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Male


Location

Phoenix, AZ


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Interested in UAV gliders, both DS and thermal. Also working on an autogyro and cyclogyro UAV.


Hometown:

Phoenix


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Jason Westervelt replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle
"Have there been any updates to your UAV devboard code?  I've been tied up heavily with work and haven't even had time to take my plane out in months.  :("
Mar 16, 2015
Jason Westervelt replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle
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Jul 1, 2014
Jason Westervelt replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle
"Thanks for the code update.  I'll take a peek and see what I can do to get it working in my case.  I'm uploading a video now.  I don't have my avionics inside my model at the moment since I am doing bench testing, but the way that I have my servos…"
Jun 30, 2014
Jason Westervelt replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle
"OK, so the current plan is to use a SPOILER_INPUT_CHANNEL to go along with the FLAP_INPUT_CHANNEL.  I'm using the throttle channel from the radio in my case, but others with better radios can use dedicated channel (I just have a lousy DX6i and two…"
Jun 20, 2014
Jason Westervelt replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle
"I saw one of your posts from May24 and you had some patch files there.  Your patches mention r3195 in their names, but your post said that you used r3193... I assume that it is probably against r3195 and will start there.
Also, do you have new code…"
Jun 19, 2014
Jason Westervelt replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle
"Great input.  I already have a new define for spoiler input, so at least i was on the correct path.  I did not define an output since I don't have a physical output, it would strictly be mixed in with the two aileron outputs.
I started adding code…"
Jun 19, 2014
Jason Westervelt replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle
"Kees,
I have my new PICkit3 and managed to get MatrixPilot installed without any problem.  I'm reviewing your logo code and carrying out the required modifications to MatrixPilot.  I also got my tiny MTK3339 GPS flashed with the DIYdrones firmware…"
Jun 19, 2014
Jason Westervelt replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle
"Nice.  I guess i won't have to reinvent the wheel, so to speak.   Thanks for the info."
Jun 16, 2014
Jason Westervelt replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle
"Awesome.  My UDB5 just showed up.  Unfortunately my PicKit3 arrived DoA, so I cannot load MatrixPilot or anything on my UDB5 until I get the PicKit3 swapped out with a functional unit.

I'll try looking at your code and the MatrixPilot to see what I…"
Jun 15, 2014
Jason Westervelt replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle
"Let's try this for a third time... Kees, thank you for the quick response.  I saw your link about incorporating ATV with the UDB4 boards, but I can only find the UDB5 boards available for sale.  :(  Will ATV work with a UDB5?I am super anxious to…"
Jun 13, 2014
Jason Westervelt replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle
"The board keeps eating my response.  :("
Jun 13, 2014
Jason Westervelt commented on Jean-Louis Naudin's blog post Full autonomous Cross Country Soaring flights with the ThermoPilot v6.x
"I don't think that the code has been made available.  I've had an older ardupilot board sitting around for almost 2 years waiting for this firmware, and there was talk of a limited beta, but I haven't heard much since.  
I recently (as in today)…"
Jun 13, 2014
Jason Westervelt replied to GliderUAV's discussion A.T.V. Autonomous Thermalling Vehicle
"Kees,

I have been following your work for a while now and I am quite impressed.  I own a 100-inch wingspan sailplane with rudder, elevator, and spoileron controls.  I've been wanting to do a long distance flight with it and give the plane some…"
Jun 13, 2014