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Charleston, WV


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Geospatial, remote sensing applications


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Dr. Pete left a comment on 3DR SOLO
"RE: Free battery. I didn't order with a gimbal but received a 'free' battery anyway from the folks at B&H Photo. I suspect the 'free' battery is a matter of semantics as it won't run without the smart battery. The battery was packaged intimately…"
Jun 4, 2015
Dr. Pete left a comment on 3DR SOLO
"Downloaded the Solo app and finished ground school.
Controller observations from unboxing.

Sticks shipped with knobs screwed in, turned out  and set lock to suit my hands.
Noticed the left stick (Mode 2) throttle is spring return to neutral…"
Jun 4, 2015
Dr. Pete left a comment on 3DR SOLO
"My unboxing slide show video on YouTube, sans commentary, music, and my face. No Solo app so a flight report will have to wait. Batteries charged and ready to fly. 
http://youtu.be/ABTtzCMDli0"
Jun 3, 2015
Dr. Pete replied to Brad Roekle's discussion Does anyone know if the battery will be 3S or 4S? in 3DR SOLO
"Tommorrow..."
Jun 3, 2015
Dr. Pete left a comment on 3DR SOLO
"Received mine today. Ordered through B&H Photo, drop shipped from China. It would appear that PCH International is handling logistics, possibly manufacturing."
Jun 3, 2015
Dr. Pete replied to Brad Roekle's discussion Does anyone know if the battery will be 3S or 4S? in 3DR SOLO
"Here's the picture."
Jun 3, 2015
Dr. Pete replied to Brad Roekle's discussion Does anyone know if the battery will be 3S or 4S? in 3DR SOLO
"1 photo == 1,000 words."
Jun 3, 2015
Dr. Pete left a comment on IRIS
"A cold start of any GPS requires that current ephemerids have been downloaded to the local GPS receiver. Each satellite sends its own ephemerids. The ephemerids contain the coefficients that allow the receiver to determine the satellite position.…"
Apr 24, 2015
Dr. Pete posted photos
Apr 14, 2014
Dr. Pete replied to AKRCGUY's discussion IRIS Tarot Gimbal Users in IRIS
"I had the identical trouble when I attempted to bind a Spektrum remote antenna to the Pixhawk from an AR10000 receiver. When that didn't work out I put it all back together and reloaded the Pixhawk firmware.

The gimbal acted as you describe only…"
Mar 17, 2014
Dr. Pete replied to Ken Fayal's discussion Log your time? in IRIS
"I too have a log book of sorts. I'll use Apple's Numbers spreadsheet from my phone/pad and a paper log. I also number my batteries so that I can see how many cycles are on a particular battery. I'm not particularly religious about it.

I also have a…"
Mar 13, 2014
Dr. Pete left a comment on IRIS
"I tried the procedure described here to bind one of the remote receivers from an AR10000 Rx with my Dx8 and Dx9, however I failed to find the "Click on Bind in QGroundControl". Spent a few hours digging through the scattered documentation, and…"
Mar 13, 2014
Dr. Pete commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Here's the page for local DIY Drones fly/meetup groups. Add yours (or make one)!
"Please add Charleston, WV to your list please."
Feb 23, 2014
Dr. Pete commented on Christiaan van Vollenstee's blog post Can you spell 2000mw at 5.8 Ghz!!!!!
"Voyager 1: LOL! 23 watts with a high gain 3.6 m dia parabolic antenna, line of sight, nuclear power, low data rate, and a 1 billion dollars spent since 1977 are a bit beyond my flight envelope.

Agreed, remarkable engineering."
Sep 21, 2013
Dr. Pete commented on Christiaan van Vollenstee's blog post Can you spell 2000mw at 5.8 Ghz!!!!!
"R_Lefebvre: Consider flying a UAV or ballon in orbit above your control position with a repeater to relay the on mission UAV's signal over the trees to the orbiting repeater, then to the ground station."
Sep 19, 2013
Dr. Pete commented on Christiaan van Vollenstee's blog post Can you spell 2000mw at 5.8 Ghz!!!!!
"Channel 4 on this transmitter, 5645 MHz is out-of-band for radio amateurs in the USA."
Sep 18, 2013
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