About

Gender

Male


Location

DC


About Me:

I'm biologist/Ecologist with graduate studies on economics. I'm also web developer and I 've worked for over 10 years in environmental issues.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I do have a great interest in UAVs as a tool for environmental studies, although I really like it as a complementary hobbie which combines pretty well the applied knowlwde on electronics and software.


Hometown:

Bogota


Activity Feed

Gustavo A.Vargas replied to Mark P. Ludwig's discussion Small scale LiDAR and Agriculture remote sensing in Terrain/Surface Mapping
"Hey Mark,
I know probably this is out of date, but Phoenix A.S. (CA based) just launched the smallest LIDAR in the market, intended for the task you are asking for. http://www.phoenix-aerial.com/products/lidar-systems/al3-16/ It can also be mounted…"
Sep 11, 2015
Gustavo A.Vargas replied to Reto's discussion Aerial images for ortho-mosaics, camera settings and more
"Reto,
I'm not want to discourage you about doing AP (aerial photography), but many other parameters must be taken into account; after all you got to synchronize two systems: plane-APM and a camera and each one has many variables. Since you are going…"
Sep 5, 2013
Gustavo A.Vargas commented on Manfred Dickgiesser's blog post Spectrum DX8 2 Switches 1 TX channel 6 Flight Modes
"Hey Peter, 
I have one hexa APM2.5 with the same tx/rx as you do. In order to achieve what you want (reducing the sensitivity for yaw and pitch control) you can do either two things or both:

In your Spektrum DX8 press and hold the roller while you…"
Feb 15, 2013
Gustavo A.Vargas commented on Manfred Dickgiesser's blog post Spectrum DX8 2 Switches 1 TX channel 6 Flight Modes
"Thanks Manfred for this great tutorial and Bhanu for doing the right questions. For those flying in Acro, I propose the following modification (still original Manfred's set is OK and works fine) in the mixing which leads to smother changes among…"
Feb 1, 2013
Gustavo A.Vargas commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New quadcopter from Australian firm
"It actually costs USD 25K-30K, and although it is overpriced, is more than a fancy frame. That kind of frame reduces the dragging around the tip of props, which undergo the highest friction in forward motion. For the same reason rotors can be…"
Oct 22, 2012