About

Gender

Male


Location

Tehachapi, CA


About Me:

Software Engineer, Hobbyist, Pilot, and all-things-technology enthusiast. http://www.appliedanalog.com http://www.applieduas.com


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I'm interested in refining the building, maintenance, and flight of UAS in the USA to the point that they become practical solutions to everyday problems.


Hometown:

California


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James Betker commented on Duffy's blog post World's first hydrogen pellet drone flight
"This is an awesome project, I can't wait for these things to become commercially available.
Do you have any more information on the fuel cells being used? The Cella website leaves this part of the equation up in question quite a bit. They do link to…"
Feb 9, 2016
James Betker commented on FreeSkies's blog post Silicon Valley Startup, FreeSkies, Unveils a Simple and Safe Way to Fly Your Drone
"I don't see how the naysayers think that planning a flight in mission planner is any more safe. That interface is far less intuitive and missing way more details (elevation profiles/buildings/etc on map). You can also make the same complaints about…"
Sep 21, 2015
James Betker commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Researchers use sound waves to crash drones by confusing sensors. APM vs MultiWii. You'll never guess which one goes down ;-)
"The article mentions that there are several COTS solutions available which would be able to convey the attack to up to 100m. These are directional horns so the environmental noise would not be as bad as you are making it out to be.
Also, the article…"
Aug 17, 2015
James Betker commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Pixhawk-powered solar plane sets new endurance record: 81 hours!
"Completely agree. This is one of the coolest things I've seen posted on this blog to date."
Jul 28, 2015
James Betker commented on James Betker's blog post APM Telemetry using an Android Smartphone
"Yeah that shouldn't be too hard. If you are familiar with Java, you can just pull the code and make a new Endpoint; perhaps called "UdpSocketEndpoint" that would look similar to this:…"
May 12, 2015
James Betker commented on Andrew Tridgell's blog post First flight of ArduPilot on Linux
"Nice! I hope the cape becomes available for purchase someday!"
Aug 20, 2014
James Betker commented on Roberto Navoni's blog post VR Brain 5 (PRO) vs VR Micro Brain vs Pixhawk
"I'm actually looking for a control board for a small plane. Do you guys have any demonstrations of your boards working with Arduplane?"
Aug 15, 2014
James Betker commented on James Betker's blog post APM Telemetry using an Android Smartphone
"Glad it worked out for you! Cheers."
Aug 9, 2014
James Betker commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Cool Pixhawk-based VTOL aircraft
"I wonder if the flight shown in the video is a demonstration of actual forward flight. The wing is almost certainly stalling in all the forward flight footage that is shown and therefore cannot be contributing meaningful lift compared to its drag.…"
Aug 7, 2014
James Betker commented on James Betker's blog post APM Telemetry using an Android Smartphone
"Hey Ivan, It sounds a lot like you may be having a set-up issue with your network. PM me and I can try and help you get it worked out."
Aug 7, 2014
James Betker commented on James Betker's blog post APM Telemetry using an Android Smartphone
"I've released an update that should support several different baud rates, as adjustable via the settings menu. This is something I am currently unable to test for lack of hardware so you guys will have to let me know if it works or not.
I have also…"
Aug 6, 2014
James Betker commented on James Betker's blog post APM Telemetry using an Android Smartphone
"Contacting via PM."
Aug 6, 2014
James Betker commented on James Betker's blog post APM Telemetry using an Android Smartphone
"I am going to open source both the Android app and the Java version by the end of the week. Bill & Nick, I don't know if you guys are coders, but hopefully this helps you guys out. @Nick, if not, then yes I can build you a one-off APK."
Aug 6, 2014
James Betker commented on James Betker's blog post APM Telemetry using an Android Smartphone
"What doesn't work? You should not be using MavMapperCmd.jar, it is for command line usage only, intended for running on a server. Windows users should be using LocalMavMapper.jar. If you did run MavMapperCmd.jar, you'll need to force kill the Java…"
Aug 5, 2014
James Betker commented on James Betker's blog post APM Telemetry using an Android Smartphone
"Whoops - my bad. Had an unclosed infinite while instead of sleeping a thread out as I should have. Updated the application; same place: http://applieduas.com/MavMapperCmd.zip"
Aug 5, 2014
James Betker commented on James Betker's blog post APM Telemetry using an Android Smartphone
"Honestly I don't know then. I will really have to get my own Pixhawk to figure that out. Sorry to those of you using this autopilot.."
Aug 5, 2014
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