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Saint Petersburg, FL
About Me:
Ex Radio Controlled Aircraft enthusiast who now does historic shipwreck exploration (treasure hunting) for a living. Bring on a loaded Spanish Galleon.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I want to build an aerial magnetometer platform to fly a pre-programmed survey route at a specific altitude (very low) above water. My goal is to fly moderately precise GPS routes about 10 feet above the water. Desires would be 2 hour flight duration, relatively low speed (for better resolution surveys) and reliable data capture is a must.
Hometown:
St. petersburg, FL on Tampa Bay
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"Great stuff Jon, thanks so much. The Wheel Pilot is exactly what we need. I have completed testing in the RC Boat, it performs flawlessly (when I program it correctly). We were just talking today about finding me some time to go over and adapt it to…"
"Thanks for that Monkeynutz. that is pretty much what i had dreamed up in my head, but I didn't know it already existed. I will look into that, it should work for what we want to do. We are now surveying with a 35 foot catamaran with twin 150…"
We have shifted our thinking a bit, we were originally designing an APM plane to perform survey operations for us. This is still in the works, but we now would like to solve a different problem. After trying to tow a boat towed magnetometer and…
"Very nice, thanks! I will look over their options and contact them."
"Rob,
After a little more research, the audio that the user hears is actually just varying voltages that are converted to a squeal by an audio board and speaker. If I capture it before the audio board it is still in voltage form, so most of the work…"
After a little more research, the audio that the user hears is actually just varying voltages that are converted to a squeal by an audio board and speaker. If I capture it before the audio board it is still in voltage form, so most of the work…"
"Interesting thought, and one I have not explored. I am still waiting on some data from the manufacturer of the magnetometer. We switched to flux-gate mag which is said to have a much faster frame rate, most mags only sample about 10 times per…"
"Thanks for that! I didn't have enough reading to do...:-) Good info, I feel a late night coming on. Muchas Gracias"
"I will likely end up switching to a rotorcraft of some sort. Looking at the frame rates of the mags I need to fly at around 6 mph unless I can find a faster one. Still pondering and sketching, definitely going ArduPilot with APM. Probably ordering a…"
"Hola Carlos,
perdona mi espaniol, yo viva dos anos en Republica Dominicana y tengo un poquito de espaniol. Mi primero idioma es english...seguro. jejeje. Yo pienso no es possible compra en Columbia, pero no es problema compra aqui en esta pagina de…"
perdona mi espaniol, yo viva dos anos en Republica Dominicana y tengo un poquito de espaniol. Mi primero idioma es english...seguro. jejeje. Yo pienso no es possible compra en Columbia, pero no es problema compra aqui en esta pagina de…"
Hi Gang, I'm a new guy here with a good background in electronics, computers, and RC vehicles. I have a lot of reading to do, but wanted to start off by introducing myself and giving a general overview of my project.I work for a company that…
