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Male


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Hiawassee, GA


About Me:

I am a disabled veteran with a patent pending new drone system unlike anything on the market currently. I am in development and need some help from people smarter than me.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I was a helicopter pilot and mechanic in the Army. I am developing a new drone system.j


Hometown:

Hiawassee


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Christopher Harvey posted a discussion
Can anyone tell me how to get my drone to draw power evenly across my 6s battery. 20180515_181909.jpg
May 19, 2018
Christopher Harvey posted discussions
Apr 23, 2018
Christopher Harvey replied to Christopher Harvey's discussion Disabled veteran with a patent pending drone system needs YOUR help please.
"When I begin adding sensors I do that through the raspberry? Or pixhawk?  Christopher Harvey said:
Awesome. I appreciate any and all advice, I have an engineer that can do the programming I just need to know the best hardware for him. MattMGN…"
Dec 9, 2017
Christopher Harvey replied to Christopher Harvey's discussion Disabled veteran with a patent pending drone system needs YOUR help please.
"Awesome. I appreciate any and all advice, I have an engineer that can do the programming I just need to know the best hardware for him. MattMGN said:
The best combo and widely used is Pixhawk with Raspberry Pi as described…"
Dec 9, 2017
Christopher Harvey replied to Christopher Harvey's discussion Disabled veteran with a patent pending drone system needs YOUR help please.
"So...is arduino with raspberry better than pixhawk and raspberry and do I need to be a coder to work either?
MattMGN said:
You are right about Arduino : Both Arduino and Pixhawk/APM are based on microController
Although companion boards such as RPi…"
Dec 9, 2017
Christopher Harvey replied to Christopher Harvey's discussion Disabled veteran with a patent pending drone system needs YOUR help please.
"See, I need to know these things I thought arduino was a microcontroller and you need a different flight controller,  THIS is why I need you all. MattMGN said:
Why you want to install Arduino in addition to Pixhawk ? 
Caricaturing : Pixhawk is…"
Dec 9, 2017
Christopher Harvey replied to Christopher Harvey's discussion Disabled veteran with a patent pending drone system needs YOUR help please.
"Without an NDA I can't get into specifics OG said:
Sensors depend on flight controller , integration also depend on flight controller, video and telemetry systems also can depend on flight controller you need to choose FC, then Arial platform…"
Dec 9, 2017
Christopher Harvey replied to Christopher Harvey's discussion Disabled veteran with a patent pending drone system needs YOUR help please.
"That is interesting,  a companion computer is something I hadn't thought about. If I choose the pixhawk 2.1 and install the arduino board, will I still need  a companion, like a rasberry ?
MattMGN said:
Their are plenty of Tx/Rx video system…"
Dec 9, 2017
Christopher Harvey replied to Christopher Harvey's discussion Disabled veteran with a patent pending drone system needs YOUR help please.
"I knew about calc, my needs are. From scratch, what systems should I get, if I want video links what RX tx should I get, what sensors should I get, ect... MattMGN said:
If you want to compare several configurations you can use this site…"
Dec 8, 2017
Christopher Harvey posted a discussion
I hope some of you will help me, I see many posts where nobody gets help or advice. I am putting together a prototype quad for a system i am developing for law enforcement. I have been desig ing for a long time and its time to compile a list of…
Dec 8, 2017