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Used to write computer-based- training software. Changing careers, student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. Competitor in the 2008 AUVSI Student UAS Competition (ERAU Team SOAR.) Mac user!
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"That's an awesome trip -- thanks for sharing pics!"
"Where single redundant systems work well is where there is some external judge of whether a unit has failed. (For example, in a redundant power supply, there's another part, a voltage monitor that tells when a PSU is giving an undesired voltage.)…"
"Funny, this is what I'm working on right now for a paper at the AUVSI conference this summer. So far, the key issue is how to avoid the integral term in the PID loops from going off-scale (winding up) on the APs that don't have control. I'm in the…"
"Duane, Joel, I posted this link so that we could get some insight into how other airspace users see us. (I know, one can argue there's a difference between hobby UAVs, FPV and model R/C, but on of those insights is that manned aircraft folks don't…"
This week's "EAA Hotline", an email newsletter for EAA members has a story on the Team Black Sheep video. They don't state a position on the flight, but report AMA's position, and conclude with:"The FAA includes R/C aircraft flown by modelers in its…
"QNH is also called the "altimeter setting" in civil aviation. It is the local barometric pressure, which provides an offset to the indicated altitude. This offset allows the altimeter to show the actual altitude of the ground on the altimeter,…"
"I've just given up on getting satisfaction from Hobby King for my first purchase. I bought a Turnigy 9X set, which arrived packed in green paper. No corrugated paper box, no packing other than the styrofoam in the display box. When I opened it (it…"
"I have the LabVIEW environment for OS X -- PM me and I'll get an executable built."
"This is certainly within the purview of an Amateur-built Experimental aircraft. You would need to do the engineering to size the servos and tabs, and ensure that there isn't any mechanical failure mode (like say, a broken servo gear) that could…"
"We use LabVIEW IMAQ imaging, but the school has a site license with National Instruments (NI). If you can't get NI support (you should ask, they're very helpful), look into the open-source OpenCV libraries for your basic functions. Any good machine…"
"I believe he's asking about the inside diameter (ID) of the tubing that fits the sensor fittings."
"The advantages are mechanical simplicity and robustness; it's also probably the lightest structure for a given rotor span (at small spans). Disadvantages are more complex dynamics, and the restriction to only scanning sensors. Keeping balance is…"
"We had an Easystar that did this at ERAU. I didn't figure out the problem before the airframe was totaled, but the rudder control horn was well behind the hinge line of the rudder. (it was a DuBro horn into a balsa rudder for the rudder mod) This…"
"Hear hear, Curt, I agree completely! Thanks for the detailed discussion."
"If you don't want to fly under AC 91-57, here's the FAA's current policy for UAVs...
http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/servic...
To summarize -- you want to be under 91-57."
http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/servic...
To summarize -- you want to be under 91-57."
"Thanks for putting this together! I keep hoping that we can get some kind of constructive relationship going with AMA, EAA and other civil users. Everyone would benefit."
