About

Gender

Male


Location

Seattle, WA


About Me:

Duncan's House Rules of UAV No, you can't fly it. Yes, I built it. No, I won't fly it over people. Yes, I spent a lot on it. DJI sucks


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

photographer and exploration!


Hometown:

Seattle, WA


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Duncan J replied to Dave Wilkeson's discussion Need help with gimbal servos
"HI there, I am having exactly the same issue with the binding (locking). I have it wired exactly as you do, w the balance port red/black powering a ESC/ BEC out to the brushless gimbal motors. can't seem to get it to initialize and stabilize. any…"
Jun 16, 2014
Duncan J replied to Samuel Arnold's discussion APM 2.6 Gimbal Setup in ArduCopter User Group
"Randy, for good measure, I've included this pic of the wiring that I have. on the servo motors, unfortunuately they're all black, which makes it hard to ID the signal, power and ground order... one of the wires has a white line on the edge of it, so…"
Jun 14, 2014
Duncan J replied to Samuel Arnold's discussion APM 2.6 Gimbal Setup in ArduCopter User Group
"Okay, thanks for the advice, Randy. It does have brushless motors, pic included. I'll plug the signal wires into the receiver (AR6210) which should be able to test it out and post again. I feel like after setting the RC outputs properly that when I…"
Jun 14, 2014
Duncan J replied to Samuel Arnold's discussion APM 2.6 Gimbal Setup in ArduCopter User Group
"Hey I am having some problems setting up my gimbal, hoping someone in here can help. 

I have cut both red/black +/- wires from the servos for my 2 axis gimbal, and powered them thru 5 and 6 on the output rail. when I plug in my 3s lipo, it doesnt…"
Jun 14, 2014
Duncan J replied to Kate's discussion Flight time vs. battery life
"This is a good exchange, lulz. I want to see the crash reel. Order lots of spare props and arms. They'll come in handy!"
Jun 6, 2014
Duncan J commented on Roger Sollenberger's blog post John Blaske’s Amphibious Drone: The Aqua Quad
"^^ hahahahah Aquad. How do you make Styrofoam sink tho....  great concept though. sure relieves the concerns and anxieties regarding flying over water with this mod! GJ GJ students!  "
May 21, 2014
Duncan J replied to B Richter's discussion New to APM. Great Product. Couple of questions.
"^^ I don't think you're supposed to power both ways at the same time, either USB or battery power. I've heard that it'll blow the APM but I haven't experienced such a thing. "
May 19, 2014
Duncan J replied to B Richter's discussion New to APM. Great Product. Couple of questions.
"Hello, congrats on your purchase, build, and flight experience! Having bought the APM 2.5 unit from 3DR, their product is solid construction... looking with fine detail at the soldering, it is 10x better than the HK knockoffs (which I also bought to…"
May 19, 2014
Duncan J replied to Emi's discussion Tricopters for beginners
"so the way the APM is built, it is doing that for safety reasons... the safety of others as well as the craft that you're employing the APM on. it wants to do all of those checks ( I believe there 12 or 13 checks) in order to see if the APM is in…"
May 19, 2014
Duncan J commented on Thomas J Coyle III's blog post Woman claims drone harassed her at Virginia Beach
"^^ flying at a beach also isn't the best idea either, if you wreck, sand and grit will make for some tough cleaning and definitely require dismantling motors for deep cleaning. I do realize that for some people like in California near the coast, a…"
May 19, 2014
Duncan J commented on Thomas J Coyle III's blog post Woman claims drone harassed her at Virginia Beach
"despite her stupidity and blatent selfishness to make it all about her being spied on despite the UAV having sqaure miles worth of range... there is some validity to the claim that she's being peeped at.. when a bell helicopter flies overhead, you…"
May 19, 2014
Duncan J replied to Emi's discussion Tricopters for beginners
"the tricopter tail servo can get power from the output rail. If you had multiple servos, this wouldn't be the case.. however with only one servo it will work out well. 

Use this link for reference:…"
May 19, 2014
Duncan J commented on Thomas J Coyle III's blog post Woman claims drone harassed her at Virginia Beach
"^^^ This is why we can't have nice things!"
May 18, 2014
Duncan J replied to Emi's discussion Tricopters for beginners
"upload the latest tricopter APM software using the mission planner and plug your tail servo into #7 on the output rail. keep in mind, the servo will not move until the tricopter is armed, so that is how you'll have to test it out. movement should be…"
May 18, 2014
Duncan J commented on Oliver's blog post Kenya’s new drone program could put a virtual end to poaching
"Having been to Kenya I am stoked to read this! Safari tourism (like my trip) is vital to the economy there going forward. Plus, you can be shot on site for poaching, so I'm sure these UAVs will have some cool load-outs on them ;-)"
Apr 27, 2014
Duncan J replied to rodrigo villalobos's discussion Multicopter for very windy areas
"generally the aerodynamics comes into play a lot in terms of the frame you choose especially under windy conditions. Also depends how well your copter (I assume) is tuned. I have a tricopter that performs well in ~25mph but thats because its wide…"
Apr 21, 2014
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