloud data using the machine learning method?
"I used CloudCompare's CANUPO plugin in my dissertation (see p.35) and it worked quite well. Not sure if that's the sort of machine learning you have in mind -- very simple trained classifier."
Mar 24, 2018
Aaron Curtis commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Introducing OpenSolo!
"Does any of this code work?"
Oct 21, 2017
Aaron Curtis posted a discussion
I went to the FAA website from here in Chile to register my quadcopters, because I'm coming back into the USA with some quadcopters the day after the deadline. I don't mind registering my aircraft, but it would be nice if the FAA could make a…
Feb 17, 2016
Aaron Curtis commented on Jimmy Oliver's blog post Kickstarters' Zano in trouble
"Don't forget Skydrone FPV, my personal favorite. They've been bumping their "delivery date" forward by a month each month for years now."
Nov 11, 2015
Aaron Curtis commented on Hugues's blog post AirbotPower board
"Fantastic, addresses most of the power module need that has been inexplicably unfulfilled for so many years! Just had a thought, though -- would be really great if you can make a version of this with a power switch. I know we're all used to it, but…"
Sep 28, 2015
Aaron Curtis replied to Jaime Machuca's discussion UAV Generated Point Cloud Classification
"Hi Jaime, I used CANUPO recently to classify a fiber optic cable in a lidar scene and it worked great. Haven't tried it on UAV SfM yet but I imagine it would do pretty well."
Sep 27, 2015
Aaron Curtis commented on Aaron Curtis's blog post Modding a Wikipad for use as a ground station
"Unless you want to use an old version, though -- you can get that from github."
Sep 17, 2015
Aaron Curtis commented on Aaron Curtis's blog post Modding a Wikipad for use as a ground station
"Hm. At some point I'll probably put it back in, but unfortunately I'm insane busy until March 2016... remind me then?"
Sep 17, 2015
Aaron Curtis commented on Aaron Curtis's blog post Modding a Wikipad for use as a ground station
"Oh right, I guess Droidplanner is called Tower now too."
Sep 16, 2015
Aaron Curtis commented on Aaron Curtis's blog post Modding a Wikipad for use as a ground station
"Sorta... I added joystick support to Droidplanner and it was taking input from the wikipad sticks  ( https://github.com/foobarbecue/droidplanner/commits?author=foobarbe...). But before I actually flight tested it, I smashed the screen on my wikipad…"
Sep 16, 2015
Aaron Curtis replied to Robert Giordano's discussion How to Launch Arducopter, IRIS, or SOLO from a Boat in ArduCopter User Group
"You should get in touch with the SnotBot people: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/snotbot/snotbot-pushing-the-fr..."
Sep 13, 2015
Aaron Curtis replied to Justin H.'s discussion Elevation impact on IRIS+ flight times. in IRIS
"Here's a little collection a friend edited together for me from some of my stuff: https://youtu.be/gMh8kM4o6tk"
Aug 25, 2015
Aaron Curtis commented on Sam Tabor's blog post Mavlink data displayed on Taranis, without converter
"Any binaries out there for the gitsly branch?"
Aug 23, 2015
Aaron Curtis replied to Justin H.'s discussion Elevation impact on IRIS+ flight times. in IRIS
"Hi Chris, here are some early flights: http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/arducopter-on-an-antarctic-volcano and here I am flying above the crater: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA1cMbcm6bc . This was a recreational activity I did during my few…"
Jul 19, 2015
Aaron Curtis replied to Justin H.'s discussion Elevation impact on IRIS+ flight times. in IRIS
"Cool! I've often used http://www.ecalc.ch/xcoptercalc.php, which is similar, but somehow didn't notice that it has temperature and air pressure -- duh!
I wonder if this is an accurate way to answer the pitch vs diameter question... I'm guessing the…"
Jul 19, 2015
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