Gender
Male
About
Location
Spokane Valley, WA
About Me:
Degreed mechanical engineer working in aerospace manufacturing. I've previously spent time with the FAA doing air traffic control prior to switching over to engineering. I love to design and build 'things' and play with some cool stuff built by others, such as gas turbine jet engines (I've owned 5 so far).
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I joined DIYDrones back in 2008 when I first become interested in UAV's. I've since done a lot on the electronics/programming side of things. I've since designed my own "autopilot" from scratch using an Arduino and some sensors (as partially documented on my site below). www.NuclearProjects.com
Hometown:
Spokane Valley, WA
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"A lot of the manufacturers offer free samples of the components they make. Just the components though, you'd still have to design/build the appropriate circuit to make them work. Daniel W Griffis said:
How did you get the parts for free?"
How did you get the parts for free?"
"The FAA can issue a NOTAMs and TFRs for various temporary flight operations, they do it all the time for everything from sporting events to rocket launches (like hobby/amateur types). Not sure why they can't also allow them for UAV use. That way…"
"Gotta love it... rocketry and drones united!"
"This is great! One of the best ways to learn/master a subject is to teach it. I'm sure you'll learn even more by creating this tutorial. I look forward to going through it! I too had a hard time trying to learn the EKF, still do. ;-)"
"Something that I could actually do commercially with my private pilot certificate! That's one plus I suppose. Although, a huge minus for those without one."
"Great! So we can finally use our PPL's for generating an income, AND without having to keep our medical current. :-) win-win!"
"What an amazing experience! Thanks for sharing. Mr. Branson could have sought out any drone company in the world, and he chose 3DR. That certainly says something."
"I'd imagine any sort of ATC system for drones would be a fairly automated one. Having done ATC myself for the FAA, human occupied aircraft can keep you busy enough, I couldn't image adding a slew of drones to the mix. Pre-approved corridors…"
"It looks like a good movie. Hasn't been many of those lately."
"Right is... right. :-)"
"I love that SolidWorks model. I actually thought it was a prototype before I read further and saw it was just a render. The direct-drive tail makes total sense, good call there. Have you considered raising funds through a crowdfunding site like…"
"Flying in close proximity to people is NEVER an acceptable practice, even for "lifeguards" unless it was an active rescue or something. I ran into this exact situation last Easter. There was a guy, with a Phontom, flying over the massive crowds of…"
"This is great news. These fires are terrible. I live in Spokane, WA. It was extremely smokey here today. It looked like an overcast day, despite there being no clouds at all. The smell of smoke was strong too."
"Well isn't that ironic."
"Most of the major safety issues truly do revolve around what should be common sense... don't fly over populated areas, etc. If someone doesn't posses such a basic set of common sense, they're probably not going to seek out a website to learn about…"
