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Springfield, OR


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I fly them


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Interesting to watch an emerging technology


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Dano commented on Jack Crossfire's blog post Ground based autopilot notes
"^ what he said"
Feb 7, 2012
Dano commented on Shannon Morrisey's blog post Congress Passes UAV Bill
"A sticking point - Unions for the UAV's ;)"
Feb 7, 2012
Dano commented on Luca Brizzi's blog post GAUI 500x w/GU-INS - GPS Position Hold test
"Nicely done, best position hold I've seen in awhile"
Dec 31, 2011
Dano commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Update on the DARPA UAVForge competition
"I didn't see anything new in the videos :|"
Dec 13, 2011
Dano commented on John Arne Birkeland's blog post Impressive quad aerobatics
"Looks like a blast!
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Nov 22, 2011
Dano commented on Chris Anderson's blog post White House report on DIY Drones
"The problem from where I sit is not innovation but the lack of allowing the UAV community to operate in a specified airspace for amateur and commercial use. The community has been waiting for more than 5 years on this but I fear that unlike other…"
Oct 22, 2011
Dano commented on Scott Plunkett's blog post New ArduStation HUB Proposal / Request for Assistance; Call for discussion and crowdsourcing
"Modular is the way to go... IMHO
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Oct 19, 2011
Dano commented on Ahmed Rehan's blog post The Buraq-1 UAV
";)
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Aug 29, 2011
Dano commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Anybody recognize this drone?
"Well I'll be.... I wondered where it went after losing the radio signal! ;)"
Aug 26, 2011
Dano commented on Chris Anderson's blog post "The bad robots are coming"
"@Geoffrey - You hit it right on the head!"
Aug 17, 2011
Dano commented on Andrew Tridgell's blog post Fixing a magnetometer bug and how to use MAVLink to diagnose APM
"Nice detective work!"
Aug 13, 2011
Dano commented on Geoffrey L. Barrows's blog post New Image Sensor Chips for Robotics and Embedded Vision
"Outstanding!"
Aug 10, 2011
Dano commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Is the GPS system endangered in the US?
"A prudent solution proposed in the Schlesinger, Parkinson letter referenced above:
"We strongly  recommend that the Commission rescind its conditional  wavier and not  allow a change in the structure of  the MSS band that abuts GPS to allow t…"
Aug 5, 2011
Dano commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Is the GPS system endangered in the US?
"@ Ian- While GPS did start out as a "primarily a military system" GPS has been dual use since 1996, 1 year after it was fully operational.
Some notes of interest:
1983 -PresidentReagan announced that GPS would be made available for civilian uses…"
Aug 4, 2011
Dano commented on diego colonnello's blog post Do you think APM can handle this airframe????? :-) sure it can!!!!!
"Outstanding Diego!"
Aug 3, 2011
Dano commented on iangl's blog post Found cheapest-ever LIDAR! Seems great for UAV use!
"The 10w laser is not eyes safe and with a ranging error of +/- 1 foot for the $ I would pass on it."
Jul 14, 2011
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