About

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


Activity Feed

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 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 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
Alex McEwan commented on Dany Thivierge's blog post ** UPDATE** no more stock!! Turnigy 9X back in stock!!
"If you order it just dont add enything you need in a hurry. If the order has one small item on backorder thats the lot on hold.This can even happen mid order, I know.
 
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Mar 18, 2011
Alex McEwan commented on Chris Anderson's blog post APM 2.0 beta released!
"It was not an instant fix ran in planner GCS for a while then just started working"
Mar 14, 2011
Alex McEwan commented on Chris Anderson's blog post APM 2.0 beta released!
"Darren yes I now have attitude only, lost gps. Reset APM and back to GPS data but no attitude."
Mar 14, 2011
Alex McEwan commented on Chris Anderson's blog post APM 2.0 beta released!
"Happy I am also not getting pitch/roll/yaw and I am running this via telemetery from port 3"
Mar 14, 2011
Alex McEwan commented on T.D. Gonzales's blog post First attempt at LiPo charging--disaster
"I have this one Hobby king charger and it compares well with my expensive Hyperion charger, Always look for the watts on a charger higher the better. You never know what batteries are in your future and 50w will just not cut it with higher…"
Feb 6, 2011
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