About

Gender

Male


Location

Manchester


About Me:

I have over 20 years experience with electronics and the last 13 of those have been with Microprocessors and Microcontroller's. I decided to have a go with RC planes which I have always wanted to do. Having combined the two hobbies I'm now gettting into drones. I've also started to get into amature radio and have made many usefull modifcations to my GCS setup based on what I've learned on the radio courses.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I'm not really trying to develop a fully automated system because I enjoy flying the planes myself. I would prefer to develop a good ground station system with an autopilot on the the airframe to take over flight if I need a break or in case of communications problems. My dream system would be to develop a cockpit similar to what those flight sim guys develop but controlling my uav from it instead of flight sim. it's not extactly portable but could be a lot of fun.


Hometown:

Burnley


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James Turner replied to James Turner's discussion 2.4Ghz range reduced by Video tx?
"Hi Muhammad, I fly out on the tops on some local hills and the nearest building is a couple of miles away so I'm certain it's not 2.4Ghz interference, also make sure wifi is off on my phone just in case.

I'll give the 360 a try and see what…"
Jun 10, 2014
James Turner posted a discussion
Hi,I'm not sure if this may have been asked before but has anyone had any problems with the range of their 2.4Ghz equipment through the use of a 5.8Ghz video transmitter? I was out over the weekend and noticed my plane seemed to have lost it's…
Jun 9, 2014
James Turner commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post Google chief urges action to regulate mini-drones
"Hasn't Google been in trouble recently for invasions or privacy regarding collecting WIFI data while driving their cars around with camera's on board looking into everyone's property? I fly FPV whenever I can and would never give it up as a result…"
Apr 14, 2013
James Turner replied to reinaldo watanabe's discussion Visual Basic + Joystick
"Just spotted there has been a few people asking for this code sample and just seen that there is an upload button. A bit late but might be useful for anyone else who come across this post.vb joystick.zip"
Apr 17, 2011
James Turner replied to Chris Tuska's discussion Laptop controling viewing FPV and a joystick
"HI Chris, I am developing a similar project although I capture the video to a standalone screen and DVR. Mine is written in vb2010 but most of it should compile in vb.net, you are welcome to a copy of the source if you like. Although not the best…"
Jan 2, 2011
James Turner replied to Martint BuildYourOwnDrone.co.uk's discussion Wireless Telemetry - Options in the UK
"HI Martint, Yes the duty cycle can be got around by simply applying a low signal on the reset pin. The signal only needs to be very short and the units connect again straight away. The 10% duty cycle is fixed an cannot be changed but please bear in…"
Dec 18, 2010
James Turner replied to Martint BuildYourOwnDrone.co.uk's discussion Wireless Telemetry - Options in the UK
"I Tried the easyradio LPRS 433 modules last year and had nothing but trouble with them regardless of what baud rate I used. After having many unexplained nose dives or sudden climbs at different flying locations I decided to put the easystar back on…"
Dec 17, 2010
James Turner replied to reinaldo watanabe's discussion Visual Basic + Joystick
"No problem. I've emailed you the Visual Basic project.

James"
Aug 29, 2010
James Turner commented on Janne Mäntyharju's blog post Making of XBee-pro 868 based r/c controller
"Thanks Janne got it going now, I did look at the data sheet but sometimes it's even better to see and example from someone who has already been there and done it. That's saved me from putting a can over the antenna."
Aug 29, 2010
James Turner replied to reinaldo watanabe's discussion Visual Basic + Joystick
"Reinaldo, I haven't looked in detail at your link in but it looks like you are trying to connect a joystick to a pc and send it to a serial based servo controller?

If this is a the case I have some sample visual basic code using directinput, All…"
Aug 29, 2010
James Turner commented on Janne Mäntyharju's blog post Making of XBee-pro 868 based r/c controller
"Great work. I've flown an easystar all summer using the same modules having had binding problems with spektrum gear. please could I ask what the strings were you sent to put the 868 into command mode and the power settings strings ? I've the same…"
Aug 28, 2010
James Turner replied to anaximander's discussion Custom building or re-building RC transmitter gear
"Looks like a great project. You might be as well to build in a standard transmitter and receiver into your diagram just in case. It's fine manually controlling the autopilot until the autopilot/ground control/Xbee (or whatever) locks up and then you…"
Aug 24, 2010
James Turner commented on Nathaniel Caner's photo
"Fantastic! thanks for the reply. I think i'm going to go down the conversion route based on that."
Aug 20, 2010
James Turner commented on Nathaniel Caner's photo
"Hi Nathaniel, I have a 40 size nitro trainer i'm considering converting to eletric simpy because I have had enough of the mess caused by using fuel and problems with then engine itself (so much so I haven't even got this one in the air yet). I also…"
Aug 16, 2010
James Turner commented on Nathaniel Caner's blog post "From The Ground Up" : One persons experience with DIY drones and ArduPilot - Part One
"A great turotial. Looking forward to part two."
Aug 16, 2010
James Turner commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Parrot, we love you, but is this really the message you want to send?
"I wouldn't worry too much about the video. It may be high tech but it's a small expensive toy and if someone decides they want to use it in that way chances are they have already tried it with something they bought from the supermarket, toy store…"
Aug 14, 2010
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