Gender
Male
About
Location
Reykjavik
About Me:
Middle-aged gastrointestinal surgeon (Bariatric), RC modeller since childhood, builder and flyer, Technology and science geek, Husband, Two boys (22 and 18) who are accomplished RC pilots and a wonderful daughter (12)
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Along with a group of RC interested engineering students and some wilderness search and rescue technology specialists we aim to develop and test affordable UAV systems to support SAR in the barren landscape and harsh environment of Iceland I am one of two "Angel-investors" supporting the project until we can apply for and hopefully get development grants. Two project ideas prevail at the moment: 1. a loitering drone (Arducopter?)for eye-in-the-sky, real time hi-res video downlink to the command center in search operations. 2. a winged autonomous drone for hi-res aero-photography, hopefully with a real time downlink for analysis using the crowd-sourcing principle.
Hometown:
Reykjavik, Iceland
Activity Feed
"@Klaus, did you get a replacement for your APM clone?"
"@Wayne There sure is nothing wrong with experimenting. but I doubt it will be easy to gain an advantage over other means like a fishnet or simple belly landing which usually is very short-field anyway.
Someone said: "Why think, when you can do…"
Someone said: "Why think, when you can do…"
"What is the problem you want to solve with this solution?"
"Eh... I am still waiting. I was about to order a couple of APM's for our SAR testplanes when I saw this thread starting up. I decided to hold off until the new version came out. Chris said end of the week so I have been checking daily but still no…"
"Yes!!! Mac version, please! "
"I got hold of some 433 modules now and look forward to testing them.
Having a (recently acquired) ham-license allowing me to transmit in the 430MHz band at power levels enough to cook chicken (500watts), I see no problem in using them other than the…"
Having a (recently acquired) ham-license allowing me to transmit in the 430MHz band at power levels enough to cook chicken (500watts), I see no problem in using them other than the…"
"Quote from JVC :
Digital image stabilization minimizes camera shake, and the camera includes rolling shutter cancellation that corrects the image skewing that can occur with CMOS image sensors. The result is distortion-free images, even during…"
Digital image stabilization minimizes camera shake, and the camera includes rolling shutter cancellation that corrects the image skewing that can occur with CMOS image sensors. The result is distortion-free images, even during…"
Before rebuilding a crashed Scarab Stealth-Reconn from Multiwiicopter.com (http://www.multiwiicopter.com/products/stealth-quad-fpv-reconn) and fitting it with my new APM2 board instead of the Paris board I would like to hear if anyone already has…
"I take my hat off! Thank you for sharing your progress and passion with us Hai. I hope you will continue reporting and sharing with us even if you'we gone pro. "
"Not sure what plane you are referring to. Do you have a picture?
From the information you give it seems that the thrust line of your motor is wrong. You may have to adjust it depending on how it is configured. If it is a puller (in the nose), it may…"
From the information you give it seems that the thrust line of your motor is wrong. You may have to adjust it depending on how it is configured. If it is a puller (in the nose), it may…"
"Hi Jerome
Your English is absolutely "pas mal" :)
As a recent starter myself and still a newbie and judging from my own experience I would say this:
Go with the Jdrones quad as a first multicopter. It is well proven, gives you all the starting…"
Your English is absolutely "pas mal" :)
As a recent starter myself and still a newbie and judging from my own experience I would say this:
Go with the Jdrones quad as a first multicopter. It is well proven, gives you all the starting…"
"I forgot to add that the experts said the scanner would not work because of the air in the ice. Ævar and Marteinn did not know that and made the thing and it worked."
"Interesting discussion.
Many inventions have been made by men who did not know that the academics had calculated that it could not be done.
An example is the ice-scanner that found The Lost Squadron in the Greenland glacier. It was first made by a…"
Many inventions have been made by men who did not know that the academics had calculated that it could not be done.
An example is the ice-scanner that found The Lost Squadron in the Greenland glacier. It was first made by a…"
"I was concerned with getting fingers in the prop throwing this beast but I goes that's not an issue if you have good headwind. Would love to see videos of the procedures Jimmy. What are the specs as to speed and endurance?"
"I did not want to bring "politics" into this but since GM has linked to a rather unbalanced propaganda site for PW/SS I am compelled to provide balance to the story.
This is a very delicate matter and I hope I will not be thrown out of here for…"
This is a very delicate matter and I hope I will not be thrown out of here for…"
