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San Francisco, CA
About Me:
email: andy@fightingwalrus.com twitter: @ambrwn
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Lead developer for the iOS iDroneCtrl ground station software and Co-Founder of Fighting Walrus.
Hometown:
San Francisco
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"Hey Nigel and Euan, we are just out of stock on the 433MHz version. We should have more of those in a couple weeks. If you sign up for our mailing is near the bottom of http://www.fightingwalrus.com we will for sure send out an email to the list…"
Hi everyone! I've got another update to iDroneCtrl ground station for iPhone and iPad. Along with our Apple MFi approved iDroneLink™ lighting accessory you can control your personal drone from your iPhone or iPad over the same long range datalink…
"Thanks for the iDroneLink/iDroneCtrl plug @richard. Full mission planning on iPhone is in progress and it should be out soon. Our next release (v1.3.0) with some good updates to the audible alert feature and others is pending review over at Apple. I…"
"Richard, I'm glad you like it! Thanks for letting me know about the zero altitude and weird readings after lock. I'll have to dig in a bit more on my end to see if I can reproduce the issue and track down what might be going on. If you can tell me…"
"Some feedback based on conversations I've had with a few folks that could be in your target market this last year and could be instructive.
1) Ease of use is key to a wider market. Any drone that goes to market this year and *does not* have hands…"
1) Ease of use is key to a wider market. Any drone that goes to market this year and *does not* have hands…"
"Richard, I can't wait to hear your feedback on both the iDroneLink and our iDroneCtrl app. Right now we have full mission planning functionality on iPad and on iPhone you can set a goto waypoints by long pressing the map screen.I'm bringing full…"
"@Richard, shipped :)
Will get you full answers to your other questions later tonight."
Will get you full answers to your other questions later tonight."
"Richard, The iDroneLink is set at the same default baud rate as the 3DR telemetry radios, 57600, and ships with a default net ID of 25.
We wanted that really great easy to use experience that Apple users have come to expect on iPhone and iPad and…"
We wanted that really great easy to use experience that Apple users have come to expect on iPhone and iPad and…"
"Richard, I'm glad to see your excitement and it means a lot to the team and I.
"Follow Me" is on our list for sure - we had experimented with it in the past but now that APM 3.2 and 3.2.1 is out our comfort level shipping a "Follow me" feature is…"
"Follow Me" is on our list for sure - we had experimented with it in the past but now that APM 3.2 and 3.2.1 is out our comfort level shipping a "Follow me" feature is…"
We are pleased to announce the release of iDroneCtrl 1.2.0 for iPhone and iPad. The iDroneCtrl iOS app works with our iDroneLink™ lighting accessory for iPhone and iPad and allows long range control of your drone.New in version 1.2.0:Audible flight…
"It's great to see the Bebop is similarly hackable like the AR.Drone. We side load a small program on AR.Drone2 to support our 915/433Mhz iOS radio accessory and are hopeful we can do the the same with Bebop. Saw your post on the paparazzi mailing…"
"Backed! Good luck."
"Toby, I'm glad you like your RVJET. We got the wing extensions with ours (is that what you are referring to when you say double fuselage?)
As for the Fighting Walrus Radio, right now we are really focused iOS devices since there are no good…"
As for the Fighting Walrus Radio, right now we are really focused iOS devices since there are no good…"
"Our own RVJET just arrived yesterday at Fighting Walrus headquarters here in Brisbane CA. We plan to use it as our fixed wing test platform so I'm excited to hear how your build process goes. Good luck to you!"
"Good luck guys! I'm unreasonably excited about this airframe! Can't wait to fly it around with my iPad!"
"Hi, I have been lurking for a while but I thought I'd mention that we (Fighting Walrus LLC) are still actively working on a 915Mhz and 433Mhz telemetry radio accessory for iOS and a range extender kit for AR Drone as well - www.fightingwalrus.com…"
