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About
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St Thomas Ontario
About Me:
Commercial pilot from 1969-1996 Eyes ears started going retired .
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
have had a real flight flight simulator on my computer for a year and a half my boys bought me a radian pro for my birthday I looked it up on line and see people put cameras and such on them stumbled on to your web site looking at different model air craft my boy taped his I pod under the radian and we got 6 minutes of video would be kind of cool to to build a plane just to take pictures When my boys were young we had glow planes and a spirit glider
Hometown:
St Thomas Ontario
Activity Feed
"Awe some ! a coupe of times the drone had to hustle to keep up . ice boaters would go ga ga on that lake"
"Thanks for the "Heads up " Jack Then air is the oxidizer and moisture in the air could trigger a condition of thermal runaway. You mentioned a white powder forming on some of the plates. I thought it might be some form of oxidation , some grades of…"
"@Morli I like Jack's "lets tear the sucker down and see what makes it tick approach?" If it was any body but Jack
Munroe and Sgt Rick are right it is probably not a good idea to tear them down. We all have lypos we all know they swell up and we…"
Munroe and Sgt Rick are right it is probably not a good idea to tear them down. We all have lypos we all know they swell up and we…"
"Hi Doug thanks for sharing . One of the things I get out of a museum is the incredible things they did in the past with only the materials and tools they had available. Aircraft,Museum, Just walking in the door would be Awe inspiring. Have a great…"
"Thanks Jack . I had a lypo go bad at 47 hours of use it swelled up I never took it apart to see if a chemical reaction built up a gas inside ? I had another one swell up just from sitting that was not put in use? Happy Easter you guys!"
"He was trying to build a Hoover craft ! note: it is tethered the tuned exhaust makes all the difference"
"looks like a meat grinder siting that close"
"A Place to park their toys!"
"Hi Graham looks like a pretty consistent circle considering drift from the wind and acceleration and deceleration on the downwind and up wind legs with that distance achieved you could send the plane on a"mission!" just a bit off topic I was…"
"auto parachute"
"Great video! excellent tool for finding open leads in the ice.how far are you from where the ship got stuck?I like the booties to keep the motors warm . is it amphibious ?/ have a great day!"
"Hi Doug here are a few more shots of the project..this past summer I have been diving the Niagara river off Fort
Erie .In the War 1812-14 1600 American soldiers crossed the river a little further to the east and got set up on a ridge 1/2 mile…"
Erie .In the War 1812-14 1600 American soldiers crossed the river a little further to the east and got set up on a ridge 1/2 mile…"
"Hey Trent Great Job! in flight planning we always considered the wind .It might be hard to find a route that parallels the wind but if you flew down wind you would pick up ground speed and range Good Luck!"
"Some times "Run what you Brung" events are the best! just some good old boys and girls having fun!
The neat thing about" manual "you actually get to fly the machine! Have a great day!"
The neat thing about" manual "you actually get to fly the machine! Have a great day!"
"@Richard your machine looks "robust!" since you are using "off the shelf" components some things you could try are smaller but more battery packs and when one depleats you can jettison and use the next another thing you could do is try flying at…"
" Trent ,Congrats on the flight ! I have been following MyGeek Show from my beginning at DIY and have watched you grow sharing your failures and successes with us to where you are today You are an Inspiration to us all."
