Gender
Male
About
Location
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Me:
I live in Utah with my wonderful wife, Karalee. I work as an electrical engineer. I love backpacking, rock climbing, and I'm learning to paraglide.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I started UtahAerials.com with Scott Paul about three years ago. I'm primarily interested in multi-rotor helicopters, but I like conventional helis and fixed wing craft as well. I love FPV. I love the engineering aspects of designing, building, programming, and flying. Experienced with various microcontrollers.
Hometown:
San Diego
Activity Feed
"Steve, I have been pretty surprized at the interest in the bare PCB reward. I did think about a reward that included the parts but ended up shelving it. I'll look into making parts kits. Also, I looked at the part you speficifed for flying dual…"
I posted this way down in the comments of my other recent post about the MAXboard, but I thought I'd share it here where more people would get a chance to see it. You'll notice that I refer to it as the "Bomb Squad Helicopter" in the video, that's…
"Sayan, Wow! That sucks! But please don't think I am one of the lucky ones! I wrecked the very first Octocopter UtahAerials got (the only aircraft I didn't design myself) it was about $8,000. Actually, out of probably ten designs I've produced, all…"
"BayAreaCrasher, the RC receiver I'm using (the EzUHF) does support a recieved spectrum read out. I could pretty much do what you describe with that. I'll give that a try. I can use the spectrum analyzer at work to see if there are any other obvious…"
"BayAreaCrasher, I haven't had any issues in flight testing, but I haven't thoroughly investigated RF issues. I'd love to get your suggestions on how to do that. I have the equipment to measure and localize RF emissions (up to 1.5Ghz) but it's harder…"
"Peter, Love it! Most of my early helicopters used crossed booms like that (the one that flew from the hot-air balloon in the kickstarter video, for example) but I didn't know PCB design back then. I may have to revisit it. Man, you're giving me all…"
"Taylor, you're awesome! Thanks!
Alexsev, thank you very much! I really appreciate the great feedback.
Luiz, you're one of a few people who have asked. Maybe I'm missing something. What interference are you talking about? I haven't seen anything out…"
Alexsev, thank you very much! I really appreciate the great feedback.
Luiz, you're one of a few people who have asked. Maybe I'm missing something. What interference are you talking about? I haven't seen anything out…"
"Nick, you're right that RF interference is something to keep an eye on. So far the board flies very well and I am not aware of any RF issues, with one exception: I routed the video line too close to one of the servo control lines and it picks up…"
"Morli, I see the button for editing the post, but not for editing my comments, that's mostly what I was referring to. Oh well. I'll just have to be a little more carfelu."
"Luca, Thanks! I'd love to see what you're designing!
Jack, I'm not entirely sure I understand what you mean.
Sam, I thought long and hard about that one. I agree that the jump from $30 to $200 is large, but I didn't think very many people would go…"
Jack, I'm not entirely sure I understand what you mean.
Sam, I thought long and hard about that one. I agree that the jump from $30 to $200 is large, but I didn't think very many people would go…"
"Gary, thanks! I really appreciate it! A lot of work and trial and error were involved, but I'm pretty happy with how it's turning out. Yes, the top frame is ABS."
"Garry, thanks for your comments. I think some of this will be clarified more easily with a picture.
The entire upper portion is vibration isolated. The MAXboard goes on top, protecting the components on both sides (there are cutouts for the sonar…"
The entire upper portion is vibration isolated. The MAXboard goes on top, protecting the components on both sides (there are cutouts for the sonar…"
"I keep catching typos right after I post. Is there a way to edit posts?"
"Nick, you're totally right, if these modules had standardize dimensions and connectors the MAXboard would be much more useful to use DIYers, but if I make it too flexible, then it's not as easy to use, which was my primary goal. I guess it's a trade…"
