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Gender

Male


Location

Montréal, Québec


About Me:

College student in aviation, very interested in R&D on UAV's


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I have an AP rc heli, i want to get it totally autonomous. Interested in planes and quad/hexa/octo also, for law enforcement


Hometown:

Montréal, Québec, Canada


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Francis Pelletier replied to Matt's discussion Auto inflation device - do they exist?...
"Another problem you might run into using the CO2 cartridge is the high pressure (caused by depth) of the water on your system. Depending on how deep you plan on going, you might have to adapt your system to account for the higher pressure."
Sep 5, 2013
Francis Pelletier commented on Stefan Gofferje's blog post The perfect UAS TX...
"make it rugged! for field use! really good idea to have the avionics style panels! you have my support if you need!"
Aug 7, 2013
Francis Pelletier replied to Kevin Hester's discussion 1.6.01 released to beta test group - include on-screen joystick with haptic feedback... in Andropilot Users Group
"Ok, so far the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 works great! On android 4.1.2. Only issue is i cant display overlay joysticks. Is it possible that it's treated like a phone? Can you enable the joysticks on phones? thanks!"
Aug 4, 2013
Francis Pelletier commented on Peter Koppendorfer's blog post SIX2Fold the new Kopter from KAMKOP Systems
"Could you please send me a private message, i'd like to talk to you more about your product. Thank you!"
Dec 31, 2012
Francis Pelletier replied to Hai Tran's discussion Finwing Penguin FPV aircraft
"What would be good PID's for this plane? in your param file they seem unchanged?"
Dec 4, 2012
Francis Pelletier replied to Hai Tran's discussion Finwing Penguin FPV aircraft
"Can you post some pictures of your electronics layout? Thanks!"
Nov 21, 2012
Francis Pelletier commented on Chris Anderson's blog post PX4 on a Flamewheel frame
"great! any plans on porting the fixed wing side?"
Oct 30, 2012
Francis Pelletier commented on crystal garris's blog post techpod payload 3-D model
"based on those drawings, I assume there isn't enough place to mount a P&S camera pointed downwards for mapping?"
Sep 20, 2012
Francis Pelletier posted a discussion
Hi! i've seen that inter waypoints (automatic wp each xft) have been added! is there a way to set them all to a specific action? if I use that to trigger a camera, is it still used for navigation?thanks!
Aug 22, 2012
Francis Pelletier posted a discussion
Would it be possible to use the info in the camera dialog, along with a specified sidelap and then use these infos automatically to create a grid that fits the criterias?
Aug 16, 2012
Francis Pelletier posted a discussion
Hi,I would like to know if there's a function similar to this in the planner that i'm not aware of: I know that we can generate grids automatically.  But is there an option to automatically add waypoints (more events actually) on the lines rather…
Aug 5, 2012
Francis Pelletier commented on PX4's blog post Introducing the PX4 autopilot system
"is it replacing the APM 2 in any way? is it really better?"
Jul 25, 2012
Francis Pelletier posted a discussion
Hi, being familiar with annunciator panels in aircrafts, i'd like to see if we could implement something like that. For those who don't know what i'm talking about:We could have things like flight modes (att.hold, alt.hold, rtl, manual...), low…
May 14, 2012
Francis Pelletier commented on Robert Krogh (hooks)'s blog post New Model for DIY UAV project.
"Do you sell them?"
Apr 2, 2012
Francis Pelletier commented on Robert Krogh (hooks)'s blog post New Model for DIY UAV project.
"Where can I buy it? And how much is it?"
Apr 2, 2012
Francis Pelletier commented on Ellison Chan's blog post Canada is at the Vanguard of UAV Regulations
"Dany, je ne crois pas que ça soit une bonne idée de le traduire en francais ;) si tu veux un exemple de ce que je veux dire, va voir le RAC, et compare le à sa version anglophone (CAR's). C'est illisible :P"
Feb 23, 2012
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