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Kent
About Me:
I'm an enthusiast who enjoys developing. I'm also a qualified engineer and helicopter pilot which is my main occupation.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I've always had a passion for aviation and that is why I became a pilot. sUAS's have for a long time been a big hobby of mine and now I am moving into the professional field.
Hometown:
Sandwich
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"Firstly I love the design - well done! It's really nice to have such a polished product. I am quite a bit obsessive when it comes to clean builds and this is just as clean as it gets. I love the fact that we can still modify, running open source…"
"Turns out they are using the ailerons for yaw control, I reckon the tilting wings much be on one axis - would make sense actually. "
"I think they're using variable pitch props!
On a larger scale aircraft such as this it's pretty vital, fixed pitch is very inefficient if compromising between hovering and forwards flight. The props are large because this thing is heavy - max…"
On a larger scale aircraft such as this it's pretty vital, fixed pitch is very inefficient if compromising between hovering and forwards flight. The props are large because this thing is heavy - max…"
"Hello,
Does any body have any idea of the maximum accuracy of the antenna tracker system?
I do not want to build a system where the gain is too high for the tracker to deal with, it would be terrible if it "missed" the aircraft."
Does any body have any idea of the maximum accuracy of the antenna tracker system?
I do not want to build a system where the gain is too high for the tracker to deal with, it would be terrible if it "missed" the aircraft."
"Hello! I am building a very high gain parabolic dish system - I wanted to ask how accurate the antenna tracker is in degrees?
What would be a reasonable maximum gain for a parabolic dish on the antenna tracker? Would 30 db be too much?
Thanks!"
What would be a reasonable maximum gain for a parabolic dish on the antenna tracker? Would 30 db be too much?
Thanks!"
Hello, I am designing an extremely high gain system, it will be using a parabolic antenna. The question I wanted to ask is what is the narrowest beam width that the antenna tracker can support? Lets say the sUAS is about 1 km out before it needs to…
"Very interesting, it looks like your team did a lot of work! May I ask why the research was carried out? I noticed Intel on the report. Is there plans for a new ground station software to be created?
Also another major feature of ground stations in…"
Also another major feature of ground stations in…"
"Fantastic! Would you have an estimate for angular accuracy? I need to decide upon a feasible beam width for my parabolic antenna.
This will be at long range, as in gps update rate wouldn't be an issue.
Thanks, it's super helpful of you!"
This will be at long range, as in gps update rate wouldn't be an issue.
Thanks, it's super helpful of you!"
"Question about the antenna tracker - can you use continuous rotation (no feedback) servos, and can the tracker software support continuous rotation of the tracker its self (IE greater than 360 degrees?). I'm wondering if it uses the manometer for…"
"This would be amazing, perhaps just include gstreamer support! This would add a whole umbrella of HD downlink support. "
"I was searching around abit and found this:
http://www.inforcecomputing.com/products/single-board-computers/654...
Features many of the sensors on the board it's self, with a good price and processor.
@vega that's interesting, do you have a…"
http://www.inforcecomputing.com/products/single-board-computers/654...
Features many of the sensors on the board it's self, with a good price and processor.
@vega that's interesting, do you have a…"
"The raspberry Pi is nice because it has a camera integrated with the CPU (the pi camera), which is great, 50ms latency is possible. However the problem is it lacks computing power.
Odriod - especially the new xu4's have power however they don't…"
Odriod - especially the new xu4's have power however they don't…"
"You would have to determine that in the flight testing. A stereo system is good, however you'll need to find a cheap board that supports two cameras or more. Inputting via USB is not a suitable option in my opinion, latency is poor.
Which board are…"
Which board are…"
"I agree.
I feel you shouldn't ever allow the risk to develop in the first place. As long as you are using copters properly they're safe.
It's like using a gun, "guns don't kill people, people do". "
I feel you shouldn't ever allow the risk to develop in the first place. As long as you are using copters properly they're safe.
It's like using a gun, "guns don't kill people, people do". "
"1. Yes, but I don't fly round kids (unless they're behind some kind of barrier?)
2. No, I am very careful, I follow safety precautions such as removing blades if doing tests.
3. Maybe, depends on how well it is designed, probably no due to the fact…"
2. No, I am very careful, I follow safety precautions such as removing blades if doing tests.
3. Maybe, depends on how well it is designed, probably no due to the fact…"
