About

Gender

Male


Location

Copperas Cove, TX


About Me:

US Navy (GSE) BS EE ITT Tech Machinist Aerospace


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I got interested in UAV's in 2008 and I joined DIY Drones. My interest in UAV's is for Aerospace and Remote operations in space in orbit and on the moon, planets ect... I also have interest in rovers and underwater applications.


Hometown:

Austin


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Monroe Lee King Jr updated their profile
Sep 29, 2021
Monroe Lee King Jr commented on Monroe Lee King Jr's blog post Open Source Chevy Volt Project
"I have a question! If anyone sees this and can anwser. I'm looking at the Chevy Volt inverter and it's similarities to the hobby ESC's. Whats interesting is the Volts inverter has the controller seperated from the driver section. I wondering if I…"
Jun 16, 2019
Monroe Lee King Jr commented on Monroe Lee King Jr's blog post Open Source Chevy Volt Project
"Hey Chris that's great news! Ill be looking into this for our group you know I'd prefer Pixhawk over Openpilot lol!"
Jun 15, 2019
Monroe Lee King Jr commented on Monroe Lee King Jr's blog post Open Source Chevy Volt Project
Jun 15, 2019
Monroe Lee King Jr commented on Monroe Lee King Jr's blog post Snickerdoodle NASA CFS and RTEMS
"No, but I will keep trying until I get a hit! Plenty of things to try! I did finish the 5 Axis CNC project! But it's in use at the moment on a private project. hopefully I can release that soon. I just started another project to open source the…"
Jun 15, 2019
Monroe Lee King Jr posted a blog post
Well guys it's been a while! I own a Chevy Volt now and I just cant wait to fiddle with it! LOL so I started a Group on Facebook for the project and I'll be adding a website and forum at teamprometheus.org for the project.After starting the group…
Jun 14, 2019
Monroe Lee King Jr commented on Chris Anderson's blog post DIY Drones now at 86,000 users
"What a ride man what a ride! Thanks Chris Anderson for the ticket definitely an "E" ticket."
Oct 23, 2017
Monroe Lee King Jr replied to Monroe Lee King Jr's discussion Progress on the Harp Fabricator in DIYDrones - CNC Project
"Here is the first part! It was perfect until the last pass Mastercam tried to do some kind of scallop on the holes on the finishing pass for some reason I have to figure that out. Tool holding is ER 11 which is max 3/8 tool. I have the vfd set to…"
Sep 29, 2017
Monroe Lee King Jr replied to Monroe Lee King Jr's discussion Progress on the Harp Fabricator in DIYDrones - CNC Project
"First cut on the Harp Fabricator!"
Sep 27, 2017
Monroe Lee King Jr replied to Monroe Lee King Jr's discussion Progress on the Harp Fabricator in DIYDrones - CNC Project
"One more day maybe 2"
Jul 3, 2017
Monroe Lee King Jr replied to Monroe Lee King Jr's discussion Progress on the Harp Fabricator in DIYDrones - CNC Project
"Nearly finished with the Harp will unveil the final product very soon now! That was a really long project!

Monroe"
Jun 14, 2017
Monroe Lee King Jr posted a discussion in IRIS
I received several emails about an Iris problem by Ray? Said he could not post here? Perhaps he can reply.Monroe
Jun 14, 2017
Monroe Lee King Jr replied to Monroe Lee King Jr's discussion Progress on the Harp Fabricator in DIYDrones - CNC Project
"The third axis is complete and now working on electronics will post some more photo's soon"
Mar 13, 2017
Monroe Lee King Jr replied to Monroe Lee King Jr's discussion Progress on the Harp Fabricator in DIYDrones - CNC Project
"Thanks for the kind words Gary
You are correct I'm sure a water cooled spindle would be a far better better choice. I'm looking into a ATC based on the 8 Ball system used on the Taig mill for the harp as a simple tool changer design. There are some…"
Feb 1, 2017
Monroe Lee King Jr replied to Monroe Lee King Jr's discussion Progress on the Harp Fabricator in DIYDrones - CNC Project
"  Gary
Some other food for thought the "bosch router" uses a universal motor it will run quieter and smoother on DC rather than AC and you can also reverse it if you want.
It's not brushless of course but doesn't really mater it would have more…"
Feb 1, 2017
Monroe Lee King Jr replied to Monroe Lee King Jr's discussion Progress on the Harp Fabricator in DIYDrones - CNC Project
"Gary here is an interesting tool changer for CNC Router"
Jan 31, 2017
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