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Gender

Male


Location

Scotland


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Interested in UAV as an extension of my RC plane and helicopters


Hometown:

Falkirk


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Alex McEwan commented on Jack Crossfire's blog post Ladybird autopilot
"Mark
I think Jack uses his vision systems for positioning via a Raspberry Pi feeding back to the gyro, mag and controller on board.
 
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Feb 3, 2013
Alex McEwan commented on Andrew Tridgell's blog post Lots of changes to APM development!
"Thanks tidge
Is the planed dev path PX4 and beyond or will there be a 32bit APM 3 ?"
Jan 16, 2013
Alex McEwan commented on Martint BuildYourOwnDrone.co.uk's blog post ArduPilot Mega & Arducopter 2.4 GHz Telemetry Kit for UK & EU
"Its funny soon as you type a question you miraculously see the answer. I fogot to solder a bridge from the VIN line to CTS line. All working great now at last
Martin You may need to make that part in large bold type for I must have read that page a…"
Dec 24, 2011
Alex McEwan commented on Martint BuildYourOwnDrone.co.uk's blog post ArduPilot Mega & Arducopter 2.4 GHz Telemetry Kit for UK & EU
"HI
I have a 2.4 xbee setup with the FTDI board on the airframe & and the usb board on the GCS, I have near identical setup to the above only difference I have two RPSMA Xbee boards. Changed the comms speed to 57K6 and i get a data stream on the PC.…"
Dec 24, 2011
Alex McEwan commented on Sam Kelly's blog post ArduPilotMega + Spektrum satellite Rx -- NOW AVAILABLE
"Well put me down for one Chris as I hate all the cables and swaping the chanels about. But will I need to buy one of these
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Aug 21, 2011
Alex McEwan commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New version of Mission Planner has MAVLink tuning tips
"My only down on this is the text disappears to quickly to read on the long descriptions."
Aug 21, 2011
Alex McEwan commented on Sam Kelly's blog post ArduPilotMega + Spektrum satellite Rx -- NOW AVAILABLE
"Sam sorry did nor realise it was just proof of concept and a very good one at that, I thought this was a commercial product."
Aug 21, 2011
Alex McEwan commented on Sam Kelly's blog post ArduPilotMega + Spektrum satellite Rx -- NOW AVAILABLE
"Love the idea but only one satellite ? For a better range with more robust comms would it not be better with more than one.
 
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Aug 20, 2011
Alex McEwan commented on Chris Anderson's blog post APM 2.0 beta released!
"Well looks like I will be the guinea pig then. Will order some next week."
Apr 16, 2011
Alex McEwan commented on Chris Anderson's blog post APM 2.0 beta released!
"Chris do you know if the 868 Xbees work ok as 900 is a phone frequency this side of the pond."
Apr 16, 2011
Alex McEwan commented on Brian's blog post Wireless RF Transceiver 431-470MHz - Good Enough for Learning?
"John I have a pair but was getting nowhere with them, GSC info coming back at 9k6 but not having any luck uploading to the APM. Tried it at 19k2 and it just worked. So i think its getting bogged down at 9k6, now to do some range tests."
Apr 13, 2011
Alex McEwan commented on Brian's blog post Wireless RF Transceiver 431-470MHz - Good Enough for Learning?
"John
Did you get yours to work bi-directional ? also what range did you get"
Apr 8, 2011
Alex McEwan commented on Alex McEwan's blog post GlobalHawk UAV w/70mm EDF Kit now avalible in USA Warehouse
"Hooks
Its easy to copy and paste and Hobbyking don't give you any credit when its not your website.
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Apr 8, 2011
Alex McEwan posted a blog post
Get them before they go to backorder LinkThis GlobalHawk has a wingspan of 2 meters, also we have included a 70mm ducted fan with 5 blades for 4,000kv motors.
Apr 8, 2011
Alex McEwan commented on Brian's blog post Wireless RF Transceiver 431-470MHz - Good Enough for Learning?
"I am using the APC220 (these are APC200) which work with the APM and a GCS for bringing back info all working ok. but I cant get it to send data back to the APM with the Mavlink. I havent fully tested range yet so cant comment on that."
Apr 8, 2011
Alex McEwan commented on Mark Harrison's blog post the Rocket Science approach to Quads!
"Thats one large quad have you seen the size of Curiosity
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Apr 6, 2011
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