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Male


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SA


About Me:

Avionics Tech


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Building a quad based on APM


Hometown:

Adelaide


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Gordon commented on John Arne Birkeland's blog post ArduPilot and DroneCode part ways
"Correct, probably not premeditated, greed tends to creep up. My views have been tarnished from having been in an environment filled with egotistical megalomaniacs for 25yrs before escaping to a much friendlier industry. I tend to become very…"
Sep 10, 2016
Gordon commented on John Arne Birkeland's blog post ArduPilot and DroneCode part ways
"@Ernst. What was expected, when a guy quits a high-end job

Couldn't agree more, I knew something was up back when it happened. There was just so much effort being put into getting everyone else to contribute, it reminded me of the basic principals…"
Sep 10, 2016
Gordon replied to rrayden's discussion Long Range on 433 Mhz SiK Telemetry
"Your antennas need to be either both vertical or horizontal, any misalignment drastically reduces the range. also note that if they were to be both at, say,  75 degrees, this only works outbound as when the vehicle turns 180, there is now a 30…"
Sep 2, 2016
Gordon replied to Doug Adduci's discussion Warning! Don't Try This At Home Kids (radio fail safe test disaster)
"This is a very timely blog. Thanks Doug, for making me do a triple check.
I was going to test this today for the first time ever in 6 years of drones.
Last night I was going through the motions as my Futaba 12fg also does the switch and throttle…"
Aug 14, 2016
Gordon commented on Yutaca Sawai's blog post Biomechanical simulation of Horse gaits
"Hi Gary,
I am quite aware of all the various uses for our "flight controller". Just because I post very rarely, does not automatically make me an ignorant newb or someone with nothing worthwhile to contribute.
I wrote the 3 first instructional blogs…"
Jun 24, 2016
Gordon commented on Yutaca Sawai's blog post Biomechanical simulation of Horse gaits
"Isn't this diy DRONES. Sorry, not seeing much correlation."
Jun 24, 2016
Gordon commented on Tom Ren's blog post A new OSD for FPV - PlayuavOSD
"This is available now on goodluckbuy here"
Jun 5, 2015
Gordon commented on Víctor Mayoral's blog post PixHawk Fire cape crowdfunding campaign
"Victor I'm very impressed. Only a few of us voiced our concerns and you have resonded in a very positive manner.
Backed for 2 early birds."
Mar 26, 2015
Gordon commented on Mirko Denecke's blog post BBBMINI a Linux autopilot based on ArduPilot and BeagleBone Black
"+1 for Gary. It's not just the price. 55 euro freight to Australia is insane for a cape. That works out to over AUD$350 landed at my door. I have 2 BBB's gather dust since Feb 2014. When I first saw the price, it looked to me like the price was not…"
Mar 26, 2015
Gordon replied to Rob_Lefebvre's discussion Helicopter Vibration Levels
"Hi Rob,
Just wondering if you've done a TT vs Belt drive vibe comparison."
Sep 27, 2014
Gordon commented on Chris Anderson's blog post ArduRover launches ArduPlane!
"That just put a picture in my head.
Anybody remember the Thunderbirds episode where the plane lands on the 3 recovery vehicles, 1 master and 2 slaves."
Jan 8, 2013
Gordon commented on Chris Anderson's blog post ArduRover launches ArduPlane!
"That's brilliant, a launch dolly that comes home by itself. What a great tool for a club to own.
Well done lads."
Jan 6, 2013
Gordon replied to Randy's discussion ArduCopter 2.8 / 2.8.1 released
"First off great job Dev's.

I haven't flown since 2.6, been slowly building a HK Talon Hex, so was eager to try 2.8.1. I think a bug has crept in somewhere between these two versions. My esc's won't arm with 2.8.1 unless I either boot from usb or a…"
Nov 11, 2012
Gordon replied to Rob_Lefebvre's discussion Public Service Announcement: You don't have to rebuild your parameters every update!
"Would it be possible to add check boxes to MP to do a selective save? Also 2 extra boxes for "All" & "None"."
Oct 20, 2012
Gordon replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.60 released
"This question was posted by Mike back on page 3 and doesn't seem to have been answered.

"Where can I find more information about the "support for the new features in the new MTK GPS firmware" new feature?"

Is this just 1.6 or is there a newer…"
Sep 1, 2012
Gordon commented on Gordon's blog post Mode Switch Setup for Turnigy 9x
"Darren that is how it is supposed to work. It is a limitation of the 9x firmware that we have to waste a channel in order to get the 6 positions. Now you have an excuse to upgrade to er9x and claim back that wasted channel."
Aug 27, 2012
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