About

Gender

Male


Location

Millstadt, IL


About Me:

Excavation contractor with aerial photography side business. hobby is photography and toys


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

builing a quad copter. would like to add uav photography to business when faa allows it around 2015


Hometown:

Belleville, IL.


Activity Feed

John Whitney commented on Rory Paul's blog post FAA Commercial Shutdown
"I am attending a conference next month with a presentation from the FAA on uas and how to attain a cert. to operate. Rory, if you have any specific questions you would like me to ask I would be happy to do so. I have many myself I intend to ask."
Feb 25, 2013
John Whitney replied to John Whitney's discussion Poor alt. hold is auto mode in ArduCopter User Group
"Well now I have no señor data in terminal or MP. It allows me to arm the board now, it wasn't for a while. I've had enough and ordered a Naza With gps today. And when I start my octo build this winter I'll prolly get the woo kong. I really want the…"
Nov 26, 2012
John Whitney replied to John Whitney's discussion all sensors are zero??? in ArduCopter User Group
"Yes, there was no sensor data movement there either."
Nov 24, 2012
John Whitney replied to John Whitney's discussion all sensors are zero??? in ArduCopter User Group
"I'm using 2.8.1, and bought it in august. It has been flying fine, and I have had very few problems considering the issues other people have. I did have a strange rollover and crash a few days ago. But I fixed it up and things where fine again.

I…"
Nov 24, 2012
John Whitney posted a discussion in ArduCopter User Group
fI am getting no data from my sensors.  MP connects to APM 2.5.  only info is Channels in., and i can calibrate radio.  parameters seem to accept changes, But no arming, sensor data, guages or anything.did my APM 2.5 go bad?
Nov 24, 2012
John Whitney posted a discussion in ArduCopter User Group
Im flying a QAV500 quadcopter for a couple months now with the apm2.5 on 2.8.1 update. I've had a lot of success I think with this product, and every flight is a learning experience. Most of my problems I've found are operator error because I'm new…
Nov 14, 2012
John Whitney commented on Daniel Chote's blog post My QAV500 quad progress
"Nice build, I really like my qav500. Except today I got a little brave Doing a low pass over some woods across the field from my house. It caught the top of a tree and tumbled to the ground in multiple pieces. SD card flew out of gopro so I don't…"
Nov 13, 2012
John Whitney commented on Daniel Hibben's photo
"Daniel,
Thanks for the response and the offer on the board.  Now that i look closer at the pic the DJI gps is obvious.  From what you are saying it sounds like i would just have the same problem with your board as i am with mine,  so i would like to…"
Nov 12, 2012
John Whitney commented on Daniel Hibben's photo
"Nice looking QAV500!
I just started flying my qav with the APM2.8.1 release and am struggling with some of the PID settings.  It flies well for the most part and loiter works well.  However altitude hold doesn't work well alone or while flying a WP…"
Nov 12, 2012