J Smith's Discussions

The first video link here has had a serious influence on me and my drive to push for advanced designs and concepts. This is Raffaello D'Andrea, in a "Ted talks" video. )Note that the camera will repeatedly focus on Bill Gates in the audience) He show

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Multirotors: The Rotor / EDF choice difficulty...

With what, 357 some-odd subjects in this particular forum/thread/whatever, I decided not to go through all 357 to see if someone might have covered this, so if this has been covered, feel free to post links, and I will apologize, lol... I am posting

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Tilt Rotors, "Angle (quad, etc.)" or variable pitch motors

Please forgive me for lacking expertise in forums, typing, etc. and for not yet finding the best way to post Youtube videos.

That said, here is one of the best developments in mutirotors IMNSHO:

Tilt Rotors !

I like these because they are not TOO diffic

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Is this the most neglected subject on DIY Drones ?!?

Only a couple of pages into this section of the forum and I see dates going back a year or more, and I also see so many posts with "0 Replies", no "Likes", etc. This is a serious problem not taken seriously, and it may come to be to our serious regre

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What to do if you are not able to get your questions answered here...

I have scanned this particular forum going back to early 2013, and have seen so many worthy ideas and questions that have received little or no feedback.

My recommendation is that if you post a question here, and are not able to get the answers you ne

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Alarming lack of interest !

This is not a rant against this forum/website, but about the alarming lack of interest I see in anything that is not "help me fix this?" or "what should I buy?"

I felt badly that key posts I made were getting little or no interest, so I have been goin

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WHAT IS WRONG HERE ???

I feel badly enough that most of what I post gets little or no feedback, but when I check our discussion threads like this one, I see one potentially good idea after another with 0 Comments, 0 Comments, 0 Comments...

Is this forum dead or something ?

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STANDARDS: Categories or classes of drones

The coming industrial drone complex is going to decide on classes, categories, or sizes of drones - unless we come up with them first, support them, use the terms in our communications, spread them, etc.

There are such classes as "450" (mm), 1000mm, e

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Problems we need to deal with ASAP for drones/multirotors

Informal design patents gallery/contest on DIY Drones

Starting at the small end of the scale, my personal problem is that I have some fantastic designs that I would love to share, but which I dare not, as that would likely eliminate my being able to m

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We need to ste the standards before they are set for us

We need to start serious discussions about all kinds of standards - and why?

Because if we can agree upon, vote upon, etc. the coming standards, and make them the accepted standard official or unofficial among ourselves, then when the bureaucrats star

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Let's get serious about REAL exhibitions!

I am all for ANY positive exhibition or promotion of drones, specifically multi-rotors.

However, as with overall drone design, this too is laggging along much slower and duller than it should be.

Picture this:

An exhibition at night, maybe even before o

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Serious advice needed - I want to help but also avoid regrets...

I have been studying drones/multirotors for almost a year now. I have come to the point where I have workable designs that are practical, relitively simple, yet unlike most anything I can find out there.

However I am not yet in a position to do serio

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We should get together and set our own standards before they are set for us

I think it was the very first post I made (not that I have made many) about how either people like us (Private Drone enthusiasts and potential entrepreneurs) can take the innitiative and set the standard, or we can get walked all over by regulation a

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Problems we need to deal with ASAP for drones/multirotors

Informal design patents gallery/contest on DIY Drones

Starting at the small end of the scale, my personal problem is that I have some fantastic designs that I would love to share, but which I dare not, as that would likely eliminate my being able to m

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Magnetic induction recharging and cell phone towers

I must give credit, I came up with this idea after replying to "Internet Enabled UAV" Posted by Michael Cottier

His idea is to use cell phone technology to operate/guide a drone, which is an excellent, cutting edge idea, and would mean nearly unlimit

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