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Male


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Monterey, CA


About Me:

I STARTED IN RC WITH GERMANIUM TRANSISTOR SINGLE CHANNEL SUPERREGEN - I MISSED THE TUBE ERA AND NEVER GOT IN TO REEDS


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

TO BE POLITICALLY CORRECT, "I'M INTERESTED IN FINDING THE NEXT 'INTERIM REPLACEMENT' SYSTEM"


Hometown:

MONTEREY, CA


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JOHN PIZZICARA commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Amateur UAVs in the New York Post
"OK, kind of like 'nonprofit' but salaries are expenses and don't count!"
Sep 12, 2010
JOHN PIZZICARA commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Amateur UAVs in the New York Post
""The rest of the story........." - 'max range 750 ft./LOS'"
Sep 12, 2010
JOHN PIZZICARA commented on Tj Bordelon's blog post Landing patterns and reverse thrust!
"1) I wonder why they ALWAYS turn the carrier into the wind for landing ops? Optimize LZ approach fix select.
2) Landing is not a 1-step process. Initial Approach Fix - set up appropriate clean config prelanding A/S-ALT
3) Final Approach Fix - set up…"
Sep 12, 2010
JOHN PIZZICARA commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New Arduinos coming?
"Hi Chris,

CHECK SIX!! Jameco's on your tail!"
Sep 11, 2010
JOHN PIZZICARA replied to Michael Molloy's discussion ARCAA Opening
"PARAVIZE HEAD-ON TRAFFIC DETECTOR
Paravize Head-on is a portable, self-contained device
intended to be placed on top of the glare-shield of a
GA aircraft to assist the pilot in spotting potentially
dangerous traffic. Uses high-resolution cameras
and…"
Sep 11, 2010
JOHN PIZZICARA replied to Loti's discussion ArduPilotMega Hardware question
"Please correct the English in your discussion. 'Doubt' implies you know what you are doing and believe the hardware has serious limitations."
Aug 28, 2010
JOHN PIZZICARA commented on CrashingDutchman's blog post EPP-CF FPV 1.6M R/C Plane (PREORDER)
"CD - Change the name (to protect the innocent) and raise self-esteem thru training to get out of failure mode!!"
Aug 28, 2010
JOHN PIZZICARA replied to Lew Payne's discussion World's Smallest Mode C Transponder
"Unfortunately a TSO'd XPDR is dead weight w/out a Type Certificated airframe to fly it in and you shouldn't be anywhere near enough to manned aircraft to make it useable w/TCAS!!"
Aug 28, 2010
JOHN PIZZICARA replied to Keegan's discussion The Perfect Video System for Ardupilot Uavs
"LawMate - funny name for an illegal transmitter! **Newsflash** - ELINT is not only performed on the ground!! What kind of amateur surveillance device are you involved in here?!?"
Aug 28, 2010
JOHN PIZZICARA commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post Lockheed Martin VARIOUS
"ORGANIC = CARBON fiber based composites, simple as that without all the Terminator/SKYNET stuff!!"
Aug 25, 2010
JOHN PIZZICARA commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Comparing the little and the big NitroPlanes Predators
"Hi Chris,

Better safe than sorry, my appologies!!"
Aug 22, 2010
JOHN PIZZICARA commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Comparing the little and the big NitroPlanes Predators
"Hi Chris,

Congrats on being one of the Lucky 100 and receiving one of the new Reapers! I'm commenting because I hope the reason your Predator is sitting on its tail skid is that the batteries are out of the nose or something similar. If not, the…"
Aug 22, 2010
JOHN PIZZICARA commented on Garry Qualls's blog post Collision of RC Plane and plane with with people in it...
"So why didn't the camera person who obviously was aware a full scale plane was flying down the runway (since he trained his camera on it) alert the RC pilot & spotter guy with the radio?? And forget the balsa/foam RC plane, the significant event was…"
Aug 21, 2010
JOHN PIZZICARA commented on Nathaniel Caner's blog post "From The Ground Up" : One persons experience with DIY drones and ArduPilot - Part One
"Posted by Nathaniel Caner on June 22, 2010 at 3:09pm in ArduIMU
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Simple question....there was a picture posted in a discussion here a awhile back showing the ArduIMU+ V2 connected to both the SPC1000 pressure sensor and…"
Aug 21, 2010
JOHN PIZZICARA commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Oh dear...
"Oh dear...........ARDUPILOT PERFORMS THE 'COBRA' MANEUVER!!! Now that I have your attention, actually ARDUPILOT 'rides along' in the NAS (legally!) aboard Raytheon's FAA Xperimental A/W Certificated COBRA during a data acquisition flight test. Here…"
Aug 21, 2010
JOHN PIZZICARA commented on Nathaniel Caner's blog post "From The Ground Up" : One persons experience with DIY drones and ArduPilot - Part One
"Hi Nathaniel,

It's a familiar working term for magnetometer (also used sometimes for magnetron) as in "R&R the maggy". Hey, about your concern for running up the motor when calibrating the stick travel for the ESC, I use a LOTO (lockout/tagout)…"
Aug 21, 2010
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