About

Gender

Male


Location

Boone, NC


About Me:

Graduate Student at Appalachian State University


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Looking to build a navigateable UAV to do transect of forest or cliff faces remote sensing.


Hometown:

Boone


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Michael Goddard replied to Arnaud Vandecasteele's discussion Best Gimbal for a SX260HS or a Nex 5N Camera (orthographic pictures)
"Gerard,
    I'm also trying to select a gimbal but I'm using mine for research so my camera needs to face straight down in the nadir view you mentioned.  Can I purchase a 2 axis brushless gimbal  and then just modify mounting so that it points down…"
Mar 8, 2014
Michael Goddard replied to Michael Goddard's discussion Hex w/Ardupilot 2.6 and external GPS spinning clockwise
"Yep got her up and running again, I swapped ended up breaking it all down, checked all the leads, solders and upload with an older version of mission control and it worked. must have had a ghost or it just wanted some TLC!"
Feb 21, 2014
Michael Goddard posted a discussion
Hey all just looking for inputs for a radio control system.  I'm using my hex to gather some remotely sensed data while flying over trees in a mountainous area.  I have about 30-35 minute fly time and I'm just doing a grid patterns.  I have the…
Feb 3, 2014
Michael Goddard replied to Michael Goddard's discussion Hex w/Ardupilot 2.6 and external GPS spinning clockwise
"Replaced the external compass and it still has the same wildly fast clockwise spin.  Anyone got anymore idea of what to do?

thanks"
Jan 27, 2014
Michael Goddard posted a discussion
Okay so we had a crash.. well it dropped out of the sky and landed on the GPS structure.   The casing was sound replaced the bent and broken parts (GPS mount, two blades).  I broke the bird down and started from scratch and the sequence of spinning…
Jan 13, 2014