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Still in the desert....


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Flown r/c helicopters religously but my interest and knowledge is growing in UAVs after seeing them in action and working around them overseas.


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Neil Baker replied to Neil Baker's discussion Quaternium Spidex V3 Mapping Quad with Case and Extras
"Price is $750 shipped in the case to the Con US"
Nov 13, 2016
Neil Baker replied to Neil Baker's discussion Quaternium Spidex V3 Mapping Quad with Case and Extras
"More pictures and the video link: https://youtu.be/KbCd0TfUlnQ"
Nov 13, 2016
Neil Baker posted a discussion
I built this with intentions to get into mapping.  I set it up and played with it a few times but it sits around more than anything.  Comes with everything pictured except for the receiver(free if you want it).  Add your transmitter/configure it and…
Nov 13, 2016
Neil Baker posted a discussion
Just curious on what types of Lidar systems are out there. I would like to stay around the 1 lb to 2 lb. range. I just checked out the Lidar lite but what other options do I have?image.jpeg
Jul 26, 2016
Neil Baker commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 3D-printed mount for Lidar sensor
"What Lidar is this?"
Apr 22, 2016
Neil Baker replied to Forrest Frantz's discussion Worlds Best ESC - Making it Better
"Forrest check out miniquadtestbench.com. A lot of good data there though geared to the smaller fpv quads. His testing methods are pretty neat. All automated and data logged. The hobby wing Xrotor pro 40a have been doing really good for me on a heavy…"
Mar 7, 2016
Neil Baker commented on FlightBots.com's blog post Me and My Mobius
"http://www.surveilzone.com/Foxeer-Legend1-16MP-1080P-60fps-HD-Camer...

This one just came out last week. There is possibly a third contender now. I'm going to order one to do some testing. I like that it can be RC controlled for video or photos. No…"
Sep 7, 2015
Neil Baker replied to Randy's discussion Copter-3.3 beta testing
"A picture of the buzzer mounting distance from the pixhawk in the attachments.  Its a little disassembled but I'll put it back together the way I had it and test it without the buzzer connected.FullSizeRender.jpg1_FullSizeRender.jpg"
Aug 10, 2015
Neil Baker replied to Randy's discussion Copter-3.3 beta testing
"The buzzer is pretty close but the pixhawk has its own vibration dampening separate from the buzzer.  here is a screen shot with Acc XYZ also."
Aug 9, 2015
Neil Baker replied to Randy's discussion Copter-3.3 beta testing
"Any idea why when the copter is switched in to any mode that requires the baro it has a 1 second full throttle climb then returns back to the requested altitude?  It hovers exactly at mid stick in stabilize.  No expos or anything in tx.  I upgraded…"
Aug 9, 2015
Neil Baker commented on Hugues's blog post How-To avoid sparks when connecting battery
"I thought castle creations says spark is good for the capacitors? I own a couple helis on 12s and man they pop when plugged in. People were making resistors that plugged in before hand and castle said the contraptions were not a good idea. This was…"
Jul 16, 2014
Neil Baker replied to Paul Jenness's discussion Kraken130 + Pixhawk?
"I have a kraken and probably have over 100 flights on it now. I have had two motor wires break(they are hard and brittle) and I was one of the first that experienced the capacitor issue. I new about long power wires but figure they tested it and it…"
Jun 17, 2014
Neil Baker commented on jlcortex's blog post My setup to use droidplanner
"Also you better check the swr on that antenna. Those handy talkie antennas like a pretty big chassis to work. I found this out when I used a chassis mount and a handheld antenna on my plastic motorcycle."
Jun 13, 2014
Neil Baker commented on jlcortex's blog post My setup to use droidplanner
"These guys make really nice frames too. I have the spidex v3. Check them out."
Jun 13, 2014
Neil Baker replied to Neil Baker's discussion Pinout of Pixhawk telemetry plug
"Thanks for the reply peter. You basically wired it up like the picture below? I will try this out tomorrow and confirm.image.jpg"
Jan 17, 2014
Neil Baker replied to Neil Baker's discussion Pinout of Pixhawk telemetry plug
"is this it with #1 being on the left of the pixhawk?"
Jan 15, 2014
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