About

Gender

Male


Location

Auckland


About Me:

Been flying robostix based UAV's for the last few years


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I have both a hobby and commercial interest in UAVs.


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Jon Keller commented on Chris Anderson's blog post APM 2.0 preview with Xplane sim and MAVLink
"What is the svn url for checkout? I promise I wont ask any questions until it's released ;)
 
Btw that horizon misconception is EXTREMELY common when viewing a level AH"
Mar 1, 2011
Jon Keller posted a discussion
My Servo output 0 has stopped working completely. I've uploaded the dancing servo demo and all the other outputs work, but 0 does not, it doesn't matter what servo I plug in. I've connected a multimeter to the voltage and ground pins, there is still…
Feb 9, 2011
Jon Keller commented on Chris Anderson's blog post The paradox of DIY electronics warranties
"Thanks Johann, I'm getting that bug addressed, it's in the nmea library, I've posted in the forums if you'd like to know more, this probably isn't the right place to get into it."
Feb 7, 2011
Jon Keller commented on Chris Anderson's blog post The paradox of DIY electronics warranties
"Hi Johann,

I don't think you read my comment correctly, please read again :)"
Feb 7, 2011
Jon Keller commented on Chris Anderson's blog post The paradox of DIY electronics warranties
"I think the key Chris, is what the hardware is advertised to do, vs what it does. I do agree open sources is typically for people who want to help build a community project, and it's great for that. But if someone sells for instance, autopilot…"
Feb 7, 2011
Jon Keller commented on Chris Anderson's blog post The paradox of DIY electronics warranties
"I'll correct myself slightly and include that the products need to be exchanged for with money. Obviously FREE open source products are an exception. But products which include open source software or hardware, that are sold, still need to abide by…"
Feb 6, 2011
Jon Keller commented on Chris Anderson's blog post The paradox of DIY electronics warranties
"You're right Johann, I do believe there is a misunderstanding about what open source means. It seems some companies assume it's a way of not being liable for the way their products are being advertised. (not accusing diyd). This is not the case.…"
Feb 6, 2011
Jon Keller commented on Chris Anderson's blog post The paradox of DIY electronics warranties
"Ah cool, I've never heard of them :)"
Feb 5, 2011
Jon Keller commented on Chris Anderson's blog post The paradox of DIY electronics warranties
"I assume the majority of the community are people who are capable of doing some simple soldering, but surely thats not the case for all, has a board with pre-installed headers been considered?"
Feb 5, 2011
Jon Keller commented on Chris Anderson's blog post The paradox of DIY electronics warranties
"Okay, so zero liability, gotchya. Thanks Chris that url is the answer I was looking for, I've posted bug reports on the forums and they get moved to forums that noone looks at.
 
Hi Greg, I do know c/c++, and have isolated the bug, the problem…"
Feb 4, 2011
Jon Keller commented on Chris Anderson's blog post The paradox of DIY electronics warranties
"Good to see you guys are taking a better stance than this than most people.

What about the software? I realize the software is all open source, but that doesn't mean zero liability does it? What is a customer suppose to do when the software doesn't…"
Feb 4, 2011
Jon Keller commented on Jon Keller's blog post My twinboom test flight
"Thats a good idea actually, although my transmitter is from the mid 90's ;) i doubt I can mix those together. Might be time for a new one."
Feb 2, 2011
Jon Keller commented on Jon Keller's blog post My twinboom test flight
"I cut the wings by hand, just using a wooden template and some nicrome wire, but I'm about half way through making a cnc.
 
Dimentions are about 1.2m span by about .8m length. I didn't do much measuring when I made it.
 
Overall this one is pretty…"
Feb 2, 2011
Jon Keller posted a blog post
 So my drone project has been a slow process, I've got my Ardupilot mega, and it's doing everything it should do on the ground, but I'm yet to find an airframe I'm happy to fly it in, and because I like to do everything the hard way, I decided to…
Feb 2, 2011
Jon Keller replied to Jon Keller's discussion NMEA gps protocol and altitude
"This seems like a pretty straight forward software problem, can someone shed some light on how to fix it?"
Jan 29, 2011
Jon Keller commented on Joel Ryan's blog post Flite Test's Interview with Trappy
"I don't know, I fly in new zealand, I imagine so, it was a light plane and helicopter that collided in the hudson wasn't it?
 
I agree with you though, isn't that the way it is now? I assume uncontrolled airspace, up to a certain height, are what…"
Jan 20, 2011
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