About

Gender

Male


Location

Kingston


About Me:

I am a drone and technology enthusiast


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I am interested in building and designing drones and other robotic systems.


Hometown:

Kingston


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Horace Cunningham posted a discussion
Hi guys,So on Sunday I had a bizarre accident with a quadcopter that I have been building for some time now. I built the quad for a friend and he had an issue where it attempted to fly away and crashed into a tree... So I rebuilt, replaced a motor…
Apr 12, 2017
Horace Cunningham replied to Michael Utz's discussion Quadcopter flips during take off
"I am having this same issue with a XT-650 quadcopter
apm 2.6
3000 mah battery

Quadcopter simply flips on take off... I tried calibrating the ESCs with APM several times and still having the issue...."
Jul 12, 2015
Horace Cunningham replied to Horace Cunningham's discussion Techpod In Jamaica
"And here is the official announcement guyshttp://www.suasnews.com/2015/05/36014/drone-monitoring-of-islands-f..."
May 17, 2015
Horace Cunningham commented on Gisela & Joe Noci's blog post Ball Turret Gimbal for small Cameras
"what is the latest on this? interested"
May 4, 2015
Horace Cunningham replied to Adam Bellchambers's discussion Techpod model for X-plane or other sim? in Techpod Users
"Tell me if you need any help as well. The government of Jamaica will be using a techpod airframe to patrol coastal areas in an anti piracy drive, will need some form of simulator to train them"
May 2, 2015
Horace Cunningham replied to Adam Bellchambers's discussion Techpod model for X-plane or other sim? in Techpod Users
"Techpod is now opensource so you can download the models and use them"
May 2, 2015
Horace Cunningham commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Syrian Airlift trials use of drones to deliver supplies to conflict zones
"@Alexander Anderson - Re-read what I wrote before, didnt seem like you read it well"
Apr 2, 2015
Horace Cunningham commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Syrian Airlift trials use of drones to deliver supplies to conflict zones
"@Mark so let me get this straight: You are going to fly a UAV from one country's airspace into another without permission... and see absolutely nothing wrong with that?And let me see where you are going to fly from.... The border area with Turkey…"
Apr 2, 2015
Horace Cunningham commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Syrian Airlift trials use of drones to deliver supplies to conflict zones
"It's a sensitive issue but I won't even call these groups "enemy of United States", remember when the war started in 2011? ISIS(then Al Qaeda in iraq) helped to form the most potent rebel group in syria, Jabhat al Nusra. Back then they were referred…"
Apr 1, 2015
Horace Cunningham commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Syrian Airlift trials use of drones to deliver supplies to conflict zones
"May be a noble idea but ultimately I believe it is crazy. Any drone spotted in Syrian airspace will be shot down by the government and their operators arrested. Jabhat Al Nusra and other terrorist groups in Syria have been deploying drones such as…"
Apr 1, 2015
Horace Cunningham commented on Workswell's blog post Aerial thermal environmental monitoring with drone
"What is the cost for one of these cameras?"
Apr 1, 2015
Horace Cunningham replied to Horace Cunningham's discussion Techpod In Jamaica
"Great, will do :)We will be doing a lot of researching to figure out best practices especially on how to effectively patrol fisheries and sanctuaries. Jamaica is the largest supplier of conch in the west and thus our waters are prime targets for…"
Mar 16, 2015
Horace Cunningham posted a discussion
Hey guys, Me and my team at Jamaica Robotics Group has been in contact with Wayne Garris for quite a while in regards to drone use here on the island to help protect the fisheries around the mainland and in the cays. We lose millions of US dollars…
Mar 15, 2015
Horace Cunningham posted a discussion
Hi guys,I am currently working on a log and UAV personnel management system for my company(and the community) and I would love to have your input.I have so far christened the application TechLog because of its association with the opensource Techpod…
Jan 17, 2015
Horace Cunningham posted a discussion
Hey guys I am looking at ways by which the range of battery operated UAVs can be extended beyond the normal 1-3 hours of flight time(or the 7 hours by the Techpod). I have been looking at these…
Jan 10, 2015
Horace Cunningham replied to Seppo's discussion RFD900, RFD900+ - New long range radio modem
"Thanks for the info Seppo.

One concern I have about using a yagi on the repeater rather than a high gain dipole is that the aircraft would lose gain if it is not directly aligned in the transmission beam of the repeater. For example:
I have…"
Sep 9, 2014
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