About

Gender

Male


Location

Gilbert, AZ


About Me:

Project Manager, Semiconductor process equipment.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Fixed wing FPV/UAV flying, design, manufacture and sales.


Hometown:

Mission, TX


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John Smith commented on Vladimir "Lazy" Khudyakov's blog post Time to move forward...
"Very nice work."
May 20, 2019
John Smith left a comment for Applied Aeronautics
"After I waited for almost 1 year and you had my Kickstarter support, You now drop me and cancel my perk. You guys suck!!!"
Jan 27, 2016
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Nov 21, 2015
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Nov 20, 2015
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Sep 15, 2015
John Smith commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Qualcomm announces Snapdragon-based drone platform
"Was there an anticipated price tag mentioned anywhere or did I just miss that?"
Sep 12, 2015
John Smith replied to Leslie Smith's discussion X8 Catapult for sale in Catapult & Bungee Launchers
"I'm interested in this. I sent you a PM but not sure it went through."
Aug 24, 2015
John Smith commented on moglos's blog post Anatomy of a 301 km Flight
"What does a liion 4S7P pack of 23800mah even look like?
I've seen many configurations of them but with that many cells, I'm curious to know what it will look like."
Jul 30, 2015
John Smith commented on Hugues's blog post HOW TO - Xuav Talon build (part 3) : internal bay components planning & installation
"I'm no RF expert and I do know that for some frequency ranges this is true but not all. Does anyone have some more detailed info on this? My biggest question is that for long range applications, would internally mounted antennas have less reception…"
Jun 21, 2015
John Smith commented on Applied Aeronautics's blog post Applied Aeronautics - Albatross Design Contest
"Yes I am. However in all fairness to Justin, my ATD Cyclops issues are not what this thread is about. Feel free to contact me directly if you have other questions."
Feb 8, 2015
John Smith commented on Applied Aeronautics's blog post Applied Aeronautics - Albatross Design Contest
"Justin, I'm not sure what you are talking about on a foam plane; Ricky claims he doesn't do those other than my Cyclops E planes. (Who knows for sure?) As for making the planes, No real issues for the most part. As for the Composite version of my…"
Feb 8, 2015
John Smith commented on Applied Aeronautics's blog post Applied Aeronautics - Albatross Design Contest
"Yes Ricky Ng as he ca;;s himself. He did a 300% hijack increase on me."
Feb 7, 2015
John Smith replied to Anna Tian's discussion Best open source autopilots v.s. commercial autopilots for conventional fixed wing unmanned aircraft usage
"MTBF is Mean time between failure. That is a true statistical measurement. MTTF is Mean time till failure or it can also mean Mean time to repair. All are terms used in the services business which I'm infinitely familiar with. 
Measuring MTBF in a…"
Jan 16, 2015
John Smith replied to Anna Tian's discussion Best open source autopilots v.s. commercial autopilots for conventional fixed wing unmanned aircraft usage
"(as far as it is for the USA) I think if you were to really study what the FAA is doing and trending towards, you will find that they are not in favor of any sort of "Open Source" AP's. So any sort of acceptance will not be coming in the near future…"
Jan 16, 2015
John Smith commented on Patrick McKay's blog post Draft Legislation Would Ban All RC Aircraft in Colorado
"You know I started to post the exact same thing yesterday then deleted it thinking I was a little too off the point but now that someone else raises it, BRAVO !!!. The state that legalizes Pot, has Drone hunting licenses in some counties, and now is…"
Jan 13, 2015
John Smith replied to Clark Gray's discussion Looking for serious UAV teams in Austin, Texas
"I am seriously looking at moving BACK to Austin and I am involved with Fixed Wing UAV's. You can contact me directly at  sales@asiatechdrones.com"
Jan 8, 2015
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