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Phoenix, AZ


About Me:

Engineering manager who wants to be an engineer again


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Interested in building a autonomous arducopter


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Phoenix Az


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Eric Smith commented on Jose Julio's blog post Indoor fun with a tiny ArduCopter quadcopter
"http://www.funwithwind.com/store/ListCategoriesAndProducts2.asp?idC...
 
Try this site for the motor mounts."
Aug 3, 2011
Eric Smith replied to Paul's discussion beginner - frustrating
"I've seen this and am trying to remember the cause. Is the fly/CLI switch in the fly position?"
Apr 30, 2011
Eric Smith commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Here's the page for local DIY Drones fly/meetup groups. Add yours (or make one)!
"Hey All,
I just created a group for enthusiasts in the Phoenix AZ area.
http://groups.google.com/group/phoenix-area-uav-fliers"
Apr 7, 2011
Eric Smith commented on Jose Julio's blog post Indoor fun with a tiny ArduCopter quadcopter
"Hey Robert, nice job and thanks Julio for the inspiration as Robert said. So where in the USA did you get your kite parts?"
Mar 27, 2011
Eric Smith posted a discussion
Hi All, I'm hoping someone has seen this problem... With all the ESCs plugged into the APM, this one ESC starts up at zero throttle. All the others start running when throttle is applied as one would expect.  I've switched the  ESC to a different…
Mar 21, 2011
Eric Smith replied to Shannon Morrisey's discussion Arducopter motors not arming: Solution + Win
"That is a standard safety on most (all?) radios.BTW the standard dis-arm is to hold the throttle to the bottom left for several seconds."
Mar 21, 2011
Eric Smith replied to Jose Angel's discussion Battery recommended for Turnigy 9x
"Look at this form:
http://diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/turnigy-9x-9ch-transmitter
 
There is a whole discussion on battery options and mods."
Jan 30, 2011
Eric Smith commented on Ramon L's blog post Turnigy 9X 9Ch Transmitter BACK ON STOCK!!
"They are still out of stock on the individual receivers (~$8) that you can buy separately. Finally had to cancel that part of my order after a month so that HK would ship the rest of the $300 order. Expecting to get mine next week!"
Jan 21, 2011
Eric Smith commented on David's blog post Cheap CNC opportunity
"This is another really good site for cnc machines and other things
http://www.cerebralmeltdown.com/"
Jan 15, 2011
Eric Smith commented on David's blog post Cheap CNC opportunity
"For starters check out buildyourcnc.com.  He gives free plans and videos for the build plus he sells kits in various forms. also if you poke around on that site you will also find links to other sites for other design, some free some not."
Jan 15, 2011
Eric Smith commented on David's blog post Cheap CNC opportunity
"I've been looking for an affordable CNC for some time. Saw this posting and went for the $390 kit. The is a similar sized CNC by a company called Zen Works that sells for approximately the same price so it seem reasonable that it can be produced for…"
Jan 10, 2011
Eric Smith commented on bGatti's blog post Miami Dade to Purchase 20lb Drone from Honeywell
"I find it humorous that the news clip shows video of a Predator  when the T-Hawk is a ducted VSTOL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeywell_RQ-16_T-Hawk
 "
Jan 7, 2011
Eric Smith commented on Jose Julio's blog post Indoor fun with a tiny ArduCopter quadcopter
"Awesome Jose'! From your build log, it says that you used 4 CCW props and mounted 2 of the opposing motors at 8deg to  counter-act the yaw torque caused by all 4 motors turning in the same direction.. Just to be sure I'm not missing some point of…"
Dec 30, 2010
Eric Smith commented on Jean-Louis Naudin's blog post Coanda Effect Saucer (CES) UAV with an ArduIMU+ V2
"Thanks very much Jean-Louis for your help."
Dec 22, 2010
Eric Smith commented on Jean-Louis Naudin's blog post Coanda Effect Saucer (CES) UAV with an ArduIMU+ V2
"Hi Jean-Louis,
 
I have a couple of questions. I was wondering if you could comment on the sensitivity of this design on scale. I.E. I where to just just scale this design down by 10% (so as to fit the particular material in have available at the…"
Dec 20, 2010
Eric Smith commented on Melih Karakelle's blog post New OpenFGS Ground Station
"Hi Melih,
 
I was just wondering what language you programmed this in."
Dec 18, 2010
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