Gender
Male
About
Location
Lafayette, CO
About Me:
licensed pilot since 1975 (US) Amateur Radio Licensee Reserve with the Boulder County Sheriff's Office State Director for US Air Force MARS Certified advanced/rescue diver AMA Member - model aircraft builder/pilot (30 years) I build robots for law enforcement and search & Rescue Chairman of Boulder County Amateur Radio Emergency Services
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
My interest has expanded from my "ground" based robot interest to UAV's with a focus on autonomous and artificial intelligence based UAVs.
Hometown:
Lafayette, Colorado
Activity Feed
"Any seats left? If so I would like to attend.
Allen"
Allen"
"I have had similar issues in the past and recently found out that there were a batch of Spektrum DX8 transmitters that had to be recalled. In the battery compartment at the rear of the transmitter, beneath the battery pack is a lable with a code. …"
"I have been with DIY for nearly two years and have experienced the same frustration. I made the mistake of expecting a $200+ product to meet my needs and that was a mistake on my part. I have accepted the fact that a Do It Yourself program is just…"
"The MESA County Sheriff's office has two UAS's. They started with a Dragon Flyer X6 which lists anywhere from $15K to $25K depending on confguration and only gets about 15 minutes of flight time. About a year later they partnered with an Aurora…"
"Unless you’re operating on another planet that has one twentieth the gravity of earth and an atmospheric density at least 5 times greater than earth, you cannot change the laws of physics if you plan on using lipo batteries. This is one of those…"
"Ditto on the calibration. Calibrate each indviual ESC. It will save you a lot of headaches down the road. Also make sure you observe that the motors rotate the following way:
If you are in a "X" configuration (The front of the airframe is…"
If you are in a "X" configuration (The front of the airframe is…"
"I went to the link and have a comment on its design. Please take what I am saying as constructive and not a criticism. The method that you are using to connect the arms to the core appears to use only screws going from the top deck plate, through…"
"I have two DJI's Full systems with multi-waypoints.
Here is the support info:
6/F, HKUST SZ IER Building, No.9, Yuexing 1st Rd.,South District, Hi-Tech Park, Shenzhen, 518057, Guangdong, China Tel +86-755-26656677 Sales ext 201、202、203 Fax…"
Here is the support info:
6/F, HKUST SZ IER Building, No.9, Yuexing 1st Rd.,South District, Hi-Tech Park, Shenzhen, 518057, Guangdong, China Tel +86-755-26656677 Sales ext 201、202、203 Fax…"
"I have two DJI Wookong WK-M units with multi-waypoints and they all fly great. I have had some technical questions early on when I purchased my first system. I called DJI directly and got a tech on the line who spoke english better than the drive…"
"Your picure with the top removed shows a DJI Wookong status display mounted inside. Interesting. . . . Have you flown the copter with a DIY autopilot?
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"What is really amazing is the zero yaw on DJI regardless of how hard the copter fights a cross wind. You should not have to pay $3,000 for an autopilot that can hold yaw. The current "performance" of DIY is very dissapointing."
"Let's have an air battle. Check out this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SNPJMk2fgJU
:-)"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SNPJMk2fgJU
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"I have benched both of my DIY drones (quad and hexa) and have been flying my Hexa DJI with waypoints for over two months with a total air time of 100 hours. I fly multi waypoints (average of 6 per flight) and have used the failsafe several times…"
"Do you have specs on the device? (Pin outs, package type etc.)"
"Jordi: Do you have an alternate supplier for the component? "
"Chris: I have ordered several DJI multicopter units and it was with the understanding that they would offer waypoints and they committed to that several weeks ago. The release has just occured and now DJI is well ahead of DIY in delivering…"
