About

Gender

Male


Location

Minneapolis, MN


About Me:

I have lived in the Minneapolis, MN Suburbs my whole life. I'm 23 years old, a business owner (CAD Drones, LLC) and college student going for my CAD Engineering Degree with a passion for Robotics, 3D Printing, Unmanned Vehicles, and Do It Yourself Modifications since I was a young teen.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

http://caddrones.com/ http://store.caddrones.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/caddrones/


Hometown:

Minnetonka, Minnesota


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Joshua Johnson posted a blog post
Tonight on "Almanac at the Capitol" we explored the rapidly-evolving universe of drones, or as many users call them, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). We also learned that other emerging technologies, including 3-D printing, will soon have an impact…
May 7, 2016
Joshua Johnson commented on Joshua Johnson's blog post CAD Drones - NEW Drone Recovery Parachute System
"Their is also a couple more videos since this one on the store page at store.caddrones.com"
Nov 5, 2015
Joshua Johnson commented on Joshua Johnson's blog post CAD Drones - NEW Drone Recovery Parachute System
"We're working with NASA (one of our customers) on those videos. Should be ready to share and promote them by Jan 1st, 2016! :)"
Nov 5, 2015
Joshua Johnson posted a blog post
We’re excited to announce that our subscription based CADDrones.com community is now FREE for anyone to join. All members now have full access to every page and feature free of charge. Now that we are no longer subscription based we will not have…
Oct 6, 2015
Joshua Johnson posted a discussion
Joshua Johnson – CAD Drones LLCSearch the internet for videos using the phrases “Drone Crashes”, “Multirotor Crash”, “Drone Fails”, etc. You are bombarded with 100s if not 1000s of videos that show “toy grade” and “commercial grade” Unmanned…
Sep 17, 2015
Joshua Johnson replied to STLhive's discussion 3D printing custom parts?
"Hey STLhive,
Ever heard of CADDrones.com?"
Sep 17, 2015
Joshua Johnson commented on Jonatan Domenech's blog post Barcelona 3D printed UAV
"We used to have it I believe on CADDrones.com but now that we're on a different platform I don't think Jonatan has had the chance to upload them."
Sep 14, 2015
Joshua Johnson commented on Ben's blog post Introducing the Nomad (working title)
"@Ben
If you ever find some time could you please share this with my Open Source CADDrones.com Community?!"
Sep 9, 2015
Joshua Johnson posted a blog post
Hello DIY Drones Universe,Here at our CAD Drones Community we've uploaded our very basic 3D Printable "CAD Quad v1.0" Multirotor Design Project and zip folder downloads. We have downloads of Solidworks 2015 Student Edition Parts, Assembly, and…
Sep 9, 2015
Joshua Johnson commented on Quadzimodo's blog post Scale CAD models of APM & FPV related hardware
"Can you share these on the CAD Drones Community?! I'll give you FREE full subscription access to the site for life! With automatic access to all of our future softwares, features, and add ons."
Aug 26, 2015
Joshua Johnson commented on Joshua Johnson's blog post CAD Drones is seeking Beta Testers and Devs who want to help finish experimental Pixhawk Parachute Feature
"Hey Charles,
Thanks for your feedback. I totally agree that we need video and customers showing that the products work. Our previous main customer base all had issues with their places of employment not allowing them to publicly share what they are…"
Jun 3, 2015
Joshua Johnson commented on Jordan's blog post The Drone / Horror Movie trailer
"Bahaha this is great! Toilet scene reminded me of jurassic park for some reason..."
Jun 2, 2015
Joshua Johnson posted a blog post
Hello DIY Drones Universe,Last week we announced that we are searching for 20 Beta Testers for our NEW Drone Recovery Parachute System (Link to Beta Testers Blog Post). We've received a few dozen emails from folks interested in becoming a Beta…
Jun 1, 2015
Joshua Johnson replied to Justin M's discussion Problems with the 3DR Iris+ in IRIS
"Dave,
The packs can be mounted in such ways that it doesn't cause drag or imbalance of the aircraft during operation. A parachute might. On always been needed but might be a good safety feature to use when please are in the processing of doing any…"
May 28, 2015
Joshua Johnson replied to Justin M's discussion Problems with the 3DR Iris+ in IRIS
"Thanks for sharing that link Jimmy!! The beta testing of our Parachute system is going to primarily be done with the Pixhawk. Now that I know the work has already been started I'm very confident moving forward."
May 28, 2015
Joshua Johnson replied to Justin M's discussion Problems with the 3DR Iris+ in IRIS
"Getting the motors to cut off before the parachute deploys shouldn't be too difficult to work out."
May 28, 2015
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