Gender
Male
About
Location
Mount Hood Parkdale, OR
About Me:
Husband, father of two girls, and retired Boeing Associate Technical Fellow.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Building an OctoCopter photography platform for heavy and large camera long-duration flights.
Hometown:
Parkdale, Oregon
Activity Feed
"Hey Michael - I hope that you've figured out the problem by now. But if not ...
The problem isn't motor mixing. That would only have a small impact on the control issues you see.
The problem is the PID values for each motor. There are a lot of…"
The problem isn't motor mixing. That would only have a small impact on the control issues you see.
The problem is the PID values for each motor. There are a lot of…"
"Making progress. We've been focused on breaking the all-time multi-copter speed record. But will prioritize the Guinness Duration record follow-through in the first half of this year."
Is the report's warning on Compass misleading?I click on Auto Analysis in Mission Planner (MP).In the report, look at the last line shown.Compass = FAILHaving no real documentation to help me understand this FAIL, I tried for years to get my ships…
"Think about starting a blog on that or something on Youtube and let me know."
"Holly cow! Is that a camera sticking out of the belly? And do the props rotate for forward flight?"
"Great to hear from you. Tell us about your latest exploits. Still showing the boys how to fly? Cala said:
Wooowwww!!!!! Congratulations Guys :O . You never stop surprise Us Forrest, you are a genius :D
........and luky that I live so far or you…"
Wooowwww!!!!! Congratulations Guys :O . You never stop surprise Us Forrest, you are a genius :D
........and luky that I live so far or you…"
"Here are our PIDs. Especially note the top row of Stabilize P values. I'll be trying higher Rate Roll/Pitch PD numbers on the CaraCara and leaving the Stabilize numbers alone. Please share what you find along with the size of your props."
"Bustya Attila asked a really good question about finding the PIDs for a ship this large.
Condor - PIDs were important for two reasons that aren't the usual reasons. The usual reason is handling in flight/wind at above normal flight speeds. …"
Condor - PIDs were important for two reasons that aren't the usual reasons. The usual reason is handling in flight/wind at above normal flight speeds. …"
"When you get your web site to a point where you are ready to release, I'll post it here too. It will allow easier access for more people to build smarter using a lot of the same tech used to set this world record and the speed world record set by…"
"Of course with Hugues, you never know if his sage advice and suggestions come from him or his brainiac chickens featured in some of this "how to" videos! I'm waiting for the day that his chickens escape in a drone that they built behind their…"
"... the last 45 minutes ... we were all in shock ... no idea at all ... no mathematics to support it (we are still working on that part).
Near the end of Ket's last turn at PIC (about 2.1 hours in) we saw five battery surges that we can't yet…"
Near the end of Ket's last turn at PIC (about 2.1 hours in) we saw five battery surges that we can't yet…"
"A lot goes into work like the above. In my case, I have the support of a great international team.
Team Purpose: To further the applicability and use of drones by developing the technology to set five world records: (1) Speed, (2) Ascent, (3)…"
Team Purpose: To further the applicability and use of drones by developing the technology to set five world records: (1) Speed, (2) Ascent, (3)…"
"Thanks Andrew. I'm working on CaraCara now, hooking up the FPV. Andrew Rabbitt said:
Wow! Some real engineering. Great to see and congratulations!"
Wow! Some real engineering. Great to see and congratulations!"
"Thanks Chris. Chris Anderson said:
So impressive!"
So impressive!"
Katie "Ket" DeSpain and Forrest Frantz teamed up to take back the flight duration world record. A Romanian group beat the previous record held by Forrest with an excellent timed flight of 2hr 7min. But, they didn't disclose how they did it. That…
"Those are fine. Hamza fayaz said:
https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Plastic-1045-unlock-Self-Pro...
these are my propellers ........"
https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Plastic-1045-unlock-Self-Pro...
these are my propellers ........"
