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Michael Doornbos commented on Jeff Taylor's blog post Process Maps, NDVI and 3d Models for Free
"There are so many of these services now. It's very difficult to test them all, let alone make any informed decision on which is best. Even 3DR is getting into this game."
Mar 15, 2016
Michael Doornbos commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New Solo update adds Burst Mode, improved FollowMe. Also: DroneKit Python 2.0!
"Glad to see this redesign of DroneKit. Makes me feel better about using it in production knowing that there's still active support and development."
Mar 14, 2016
Michael Doornbos commented on Jeff Taylor's blog post Process Maps, NDVI and 3d Models for Free
"How long before I can try it out? I signed up..."
Mar 11, 2016
Michael Doornbos commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Autodesk and 3DR team up to launch SiteScan, automated drone "reality capture"
"Is this going to work with my Solo or do I need to "upgrade" to Enterprise? I'm still pretty fuzzy on enterprise..."
Mar 7, 2016
Michael Doornbos commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Text message telemetry with Dronekit
"I definitely see a use case for me for the UAS to text back to a ground station for my average mission. I'm sure there are lots of uses for a long range non real time message system."
Feb 1, 2016
Michael Doornbos commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Text message telemetry with Dronekit
"While maybe not a great production solution at the moment there are probably some use cases and I'm really happy to see people working on this."
Feb 1, 2016
Michael Doornbos commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Trebuchet drone launcher
"It's terrifying and awesome all at once"
Jan 24, 2016
Michael Doornbos replied to Michael Doornbos's discussion GPS Altitude? in IRIS
"Looks like the Mast is no longer available, I'll have to make one I guess."
Jan 22, 2016
Michael Doornbos replied to Michael Doornbos's discussion GPS Altitude? in IRIS
"Any chance you wrote instructions on what you did?"
Jan 22, 2016
Michael Doornbos replied to Michael Doornbos's discussion GPS Altitude? in IRIS
"And I know that at least at a high level. I was really just using it as a sanity check.
Bottom line is that the position numbers in my Iris are currently inaccurate enough to be very dangerous. 
Thanks for your explanation!"
Jan 22, 2016
Michael Doornbos posted a discussion in IRIS
I'm not ready to abandon my Iris+ yet because it's still useful, but the detected altitude (and other GPS numbers) change constantly when it's sitting on a table.I have a bluetooth Garmin GLO that I use in actual airplanes that I put on the same…
Jan 22, 2016
Michael Doornbos commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post 3000 commercial drone operators in the USA - very soon
"BTW, if you have a pilot's license you can fly under someone else's exemption."
Jan 22, 2016
Michael Doornbos commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post 3000 commercial drone operators in the USA - very soon
"I sent mine July 2nd and it was issued Nov 17..."
Jan 22, 2016
Michael Doornbos commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post 3000 commercial drone operators in the USA - very soon
"One of those is me :-)"
Jan 22, 2016
Michael Doornbos replied to Aussie in AZ's discussion 3DR telemetry no longer supported by 3DR....options?
"Members of a tribe listen to other members of the tribe.
This is a pretty fascinating thing to watch actually from a social standpoint. You built a tribe and now that tribe feels orphaned.
Reminds me a little of RedHat 15 years ago. They abandoned…"
Jan 21, 2016
Michael Doornbos replied to Aussie in AZ's discussion 3DR telemetry no longer supported by 3DR....options?
"I've had good luck with the Hobby King versions as well after it became very hard to find the 3DR Models.
I picked Iris+ when I applied for (and got) my Part 333 Exemption almost entirely because the open model promised longevity for the platform.…"
Jan 21, 2016
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