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Male
About
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Denville, NJ
About Me:
Electrical engineer / programmer of embedded systems by trade. Many years in R/C as a builder and flyer. I started making electric powered model airplanes in the late 1970's. It was like trying to fly a brick and I got laughed at a lot, until they developed li-poly's and brushless neodym motors!
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Autonomous robotics, FPV
Hometown:
Denville, NJ
Activity Feed
"All I can say is... Wow!"
"Jose, after years of doing this I recently had a similar problem with setting failsafe that turned out to be operator error on my part so you might try going back to basics. Try this: first, set your transmitter to output throttle 'below idle' (150%…"
"Rob, your efforts have been a great help to the ArduCopter community. Good luck in your future endeavors!"
"Hi Roger,
The airspeed sensor works by comparing the pressure of the ambient air - the side facing tube - with the pressure of "ram air" from the front facing tube. The difference is a function of airspeed. The system does not move much air through…"
The airspeed sensor works by comparing the pressure of the ambient air - the side facing tube - with the pressure of "ram air" from the front facing tube. The difference is a function of airspeed. The system does not move much air through…"
"Maybe a currency exchange thing?"
"Hi William,
The million dollar question is, why do you require 6VAC? If you are trying to use a device designed to work with a wall wart (transformer) that supplies 6VAC then the device almost certainly has an internal AC-to-DC power supply as…"
The million dollar question is, why do you require 6VAC? If you are trying to use a device designed to work with a wall wart (transformer) that supplies 6VAC then the device almost certainly has an internal AC-to-DC power supply as…"
"The ebay solution does not supply 6VAC. Rather it is a 12 or 24 VDC to 220VAC supply to drive mains devices from countries that use 220V/50HZ. The 6V listed in the title refers to the USB DC output and that's also wrong, as it should be a tightly…"
"Hi Elad,
Absolutely awesome job on this! Thanks for providing links to the parts sources. I've been wondering how to repurpose LCDs for a while. I didn't know the lvds driver boards were available.
Cheers
Mark"
Absolutely awesome job on this! Thanks for providing links to the parts sources. I've been wondering how to repurpose LCDs for a while. I didn't know the lvds driver boards were available.
Cheers
Mark"
"I'm going to buy a Quanton blank PCB along with sensors from livinz today. I think I can cobble everything else together from my "parts box" and then hand/hot air solder the SMT parts. If nothing else it's an eye exam! :) I'll try to record/photo…"
"By way of introduction I'm just getting back into the hobby after a year long hiatus. Hello to all!
A few months back I was planning to use the OP Revo - didn't know about Quanton then - as the basis for a non-commercial hardware project that…"
A few months back I was planning to use the OP Revo - didn't know about Quanton then - as the basis for a non-commercial hardware project that…"
I am having a perplexing problem with my Quad. Often when I run up the motors from an armed but stopped state, one motor runs mush slower, perhaps 1/4 the speed, of the other three. It is always the same motor, the right side motor on APM 2.0…
"I saw this done on "Rocket City Rednecks", which for those who have not seen it, is a Reality TV engineering show on cable. Their machine started as an octo-copter, built to lift a man who weighed around 80Kg. Eventually they ended up with 16…"
"Mike, thanks for clearing this up. I thought this was a matter of law, so it shows how much I know :-)
I just wish they would get it over with already, release the new rules, at least then we have some idea what we are facing."
I just wish they would get it over with already, release the new rules, at least then we have some idea what we are facing."
"To reply to Jonathan,
I'm not sure how the quality of my company figures into this, but OK...
It sounds like David Windestål is your personal friend. So I am sorry if I offended him, or you. He may well be, as you say, "the finest, most conservative…"
I'm not sure how the quality of my company figures into this, but OK...
It sounds like David Windestål is your personal friend. So I am sorry if I offended him, or you. He may well be, as you say, "the finest, most conservative…"
"The problem is, the AMA code is based primarily on existing law - you are not allowed to fly anything except a model rocket higher than 400 ft, and even then you have to be at least 3 (might be 5) miles from an airport and not in controlled…"
