About

Gender

Male


Location

Fairfax, VA


About Me:

Disabled Solar Engineer. I like fast gadgets, I am a licensed Pilot who flies in old Corvettes and loves to tinker!


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I am a "Newbie" so be gentle and tolerate dumb questions. I have a LOT to learn! I am interested in live video from my newly built quad copter.


Hometown:

Fairfax, Virginia, 8 miles from Washington DC


Activity Feed

Christopher T. McCloskey replied to Shane Wall's discussion Why are we not allowed to fly commercially? Seriously, give me one reason besides "safety" (This article pertains to small drone operators only - phantoms etc..)
"Hello Shane,
Be thankful you don't live in my area. I have been happily flying for years when suddenly I can be arrested for flying in my back yard of my 1 acre lot. I live just outside of the Washington DC area in the suburbs. I am about 8.5 miles…"
Aug 11, 2015
Christopher T. McCloskey replied to amirhossein eshtiaghi's discussion LiPo battery issues in ArduCopter User Group
"Hello Martin and others,
I went to the DJI website here in the United States and it says that the Inspire 1 uses one of two batteries. The standard is the "Intelligent Flight Battery" TB-47 that is a 4500 mAH 22.2 volt LiPo 6S High Voltage Battery…"
Aug 11, 2015
Christopher T. McCloskey replied to amirhossein eshtiaghi's discussion LiPo battery issues in ArduCopter User Group
"The primary reason that we use Lithium Polymer batteries instead of the Lithium Ion batteries is that our little flying friends can require very high amperage withdrawals at times. LiPo batteries can deliver the higher amperage loads where a LiIon…"
Aug 11, 2015