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CEO of FX Models, a company that builds models... fxmodels.com


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what can I say.. UAVs are just plain COOL..


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Plainville, CT


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Marc Dantonio commented on Uwe Gartmann's blog post sense Fly, a commercial drone for just around $9000
"Very interesting system. It has a data link distance of only 2km... After that its all autonomous apparently?"
Sep 17, 2011
Marc Dantonio posted discussions
Sep 4, 2011
Marc Dantonio replied to Marc Dantonio's discussion New PID settings in 1.0.62
"And to add to number 4 above: 4a: What are starting parameters to use in these Rate fields???"
Sep 1, 2011
Marc Dantonio posted a discussion
I loaded up the new APM planner and noticed that the configuration is now very different. There are no good references to the GCS just changes that are relatively undocumented. Can ANYONE tell me where the D parm went in the Stabilize Roll and Pitch…
Sep 1, 2011
Marc Dantonio posted a discussion
I am trying to figure out why in our quad, the two right side motors in our X Configuration do not provide the same thrust as the two left side motors. I have leveled the craft with a bubble level and then in CLI mode used the Level command, and…
Jul 27, 2011
Marc Dantonio replied to Marc Dantonio's discussion Right side motors are consistently producing less thrust in home grown quad...
"@Don
I now have a bubble level to put on the vehicle at which point I will 'level' it and see what happens. I will zero trims...
@Roger
I will balance the craft but this test was done with no props and with no liftoff possible. This was simply a 1/3…"
Jul 16, 2011
Marc Dantonio posted a discussion
Hi folks...The situation is that I am using Phoenix ICE 75 motor controllers and Rimfire .60 motors. Its a 51" diameter quad in an X configuration. The ICE ESCs log data well. I download the logs after doing bench testing. One set of tests were…
Jul 15, 2011
Marc Dantonio posted a discussion
Just me? Or is it really down? I cannot get to the manual. The error is a Google Server Error.Marc
Jul 13, 2011
Marc Dantonio posted a discussion
In short.. what is it??? Its in their but zero explanation anywhere as to what it is. I am trying to get my 51" large quad to take off with some stablity.. So far it wobbles horribly as it runs up to takeoff speed... Motors are aligned, and arms are…
Jul 6, 2011
Marc Dantonio posted discussions
Jul 3, 2011
Marc Dantonio replied to Marc Dantonio's discussion Ground Control Station question regarding dynamic Waypoint updating in flight...
"Any thoughts on this by anyone?
Thanks..."
May 21, 2011
Marc Dantonio posted discussions
May 17, 2011
Marc Dantonio posted a discussion
Sorry the title is so generic... I just got the ArdupilotMega with IMU Rev H for a homemade Quad application and have a number of issues getting it running...I wanted to add some of these here in case someone can help me figure it out. Thanks... I…
May 13, 2011