About

Gender

Male


Location

Sausalito, CA


About Me:

Looking to learn more and build multirotors/quads. I started out as an R/C enthusiast and became an Airline Pilot. I have flown Gliders, SEL, MEL, and Airliners. Currently fly Airbus A320. Also study matters financial, Economics, Business and Commercial Aviation but love Drones/UAV flying.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Solid builder of RC Glider/Airplane from years ago. New to UAV, Quads. Looking to build learn Quads.


Hometown:

Sausalito CA


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Frank Ketcham posted a discussion
I am in the SF Bay Area and need to get my multirotor up and flying for a research project. I am lookin for hands on help. The quad is built and ready to go with missiona planner but I am running into issues. I am looking for someone to go over…
May 31, 2022
Frank Ketcham posted a discussion
Modern aircraft using Flight Management Systems (FMS) as well as general aviation aircraft using GPS navigation have wind readouts providing actual wind direction and velocity from the aircraft. We are trying to get this data for flight tracking and…
Sep 18, 2016
Frank Ketcham commented on Chris Anderson's blog post A newbie's guide to UAVs
"Is there a store front to go see these before purchase?"
Dec 22, 2014
Frank Ketcham commented on Chris Anderson's blog post A newbie's guide to UAVs
"Is there any way to see touch feel one of the 3DR X8s. Kinda crazy that there seems to be no sales folks. What are other options? Hard to buy sight unseen.

Anyone know of kits?"
Dec 22, 2014
Frank Ketcham posted a discussion
I feel like I need a tutor for multirotors. I'm an avid model airplane/glider person but multirotors are new to me. As a builder I want to "build" my multirotor and looking for the followingGPSFPVReasonable payloadLinux based systemScalable,…
Jul 28, 2014