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Gender

Male


Location

Austin, TX


About Me:

30ish. Love to fly. MBA, Environmental Scientist.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Mapping, surveying, collecting data


Hometown:

Austin, TX


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Dave Williams commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New 2m Bixler-style plane from Hobbyking
"A quick update, I discovered a stripped flap servo while on the ground. That got me nervous enough to go ahead and replace all of the servos on the plane with metal gear ones. Went with these:
Hitec 32082S HS-82MG Metal Gear Micro Servo

So far so…"
Feb 13, 2014
Dave Williams replied to Dave Williams's discussion Using AUX pins as relays for CHDK
"Hey Thomas, thanks for that link...embarrassed I didn't find it. That is literally the exact diagram I was looking for.

I got a response from AustinForsyth on the github thread on the 3.3V thing, the short version is that 3DR confirms that 3.3V is…"
Feb 11, 2014
Dave Williams posted a discussion
I'm confused and a bit frustrated, would appreciate any help as I'm not sure how to proceed.Setup: I have a pixhawk autopilot running Arduplane 2.77, using Mission Planner 1.2.95I've been following this guide to get my CHDK enabled camera working…
Feb 11, 2014
Dave Williams commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New 2m Bixler-style plane from Hobbyking
"Good point Mathew, I am also using a 5000mah 3s and a pixhawk. No video equipment yet."
Feb 5, 2014
Dave Williams commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New 2m Bixler-style plane from Hobbyking
"I got in touch with Mathew and Aytek. Aytek forwarded me Mathew's PID settings which was enough to get me on the right track with this airframe. I've only tested on winds less than 10mph, but it turns and tracks very well (I modified the nav…"
Feb 5, 2014
Dave Williams commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New 2m Bixler-style plane from Hobbyking
"Hey Mathew, I just had my first attempt at a full auto flight yesterday and it was really sluggish. I'd love to see your config file if you still have it.
In stabilize its really fun to fly, with flaps it almost floats in for a landing."
Jan 30, 2014
Dave Williams commented on PX4's blog post Pixhawk Details #3: Digital airspeed sensor, multicolor led and USB
"Would love to know when these will be available...."
Jan 28, 2014
Dave Williams replied to Nicolas Brieger's discussion Circle Up / Down
"I would like to add my voice to this, even though the post is over 6 months old. This could be very useful as a starting point for landing in tight spaces and doing this by hand is a pain, even with the ability to create circular waypoint patterns."
Jan 28, 2014
Dave Williams replied to Dave Williams's discussion Double yellow on Pixhawk, but I can arm and fly?
"I have also re-flashed and recalibrated several times across multiple computers and operating systems with no luck."
Jan 23, 2014
Dave Williams posted a discussion
Hi everyone. I'm building my first autopilot/pixhawk plane and I'm a bit puzzled.I hooked the pixhawk up to my PPM-capable Hitech receiver…
Jan 22, 2014