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Gender

Male


Location

London


About Me:

Mechanical/software engineer


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

General interest in all things flying


Hometown:

London


Activity Feed

John Hutchinson commented on T.D. Gonzales's blog post First attempt at LiPo charging--disaster
"It's called a Dynamite Charger because it makes LiPos go *BOOM*
Sorry, I realise that wasn't helpful but I couldn't help myself."
Feb 6, 2011
John Hutchinson commented on CrashingDutchman's blog post HobbyKing FPV / UAV Fiberglass Kit Now Available!
"Hmm, yes I see your point.  I am reminded of a gliding instructor telling me "You start flying with a full bag of luck and an empty bag of experience.  The trick is to fill your bag of experience before you empty your bag of luck!""
Jan 30, 2011
John Hutchinson commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Let's start an official ArduRover project
"I'm trying to get a better idea of scale. How long is it overall? Do you think it could climb stairs? And I can't find anyone who sells them in the UK :-("
Jan 30, 2011
John Hutchinson commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Let's start an official ArduRover project
"Planes would be as cheap as chips if they made them in the same volumes as cars. And if the consequences of breakdowns weren't so serious!"
Jan 29, 2011
John Hutchinson commented on CrashingDutchman's blog post HobbyKing FPV / UAV Fiberglass Kit Now Available!
"@Hamish - What difference does the side area make if you are flying in wind?  Is it a problem when you are launching?  On the ground it would make taxiing it difficult but I don't suppose you'd do that anyway?
@Davey - I'm quite interested in buying…"
Jan 29, 2011
John Hutchinson commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post Melbourne Firefighters deploy Quad
"@Marco - "... size of a car tyre..." not a whole car. Although when I read it the first time I thought is said "car" too.

@Gary - maximum respect for managing to work a picture of Kylie in to my otherwise humdrum Friday afternoon :-)"
Jan 28, 2011
John Hutchinson commented on Joel Ryan's blog post Flite Test's Interview with Trappy
"Just been reading all of this and I agree what he achieved with basically hobby equipment was amazing, however I saw a few comments along the lines of "what harm can a foam RC model do to a real aircraft of helicopter?".  OK maybe a few 100 grams of…"
Jan 26, 2011
John Hutchinson commented on geir's blog post What not to do :)
"That last one made me laugh so much I cried!"
Jan 19, 2011
John Hutchinson replied to John C.'s discussion Rapid Descents
"Hope this embeds correctly...
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Jan 12, 2011
John Hutchinson commented on d-creator's blog post Another ArduCopter build log
"Looks nice, I have some ~10mm diameter CF tubes which would make good quad arms but I hadn't thought of a good way to attach them to the central mounting plates. Your little cube blocks look good. How did you cut out the plates? CNC?"
Jan 5, 2011
John Hutchinson commented on Chris Anderson's blog post DIY Drones 2011 Product Preview
"We've just started work (at my day job) on an ARM7 project using FreeRTOS. I look forward to trying out what I learn on an autopilot platform!"
Jan 5, 2011