About

Gender

Male


Location

Big Lake, MN


About Me:

Semi retired physician. Currently completing certificated flight instructor ratings. Computer hardware, programming (Ruby, Python, Basic C++) and electronics/arduino enthusiast. Currently developing precision farming (GPS) aerial photography NDVI agronomy systems.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Integrating UAV with real time flight from a pilot,s perspective with simulators for both VFR & IFR training. Aerial photography via UAV for precision aerial agronomy.


Hometown:

Big Lake, MN


Activity Feed

Dr Gary L Snyder commented on Doug Weibel's blog post Difficulty with using Ultrasonic Ranging (Sonar) for landing flare control.
"Doug:

Thanks for the info. Will give more thought.

Regards,

Doc"
Jan 29, 2012
Dr Gary L Snyder commented on Ravi Gaddipati's blog post TEMOR GCS: What do you want to see in a GCS?
"Ravi:

I,m one of those "real" IFR pilots. My request is full compliment of instruments that I can fly my drone totally on instruments. These instruments must include Altimeter, Attitude Indicator, a real functioning Turn Coordinator, Verticle Speed…"
Jan 29, 2012
Dr Gary L Snyder commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New Arduino GPS shields from Sparkfun and Adafruit
"Rana:

Thanks for the link.

Regards,

Doc"
Jan 29, 2012
Dr Gary L Snyder commented on Doug Weibel's blog post Difficulty with using Ultrasonic Ranging (Sonar) for landing flare control.
"Doug:

I forgot to mention that 60 degrees is optimal for Doppler returns. Try setting your Tx @ 30 degrees off the bottom of the fuselage. You may have to play with exact placement depending on the AOA you desire in the flare.

Regards,

Doc"
Jan 29, 2012
Dr Gary L Snyder commented on Doug Weibel's blog post Difficulty with using Ultrasonic Ranging (Sonar) for landing flare control.
"Doug:

Very interesting data. You may have been hoodwinked by the "Doppler Equation"! Not to bore everyone but Doppler returns @ 90 degrees gives a value of "0" to theta which effectively is a division by 0. While imaging with ultrasound is good…"
Jan 29, 2012
Dr Gary L Snyder replied to Lee Wilkes's discussion Night vision pictures with GPS coordinates
"Interesting request! I'm a certificated flight instructor and have hundreds of hours of night flying. I am also an avid hunter. I can't help but wonder how many federal regulations you will violate with what you intend. Will your UAV be…"
Jan 18, 2012
Dr Gary L Snyder replied to Matt's discussion How to determine Legality of Frequency & TX power
"Look at the licensing requirements for the various ham operators licenses.

Doc"
Jan 18, 2012