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Gabriel Sölvi Windels commented on jlcortex's blog post 3hr 10min endurance test with HYBRiX quadrotor by Quaternium
"@Jose Luis Cortes Nice, had my doubts but this looks like it can really pack a punch. Is this going to be commercially available?
Also I've heard that one of the reasons Quads can't be scaled was because larger outrunners can't accelerate fast…"
Dec 15, 2015
Gabriel Sölvi Windels commented on jlcortex's blog post 3hr 10min endurance test with HYBRiX quadrotor by Quaternium
"Looking at your website your drone looks like it has brushless outrunners... Hold on,
You've got 100kg takeoff weight so 25kg+ per motor? What brand are you using?"
Dec 15, 2015
Gabriel Sölvi Windels commented on Charles Blouin's blog post [Tutorial] Obtaining motor and propeller efficiency for UAVs, quads and robots.
"Excellent. I find it distasteful as hell when I see Manufacturers not linking any efficiency info, or even thrust measurements whatsoever, It's as if they expect someone to buy a motor from looking at a picture of it."
Nov 5, 2015
Gabriel Sölvi Windels commented on Jaeyoung Lim's blog post Non-planar quadrotor layout flight test!
"A thought on this: Does this create thrust that is directed into the center of the quad? That is, it seems to me from looking at the diagram that the force vectors from the props would be "compressing" the quadcopter, thus reducing efficiency from a…"
Oct 21, 2015
Gabriel Sölvi Windels commented on David Anders's blog post Clip the wings of drone cowboys?
"Comment deleted by Admin due to the nature of the post that violated the TOS.
TCIII Admin"
Sep 7, 2015
Gabriel Sölvi Windels commented on Tom Mahood's blog post A public display of irresponsibility by a major newspaper
"these guidelines are meant for powerless individuals, not "major newspapers". If you want to embrace the rule-cuckholdry of this system, you will have to learn your place in it."
Aug 22, 2015
Gabriel Sölvi Windels commented on Ivan Tolchinsky's blog post Some video and photo of our first prototype.
"Alright mate. I'm not a marketing expert but.. it seems comparable to DJI and 3DR products. If I were you I'd look at my competition,They pay good money for their marketing though so be advised."
Aug 5, 2015
Gabriel Sölvi Windels commented on Ivan Tolchinsky's blog post Some video and photo of our first prototype.
"First off.. Did you just delete my critique comments and leave the good ones out? Congratulations you just lost the trust you had earned. It's an incredibly disrespectful thing to do.
Secondly I know how you can use a GoPro since I own one, but it's…"
Aug 5, 2015
Gabriel Sölvi Windels commented on Ivan Tolchinsky's blog post Some video and photo of our first prototype.
"Alright I checked it. The stats were not bad especially the speed compared to flight time. , not sure about the GoPro though. It's a good gadget but eeeh, overpriced. Keep up the good work and remember this is a professional-ish UAV forum, we're not…"
Aug 5, 2015
Gabriel Sölvi Windels commented on Peter Gulin's blog post Do you know the drone laws in the United States?
"The FAA seems concerned about drones as a terrorist threat and a lot of these laws relate to neutralizing ways of creating weaponized systems. Weight, line of sight, flying over crowds, more than one aircraft.. mental conditions. Quite the american…"
Aug 4, 2015
Gabriel Sölvi Windels commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New Buzzfeed lab will focus on drones, journalism (with 3DR)
"buzzfeed... *facepalm*"
May 28, 2015
Gabriel Sölvi Windels replied to Gabriel Sölvi Windels's discussion Where can I buy a proper Variable Pitch Propeller?
"Hello, Excellent. I've looked at this motor you were linking and it's, like most VP props a bit too small and intended for paper/foam with no real pull.

I am interested in your work and if your props are going to be giving good push(maybe 500g…"
Apr 24, 2015
Gabriel Sölvi Windels commented on Sandie's blog post Need your UAV opinion - Connectorless charging capability
"Seems useful in autonomous drone industries such as delivery and scouting.
It'll have to have a low weight and easy installation/integration. If those two are met I'd be willing to pay something like 115 $ for each drone being upgraded with the…"
Apr 3, 2015
Gabriel Sölvi Windels replied to Gabriel Sölvi Windels's discussion Where can I buy a proper Variable Pitch Propeller?
"Being fully aware of the practicality issues, I'm simply experimenting.

VP-propellers can give reverse thrust and good efficiency numbers at variable speeds, more so than fixed ones. So if the weight drawback is low, it'd make sense for an…"
Mar 25, 2015
Gabriel Sölvi Windels posted a discussion
At the moment I am looking at a fixed wing UAV which can take-off by itself, so that you don't have to throw it off the ground.A variable pitch propeller is used in conventional aircraft for this, and are usually engineered for the plane, but can…
Mar 25, 2015
Gabriel Sölvi Windels replied to Gabriel Sölvi Windels's discussion Why are we not seeing more variable-pitch quadcopters?
"That makes perfect sense. Thanks."
Mar 20, 2015
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