About

Gender

Male


Location

NSW


About Me:

I'm a techie 30 plus years programming. Love arduino type stuff


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I'm building a quad copter. I want fpv for pilot and also co pilot (wife)


Hometown:

Forster, NSW, Australia


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Grant Maxwell posted a discussion
 Hi First of all Im not sure if I have a hardware or software problem so dont shoot me if this is in the wrong place. Second, I'll post a high level description of my problem to see if anyone says 'hey bozo do this'. Of course my name is not bozo…
Aug 16, 2011
Grant Maxwell commented on Kevin Lincoln's blog post The 'Ugly Man' meets APM/AC2
"Kevin 
 
I can't believe that you, sitting half way around the world, found a supplier here that I could not find. On ya.
I noticed that you are using the contour camera. The one challenge with this camera has been that it has a slide switch to…"
Jul 22, 2011
Grant Maxwell commented on Kevin Lincoln's blog post The 'Ugly Man' meets APM/AC2
"niiiiiice Kevin
Would you mind sharing what major components you used ? I'm building my quad now and so looking for what gear to use.
I have already got:
ardupilot mega
gps module
XL MaxSonar EZ 
bmp085
hmc5843
xbee 900Mhz
turnigy 9x (tx&rx)
contour…"
Jul 21, 2011
Grant Maxwell replied to Steve Castano's discussion Getting WAY too into this!!! in ArduCopter User Group
"Nice work Steve

Say what is the flat panel. Is that an iPad?"
Jul 21, 2011
Grant Maxwell replied to Antonio's discussion Not all motors arm correctly
"Hi

Has this issue been resolved ?
I am having similar issues. I think it is related to the 9x transmitter setup

Regards"
Jul 12, 2011
Grant Maxwell commented on Denny Rowland's photo
"Could the builder give some guidelines on the process for building a flight body like this ? Is it fibre glass or carbon fire or what ?
We need a tutorial on this kind of stuff please folks.
 "
Jun 9, 2011
Grant Maxwell replied to Grant Maxwell's discussion counter rotating propellers
"Folks those are excellent answers thanks very much.

The article you pointed at Darren was most interesting.

Tom yours was an unexpected response and so Im glad I asked. Thanks again"
May 27, 2011
Grant Maxwell replied to Grant Maxwell's discussion counter rotating propellers
"Hi Gord
 
I appreciate your reply - but you either did not answer my question or i did not understand the answer :)
so.... are you saying that "flipping" the prop does not work ?
Are unsymmetrical fixed pitch props special for quads ? or what else…"
May 27, 2011
Grant Maxwell posted a discussion
HiI am having trouble choosing props for my quad. My local hobby guy (heli flyer) says that when he wants a CR prop he just "flips" a standard prop over.huh ?Is this possible ? Why then are there CR props available ?Is there a place to buy 12" prop…
May 27, 2011