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New York, NY


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I built a quad and one hexa Y6. APM and NAZA user.


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NEW YORK


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Franc commented on Franc's blog post Ground station, mission planner redesigned
"The black interface it's a false problem per se... I think you mean "contrast" which I agree I can push more the contrast:
1. also seems AMOLED display can save up to 41% batteries with dark interfaces
2. either dark or bright... when I used a GCS…"
Feb 4, 2015
Franc commented on Franc's blog post Ground station, mission planner redesigned
"@Craig of course I do"
Feb 3, 2015
Franc commented on Franc's blog post Ground station, mission planner redesigned
"@Guy McCaldin I agree there is a lot to explore....especially because some operators like me use TX / line-of-sight first and the ipad as secondary tool, VS other operators who just use the laptop and not even the TX
Ideally the pilot should not see…"
Feb 3, 2015
Franc commented on Franc's blog post Ground station, mission planner redesigned
"@Craig Elder nice work, but it needs some design love ;)"
Feb 3, 2015
Franc commented on Franc's blog post Ground station, mission planner redesigned
"@ Oscar Avellaneda-Cruz  great!"
Feb 3, 2015
Franc commented on Franc's blog post Ground station, mission planner redesigned
"I did design it over a weekend"
Feb 3, 2015
Franc commented on Franc's blog post Ground station, mission planner redesigned
"nope. I wish the Ground station software would allow "Themes"... could be a nice to have,, kinda like Androids allows vendors to customize their OS"
Feb 3, 2015
Franc posted a blog post
I noticed that nobody is exploring a nicer UI for the mission planner.probably you have missed this one.
Feb 3, 2015
Franc commented on Gerard Toonstra's blog post Ground station survey results
"WHAT THE hell is that design? it' sjust horrible!"
Feb 3, 2015
Franc replied to Euan Ramsay's discussion Best tricopter layout
"Y6"
Jan 30, 2015
Franc commented on Todd Urban's blog post 46Min Loiter On 3d printed Quacopter
"nice!"
Jan 22, 2015
Franc replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.2.1 Beta Testing
"perfect"
Jan 21, 2015
Franc replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.2.1 Beta Testing
"yes i agree... the disarming should be instant as long as the baro detects the altitude is 1m or below form the ground, not in the air for sure!"
Jan 21, 2015
Franc replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.2.1 Beta Testing
"Try the NAZA and then you tell me if you feel difference... with NAZA I feel in control, more reactive arm/disarm...
this should be the basics... Then..for specific style anybody should be able to set it up as they prefer..."
Jan 21, 2015
Franc replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter-3.2.1 Beta Testing
"yes, when I do push  TX sticks down+right /down+left (this is the NAZA routine) the motors disarm almost instantly, providing a sense of control of the machine. The APM instead has a delay which is fine, but it feels a little long in case of an…"
Jan 20, 2015
Franc commented on hector hind's blog post Micro APM Hardware "Just make it smaller.."
"i think you are confusing mini and micro... that simply a mini-apm and has been sold for quite  long time now"
Jan 20, 2015
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