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Male
About
Location
La Quinta, CA
About Me:
I'm a Self-employed IT consultant who recently picked up my ham radio license, got into Arduino tinkering, and have a big interest in drone technology.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Interested in using it for hiking/camping photography, as well as looking into uses for drones in SAR and similar applications. Of course, I'm in it for the fun too!
Hometown:
La Quinta
Activity Feed
"AP news reported on it, it's Heliguy:
Sochi drone shooting Olympic TV, not terroristshttp://www.apnews.com/ap/db_289563/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=qp..."
Sochi drone shooting Olympic TV, not terroristshttp://www.apnews.com/ap/db_289563/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=qp..."
"I'm starting to think I should just stick with Naza computers. Seems like I always have to jump through hoops for the APM/Pixhawk stuff. Normally that would be fine, but spending ludicrous amounts of time on things that should be easy is getting…"
Hey, everyone. I've got my X8R seemingly working well with the Pixhawk for basic controls and some flight modes on sbus. I haven't flown it yet. I'm curious about how to trigger RTL with a switch. I setup channel 7 on the transmitter, mission…
"I was looking at both of these too. I have a custom built Flamewheel F450 that I tend to experiment with, but I wanted an "it just works" copter to take with me so I know I can just fly if my custom copter is giving me trouble.I looked at the IRIS,…"
"People need to be educated on the benevolent uses for this technology. Right now, all they think about is their own fear of someone actually wanting to spy on them. Most people aren't that interesting to begin with."
I thought this might be something interesting for potential UAV use since they are so small and light.The first product bearing the compound name is the RealSense 3D camera. Intel describes the product as "the world's first integrated 3D depth and…
"Looking forward to getting a proper mast for my 3DR uBlox as well. In a pinch, you can pick up some balsa wood square dowel from a hobby shop and make a nice light one for testing. Obviously not a good permanent setup, but great for testing and…"
"I own a Nex 6, and I sure wouldn't strap it to a drone.. haha!"
"@Brian the point is, a Flamewheel F450 with a GoPro on it, used for farming or real estate photography, is not a commercial "Predator Drone", and it shouldn't be regulated like one. This is a hamfisted attempt to control everything, because the…"
"Well, either way, if we don't get organized, we're screwed. I'd like to turn this into a business without having to take out $50K+ in loans to pay for government red tape and overpriced "certified hardware"."
"So, they are going to treat a small lightweight quadcopter the same as a large drone a company like Google will put in the air? You've got to love our hamfisted government.So, what can I do, where can I sign up to help get this garbage changed? I…"
"I see one of these in my future for sure."
"I wanted to add a few more comments in case anyone can help.I called the only hobby shop out here where I live, and they are a "we only fly with Futaba" shop. They said they have the 8ch T8J in the shop for $279. Does anyone know if the receiver…"
"It wouldn't be all that hard to put a "screen" around the sphere to help deal with branches."
Hey everyone. I've got all the parts I need to wrap up my F450 build, except for my first radio. I'm planning to fly this thing in all modes, including FPV. I'm currently using an APM 2.6 until my Pixhawk ships. I am very interested in the new…
