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Male


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Sheboygan, WI


About Me:

Work as a biomed. Enjoy electronics.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Interested in the electronics part and learning how it works.


Hometown:

Sheboygan


Activity Feed

Kirby G replied to Kyle Campbell's discussion Sudden failure of Ardupilot to power up in ArduRover User Group
"I cant be of any help with the issue. But i will be in boulder for the week starting Monday and have a spare apm 2.6 that you can borrow to get running for the avc. Are you local or coming in for the event?"
Jun 14, 2015
Kirby G left a comment on ArduRover User Group
"So is everyone ready for AVC? I got mine all setup and ready to go, headed to Colorado tomorrow morning for a vacation for the week and to end it with the competition. I will have some spare traxxas slash 4x4 platinum parts and a complete roller for…"
Jun 12, 2015
Kirby G replied to javier falbo's discussion Police Drone
"What do you plan to do once you find them? Someone needs to be flying the unit. I am assuming you would not be home to operate the unit since your home alarm was set.
 
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Jul 28, 2014
Kirby G replied to javier falbo's discussion Police Drone
"Seems like a lot of hassle to monitor the roof. Couldn't you just put a tv antenna mast up on the roof and attach a security camera to it.

The drone battery is only going to last a few minutes and someone needs to be flying it when you are gone."
Jul 27, 2014
Kirby G replied to Thomas J Coyle III's discussion Team CDC Slash Sparkfun 2014 AVC results in ArduRover User Group
"Im using a 5000mah turnigy 40c 2s lipo and get brownouts at high throttle starts on my brushless slash when the battery isn't fully charged. I got around this by powering the pixhawk on a smaller 1700mah 2s lipo."
Jul 2, 2014
Kirby G commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Epic crashes (and some pretty cool robot racing) in the SparkFun AVC rover heats
"@Thomas
Hold it in the winter and I would come"
Jun 29, 2014
Kirby G commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Epic crashes (and some pretty cool robot racing) in the SparkFun AVC rover heats
"Those looked like some good racing. I missed watching most the other races since i was working on mine. I need to try watching more next year. I hit the ramp few tines in practice but not when it wouldve counted."
Jun 29, 2014
Kirby G commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Epic crashes (and some pretty cool robot racing) in the SparkFun AVC rover heats
"Here's my crash reel. Next time i need to keep the camera on at all times. I missed some good ones that Cheesehead had.


http://youtu.be/cClEm1OyV7I"
Jun 28, 2014
Kirby G replied to RoboBill's discussion New compass calibration screen in ArduRover User Group
"Im not at my rover right now but in the current beta firmaware there is an auto learn compass option in the parameters. The value for it to be on needs to be set to 1. Thomas can probably explain it better but thats what I have mine using now. Seems…"
Jun 26, 2014
Kirby G commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Are drones restricted in your state? This map will show you.
"Thanks for the link. In Wisconsin it has "Whoever uses a drone, as defined in s. 175.55 (1) (a), with the intent to photograph, record, or otherwise observe another individual in a place or location where the individual has a reasonable expectation…"
Jun 25, 2014
Kirby G commented on Chris Anderson's blog post DIY Drones teams dominate Sparkfun Autonomous Vehicle Competition
"Here is a quick video of my run during practice. I will put up more info when I get home

http://youtu.be/8JDonNahSUE"
Jun 22, 2014
Kirby G replied to Tawanda's discussion Ardu rover will not go to waypoints, only one motor working in ArduRover User Group
"How does it work in manual or steering mode?"
Jun 16, 2014
Kirby G replied to Kirby G's discussion Start/Stop switch Pixhawk in ArduRover User Group
"Thanks. I got it working now it appears. I also adjusted THR_MAX so it wouldn't take off too quick on me while practicing.

So i understand this correctly. This switch is just stopping a throttle signal when in off position. If this switch was not…"
Jun 15, 2014
Kirby G posted a discussion in ArduRover User Group
I am looking over the start stop switch wiring documentation. It says to use A0-A8 for the apm. But i cant figure out what that would correlate to for the pixhawk. Any help or pointing to where I can find this info would be appreciated.
Jun 15, 2014
Kirby G commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Last day to register for Sparkfun's Autonomous Vehicle Competition
"I had the same issue where it said closed when i tried registering my additional one last night at 8:50 central time. I sent sparkfun an email."
May 22, 2014
Kirby G commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Stats on most popular Sparkfun AVC vehicles (APM #1 for both flying and ground vehicles)
"I was one of the lucky five. Here is a link to what the 3DR ArduRover looks like. https://store.3drobotics.com/products/3dr-rtr-rover/

It looks like the chassis is the Turnigy beetle rc car. The mounting part looks great, far better than what i…"
May 1, 2014