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Las Vegas, NV


About Me:

Engineer who loves to tinker.


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What more could you want than a UAV to tinker with?


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Las Vegas


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Daniel Dirksen replied to Ioan Ghip's discussion Why is APM 2.5 so expensive?
"You get what you pay for.

Apple products are overpriced for what they are.  An equivalent windows box can be had for half the cost and a linux box can be had for even less still.  Apple was recently hailed as the most valuable company ever.…"
Jan 3, 2013
Daniel Dirksen commented on Chris Anderson's blog post ArduCopter/ArduPlane on the curriculum at NYU
"Hand's on practical use and application of engineering principles in Academia?!?
Academia is 5-10 years ahead of industry.  Does this mean that we are 5-10 years out from the first ArduPlane/ArduCopter industrial application?
Regardless I'm sure…"
Nov 26, 2012
Daniel Dirksen commented on Mauricio's blog post X8 foam wing with APM + accesories for +$7K USD? interesting...
"Honestly, I think its priced low.  When you consider the risk, time, technology, and commitment it takes to sell someone a UAS.  Yeah sure its expensive, and something a hobbyist can produce in a 6 month span. Most people think its all available and…"
Nov 14, 2012
Daniel Dirksen commented on Andreas M. Antonopoulos's blog post Software-in-the-loop Architecture
"I have been attempting for a couple months now off and on to get this to work.  Obviously the benefits of having this online are endless...up to the point where we actually want to do it for real :D
The biggest problem I am having is that the GCS…"
Apr 1, 2012