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About
Location
Madison, AL
About Me:
Always been interested in RC airplanes, but now shifting to UAV quadcopters
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
At home I have a 3DR Quad with a 2 axis stabilized mount for my GoPro HD Hero 2 as well as a AR.Drone 2.0. I also am developing a Search-and-Rescue UAV at work that is based off a 3DR Hex.
Hometown:
Deerfield, IL
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"Here's a couple pics of the quads we're using. Like Chris said, they're pretty standard quads with a small payload box underneath that carries our Beaglebone stack. We designed a custom cape for the BeagleBone Black that can carry the two Xbees as…"
As a DIY enthusiast I'm puzzled why 3DR has drastically scaled back the replacement parts it sells for its vehicles. Usually in a crash parts like the motors, props, arms, etc are damaged and 3DR continues to sell those parts. But occasionally…
"We've done exactly that. The Pixhawk fits fine and we mounted a Tarot T-2D on the front of our Y6."
"Yeah, we miss the hexa's. They were easy to add larger motors and propellers to increase the flight time."
I'm curious what kind of flight times people are getting with a stock 3DR Y6? We flew last week with a fairly light payload (Tarot T-2D and GoPro) with a 5400mAh battery (Thunder Power G8 Pro Lite), and only got about 12 minutes of flight time.
"Great work! Looking forward to flight testing to see this code in action."
"Coming from the perspective of flying these vehicles at home and at work (I'm on the team that took the NASA video) you are always evaluating the risks. It is a balancing act taking video, especially of a moving object, getting as close as possible…"
"The 12x45 were APC from 3DR and the 12x6 were from HobbyLobby."
"I'm sure you could get more efficient with larger than 12" props, but we only looked at 9-12" props. We tested 4 different motors (850kV, 880kV, 900kV, and 950kV) with 7 different props (9x47, 10x45, 10x47, 11x47, 12x38, 12x45, and 12x6). Here's a…"
"R, we were focused on long flight times so we went with batteries that maximized the mAh/g. The batteries we chose are ThunderPower Pro Lite MS series, 6000mAh 3S. Each battery weighs 381g for a total battery weight of around 3.4 pounds. Our…"
"Yes, we won by a wide margin!"
This past week the inaugural NASA UAS competition was held at Kennedy Space Center. This was an inter-agency competition that pitted teams from Kennedy Space Center, Johnson Space Center, and Marshall Space Flight Center against each other. The…
"We had a GPS glitch while flying today taking aerial video and thought it was perfect example to send in for the experts to take a look at. We were flying a simple waypoint mission with auto takeoff, transit to 2 waypoints, then unlimited loiter at…"
"Got a tip for anyone who like us has occasional GPS glitches during auto missions. We've come up with a quick procedure for recovering the auto mission without landing:
1. Once GPS glitch is observed (usually visually) switch to Alt-Hold
2. …"
1. Once GPS glitch is observed (usually visually) switch to Alt-Hold
2. …"
"Any idea where we can get these anymore? They're not on the 3DR store since it was updated."
"The music is We Can Make the World Stop by The Glitch Mob"
