Gender
Male
About
Location
Los Alamos, NM
About Me:
Very little experience with RC flying but keen interest in FPV, autopilot, flight controls. Have experience in software engineering and real-time embedded sytems programming.
Hometown:
Los Alamos
Activity Feed
"@Gary:Jack probably could get a tablet to fly. A tablet is not much different from from the maple leaf design he's already flying!"
"I had an engineering professor that worked hard to develop a laser-based sensor that could measure pollutants in the exhaust stack of a power plant. After developing, building and demonstrating its effectiveness he was shocked to find that the EPA…"
"Gary, I have no problem with what you have said. Unfortunately, just like during the early days of flight, there will be some participants that are a little too anxious to get to the thrilling parts and fail to "do the right thing". At least, in…"
"Does it do anything to "shoo" them away? Is it possible would get used to his presence and eat your veggies anyway?"
"The flightlog link provided by Brent says that take-off torque is a problem. I wonder is they are using counterrotating props?"
"Calistoga was intended to be a resort town like Saratoga in New York, which is even farther away than Saratoga, CA."
"It looks like the wing(s) are a flat plate with no airfoil shape to them, Is that right? The lift comes from the higher angle of attack. It looks like a pretty stable design. I like that it uses only one prop/motor, using even less power that a quad…"
"Dude! Nice Video! The music was good, too. John McLaughlin, right? Calistoga is a nice little town in the middle of Napa County. I love the wine country in NorCal."
"@Carl: I would imagine that it might be easier to do with a 'copter since it doesn't move so fast and therefore doesn't have to make such quick decisions."
"I wonder if it could navigate the parking garage like the MIT fixed-wing craft did?"
"The TechCrunch sight has a typo: it should be Ardueye, not Arudeye. At least the silk-screening on the board spells it Ardu and not Arud. I know, it's nit. I guess spellcheckers do not yet have Arduino in their dictionaries."
"Good luck with it. It's hard to tell what exactly turns on a young to STEM. I suspect it's different for everybody."
"Not as easy as it looks, I guess."
"You could deliver beers to people! But how would it check your ID to see if you're old enough?"
"Hey! Can't you guys stay in formation? Just kidding. Beautiful stuff, I'm envious."
"Nothing like a good cyber food fight."
