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Gender

Male


Location

Washington, DC


About Me:

Systems Engineer with longtime hobby interest in RC & Robotics


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

RC & Robotics combined in a Quad


Hometown:

Washington, DC


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Kevin Lincoln posted photos
Aug 1, 2011
Kevin Lincoln posted photos
Jul 28, 2011
Kevin Lincoln commented on Kevin Lincoln's blog post The 'Ugly Man' meets APM/AC2
"Thanks, Deepak.
As pictured, the Ugly Man's AUW is 1518g. Of this, 250g. is the 3s3300mah flight battery & 255g. is the single-axis camera mount + HD camera. I don't think I'd want to go any heavier with this power system.
At this weight, an 11…"
Jul 26, 2011
Kevin Lincoln commented on Kevin Lincoln's blog post The 'Ugly Man' meets APM/AC2
"Grant,

I bought the Paris 3.0 multiwii board that originally flew this quad from them. Had a good experience.

On the ContourGPS, I'm generally sliding the switch to commence recording as the last pre-flight step and reversing the process after…"
Jul 23, 2011
Kevin Lincoln commented on Kevin Lincoln's blog post The 'Ugly Man' meets APM/AC2
"New to what, Chuck, reading?
 
The 'BQ-1 frame kit from AGL Hobbies' is Rusty's frame. No?
 
Kevin"
Jul 22, 2011
Kevin Lincoln commented on Kevin Lincoln's blog post The 'Ugly Man' meets APM/AC2
"Thanks, Grant.
 
I don't have a hardware OSD, nor FPV goggles (yet :) ).The FPV TX is the Foxtech Mini 200mw and the RX is the Foxtech RC-305. Here in the US, they typically sell for ~$80USD for the pair. The camera is the DV-D3130CDNH from…"
Jul 22, 2011
Kevin Lincoln commented on Kevin Lincoln's blog post The 'Ugly Man' meets APM/AC2
"Thanks, guys!
I'll try to provide videos from both cameras during the coming week's 'flight tests'.
 
The name, is in large part, just serendipitous timing - a phrase, a song, and it stuck.
My eye has always beheld the beauty of it.  I like…"
Jul 19, 2011
Kevin Lincoln posted a blog post
The 'Ugly Man' is my mongrel, 660mm, 1.5kg, APV/FPV Quad, so named because a good friend gazed upon it and said 'damn, that thing is ugly'.  This triggered an appropriate old song in my easily programmed mind (Ugly Man), and the die was cast. But,…
Jul 18, 2011