About

Gender

Male


Location

Beaumont, CA


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I am a Pixhawk flyer, and am working on several VTOL airframe concepts. You can see my progress so far at electronflight.com.


Hometown:

Beaumont, California


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Joe Renteria commented on jlcortex's blog post HYBRiX, 3 hours and 35 minutes flight time in hover
"Great work..."
Dec 13, 2017
Joe Renteria commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Eagles vs Drones (spoiler: Eagles win)
"I knew this happened, had no idea it was such an issue. What about some crazy led lighting?"
Sep 30, 2017
Joe Renteria commented on Dmitry Skotnikov's blog post Just would like to share our progress in wireless power for drones
"Hey, you should update your link to your press release. There is an extra comma at the end of your url, causing it to go to a "not found" page..."
Sep 9, 2017
Joe Renteria commented on Sheila Harding's blog post 6 Drones You Must Know About as A Professional
"No Walkera Ladybird?"
Jun 29, 2017
Joe Renteria commented on Martin Rüedi's blog post The Wearable Groundstation
"Sexy..."
May 31, 2017
Joe Renteria commented on jlcortex's blog post Quaternium HYBRiX at XPONENTIAL 2017
"I am actually already off on Monday and Tuesday, and could probably get Wednesday, maybe more.  So that is three available days.  Also, I am in California, so there is another issue.  What did you have in mind?  Feel free to email me:…"
Apr 2, 2017
Joe Renteria commented on jlcortex's blog post Quaternium HYBRiX at XPONENTIAL 2017
"Best of luck, wish I could help but my Spanish is not great. By the way, based on your post, your English is just fine..."
Mar 26, 2017
Joe Renteria commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Analyzing Parrot's latest financial report
"Wow. That is very nice Rob. You can't beat designing something in CAD, then printing it out..."
Mar 3, 2017
Joe Renteria commented on Joe Renteria's blog post Tilt rotor/SLT hybrid
"Hey Mateusz.  I am looking at all sizes, from small UAV to small manned aircraft.  Sizing was made roughly in comparison with the ehang184.

The wingtips are tilted through differential thrust by the thrusters themselves.  The nacelles contain their…"
Feb 24, 2017
Joe Renteria commented on Joe Renteria's blog post Tilt rotor/SLT hybrid
"Hi Martin.  This concept uses two separate propulsion systems.  One is optimized for forward flight, the other for hovering.  The nacelle propulsion only supplements the VTOL propulsion, allowing the VTOL propulsion to be lighter in mass and drag…"
Feb 23, 2017
Joe Renteria commented on Joe Renteria's blog post Tilt rotor/SLT hybrid
"Thank you Rainer. I appreciate that..."
Feb 22, 2017
Joe Renteria posted a blog post
Separate lift/thrust systems are growing fast in popularity, to the point that there are already a variety of commercially available systems.  They seem to be the future and continually get better.  Thanks to our developers, Ardupilot has some great…
Feb 21, 2017
Joe Renteria commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Pixhawk-powered ornithopter
"Now that is what I call a Pix, Hawk...
Sorry."
Jan 3, 2017
Joe Renteria replied to Alexis's discussion Strongest Motors on the market
"After my first reply, I also came accross these:
https://hobbyking.com/en_us/turnigy-rotomax-150cc-size-brushless-ou...

A third less watts for half the price. For some info on using this in a multirotor you might find this helpful:…"
Dec 28, 2016
Joe Renteria replied to Alexis's discussion Strongest Motors on the market
"No sorry, I stumbled upon those by reading about an electric powered parachute project somewhere. They said that it was equivalent to the IC enine normally used..."
Dec 28, 2016
Joe Renteria replied to Alexis's discussion Strongest Motors on the market
Dec 27, 2016
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