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About
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Fort Pierce, FL
About Me:
Grew up in MA, Served in the military for a few years working with UAS and rotary wing, currently living in Florida.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I spent a year as a Platoon Leader for a Shadow RQ-7B platoon where I developed the training plans, logistical support, mission requirements, information packaging and dissemination, and ground fighter support for the systems.
Hometown:
Fort Pierce, FL
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"Why do so many people want manned multirotors? This is the last thing I would ever want to get in. If there was ever an issue, there is no way to safely get to the ground short of a parachute. Not to mention its extremely inefficient compared with…"
The major constraint for effective use of UAS in agriculture is the time and complexity of data processing. With current solutions, it can take hours of processing or data upload just to visualize even a small area of a farm, research plot, or golf…
"How much of this is effected by the GPS used? The Phantom 4's dual band GPS can get close to 30 satellite locks at times which should increase it's precision considerably over a pixhawk with a UBLOX 7 series which struggles to get more than 12 sats."
"@rick, do you have a video of it in Full forward flight? The video shows hover mode, but, I'm curious to see how it flies when it's in Plane mode?
What's really cool about that design is it looks like you could transition to plane mode very quickly…"
What's really cool about that design is it looks like you could transition to plane mode very quickly…"
"@Rob,
I think what he means by efficient is that it is a VTOL Fixed wing platform with the assumption being fixed wing flight is the most efficient means in comparison with other options. I like this setup/design and agree it minimizes the…"
I think what he means by efficient is that it is a VTOL Fixed wing platform with the assumption being fixed wing flight is the most efficient means in comparison with other options. I like this setup/design and agree it minimizes the…"
"Could you simply put a Vertical Stabilizer in the front on top and bottom or a small CF rod through the nose so it if does tip over, it simply hits the Rod/Rudder will hit the ground and the plane will be perfectly fine?
Have it touch down on the…"
Have it touch down on the…"
"Fair point, I am hoping stall recovery is something arduplane will see soon as it is a very critical failure of arduplane at the moment. If a stall does happen, it's 100% crash rate once the plane goes nose down. I'm hoping this fatal state can be…"
"With the ability for Arupilot to now understand multiple orientations and correct/fly in different realms. Does this mean a nose down stall recovery may be possible?
Nose down stalls with current arduplane firmware results in a crash every time,…"
Nose down stalls with current arduplane firmware results in a crash every time,…"
"I would love to see a poll of people who use arduplane with no airspeed sensor and if they have ever had any issues. With your study showing the normal digital airspeed sensor is quite horrible, and I know many users do fly arudplane with great…"
"I would probably guess this is one of the most safe "Drones"...https://aerixdrones.com/products/aerius-the-new-worlds-smallest-qua..."
"Are the wings removable, and, is there a wing spar?"
"Very interesting! I have not heard of the AuraUAS Autopilot system, is it designed for APM2?
What I would really love to see is a low cost Angle of Attack sensor for sUAS Planes. Get rid of the airspeed sensors all together and just use AoA and…"
What I would really love to see is a low cost Angle of Attack sensor for sUAS Planes. Get rid of the airspeed sensors all together and just use AoA and…"
"@Jackson, According to that Patent, the last legal action which was effective 2014 10 10 is Deemed to be Withdrawn. I looked it up and basically they didn't pay some fee's so the patent is no longer protected. Please correct me if I am wrong, but,…"
"@Hugues, The Talon is incredibly difficult to launch. I hand launched a My Twin Dream at 9000 ft above sea level at over 6kg without any issue. The Talon at the same altitude and at around 3 kg was impossible for hand launching. I would not compare…"
"My main question is about efficiency. One of the main benefits of Helicopters and Planes over multirotors is they are much more efficient due to a single large rotating rotor, or, having wings and a single motor to create "thrust". If you are now…"
"Great work! Very smart idea to give some extra room and CG Options for the skywalker"
