About

Gender

Male


Location

Topanga, CA


About Me:

I was a Unix sysadmin, and now I use Ubuntu Linux on a couple home machines. I also program in perl.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I am interested in UAVs in either autonomous or FPV mode.


Hometown:

Topanga, CA


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David Norwood commented on CrashingDutchman's blog post Cheap GPS modules at DealExtreme
"Has anyone used any of these?  Any pros or cons?  Do they work with APM?"
Apr 12, 2011
David Norwood replied to David Norwood's discussion Open source autopilot software feature comparison, please help!
"The link works for me. Is anyone else having trouble?"
Mar 16, 2011
David Norwood commented on Guillermo Romero's blog post Udrones kickstart
"I found these instructions for embedding a google spreadsheet in a web page:

http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=55244

David"
Feb 10, 2011
David Norwood replied to David Norwood's discussion Open source autopilot software feature comparison, please help!
"Thank you to whoever added the sensor information for ArduPilot. The crowd sourcing has begun! It would be great if everyone looking at the spreadsheet and sees an error or omission just fixed that one thing. It would take shape quickly.

Is anyone…"
Feb 4, 2011
David Norwood commented on Squalish's blog post Announcing... Dronepedia.com Wiki
"I notice a lack of framework for information about the drone projects available, or is that what the Showcase section is meant for?  I am partial to open source projects and have started a comparison spreadsheet on google that is open for crowd…"
Feb 3, 2011
David Norwood posted a discussion
I have started a Google spreadsheet that compares the features of the top open source autopilot software projects out there. It's editable by anyone, so please contribute. It's…
Feb 2, 2011
David Norwood commented on Chris Anderson's blog post FAQ: Confusing terms explained
Dec 22, 2010
David Norwood commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Wii+Arduino == MultiWii quadcopter
"Thank you for the answer, Chris.

Yes, I am new to Arduinos and UAVs and still learning as much as I can."
Nov 19, 2010
David Norwood commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Wii+Arduino == MultiWii quadcopter
"Is there a reason ArduPilot doesn't use the $20 Arduino Pro Mini?"
Nov 19, 2010