About

Location

Winter Springs, FL


About Me:

Gas flyer, pusher prop. 10 ft w/s, 3hrs flight time, 100+mph


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Planes only, full automation/manual flight


Hometown:

South East


Activity Feed

Michael Smith replied to Michael Smith's discussion Overlays in MP?
"John, great info! I will have a very narrow flight corridor as I will have to steer clear of a nearby airport, prison, and intl border. About 10-12 miles to each."
Feb 12, 2014
Michael Smith replied to Michael Smith's discussion Overlays in MP?
"It would be very helpful...looking to keep an eye on 125 acres of ranch land, with tresspass issues"
Feb 12, 2014
Michael Smith posted a discussion
Any possibility in the near future of setting up overlays/placing icons on the map in mission planner? I am interested in property borders and locations of interest. Would be nice if I could use my own images from saved files, change the opacity and…
Feb 12, 2014
Michael Smith commented on Chris Anderson's blog post An air traffic control system for model aircraft
"Most importantly, are these for sale assembled?
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May 1, 2012
Michael Smith commented on Chris Anderson's blog post An air traffic control system for model aircraft
"I think it should be hardwired into a GCS case."
May 1, 2012
Michael Smith commented on Chris Anderson's blog post An air traffic control system for model aircraft
"That is amazing!  Perfect for clubs or groups running multiple airframes.  My questions are:
 
Can it be relayed to a bigger screen?
What kind of area can it cover...just a LOS flying field or further out?
Total # of airframes it can track?
APM/MP…"
Apr 29, 2012
Michael Smith commented on mquintilian's blog post Lesson learned: Always remove the propellers when testing!
"I know how you feel.  I was doing some testing on a glow powered plane and had a thick, sharp prop go through my left pinky and ring.  Dead of winter in korea with no doctors at the clinic.  Poor Korean doctor had to trudge through the worst snow in…"
Apr 29, 2012
Michael Smith commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Canberra UAV video deliverable for the 2012 UAV Outback Challenge
"@ Cool Dude fpvflying.com or fpvhobby.com"
Apr 24, 2012
Michael Smith commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Canberra UAV video deliverable for the 2012 UAV Outback Challenge
" Thanks for posting!  The checklist alone is helpful for safety reasons but the flight was awesome!  Mind posting your PIDs and throttle settings for those of us with the Mugin airframe? Think the Mugin could handle taxi missions at 5m/s?"
Apr 24, 2012
Michael Smith left a comment for Ryan Karafa
Mar 26, 2012
Michael Smith left a comment for Ryan Karafa
"Welcome to the community!!  Tons of projects and info to check out!"
Mar 25, 2012
Michael Smith commented on Robert Krogh (hooks)'s photo
"My posts above concern the Mugin (old style).  If anyone has specs on the new style I would appreciate it greatly.  The space looks plenty adequate to fit a great multitude of gizmos and gadgets and has an almost unmatched take-off weight for its…"
Mar 20, 2012
Michael Smith commented on Robert Krogh (hooks)'s photo
"I think Wanabigaplane would be a good reference on this as he uses the plane and is in a pretty well established group of flyers in Australia.  Great performer as a plane. lots of space, though creativity is required to fit the recommended 1 gal of…"
Mar 20, 2012
Michael Smith commented on Robert Krogh (hooks)'s photo
"I was looking for the same info before.  Thank you Wanabigaplane for measuring!
At 12:34am on February 8, 2012, Wanabigaplanesaid…
The internals of the fuselage are 930 x 190 deep, 210 wide. A 21 x 24 longeron projects into this space at each…"
Mar 20, 2012
Michael Smith posted a photo
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Mar 10, 2012
Michael Smith replied to Michael Smith's discussion Auto taxi missions
"Thanks for the reply Michael!  That is still only slighty over 11MPH.  Not too bad for a larger plane on the ground maybe."
Feb 28, 2012
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