About

Gender

Male


Location

Tucson, AZ


About Me:

Giant Scale RC Pilot; Mechanical Engineer with 10 years of experience in the aerospace industry and19 years of R/C experience


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

ArduPilot, ArduPlane. 


Hometown:

Tucson


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Ramon Natal updated their profile
Oct 21, 2024
Ramon Natal commented on Christiaan van Vollenstee's blog post FPV X-4 Quad Frame
"Beautifull design! "
Apr 26, 2013
Ramon Natal commented on lot's blog post New group in DIYDrones for spanish speakers
"Wow que bueno saberlo ! Habemos unos cuantos aqui, de eso estoy seguro!"
Jul 11, 2012
Ramon Natal commented on Ramon Natal's blog post New Align APS ( Auto Pilot System )
"This AP can even stabilize the heli if you push the button being inverted! and how smooth it does it!"
May 22, 2012
Ramon Natal posted a blog post
Align Helicopter APS system features:1.Semi-autonomous take off / Landing (Activate system, semi-autonomous takeoff into position and altitude hold, hovers in attitude hold with strong holding ability to prevent drifting, suitable for hover and…
May 22, 2012
Ramon Natal commented on Norman Sanchez's blog post Lipo battery calculator
"Excellent! love to see this kind of post!"
May 21, 2012
Ramon Natal commented on Guido's blog post The importance of choosing right propeller
"yes prop balance is very important and a determinant factor in vibrations! You need to be very carefull when selecting props since there are some variations from brand to brand. on the 10x4.5 range and 8" inches also some cheap brands sell props…"
Apr 22, 2012
Ramon Natal commented on John Campen's blog post Rubber suspended mounting of the APM board not a good idea
"Theres no way you can tell that some approach for vibration dampening will work without measuring and testing. Yes you can apply some basic technic's that are obvious for vib reduction like prop balance, dynamic motor bell balance etc,  other…"
Apr 19, 2012
Ramon Natal commented on Ellison Chan's blog post Lockheed Martin Offering a Commerical UAV in 2012
"Well LM is trying to change the meaning of already established acronyms for their own good... UAV is for air, UUV for underwater.. UAV for aquatic? ..come on.. what would be next? UAV (unmanned asphalt vehicle)? jajaj"
Mar 27, 2012
Ramon Natal commented on Ellison Chan's blog post PI Tuning Guide from the Kaptein Himself
"that firmware didn't worked for me..( KKBlackBoard Atmega 168P )  motor 4 didnt spin so I switched back to 2.0 by M. Kim"
Mar 6, 2012
Ramon Natal commented on Krzysztof Bosak's blog post Predator Drone Court-Martialed For Afghani Civilian Deaths
"lol"
Feb 17, 2012
Ramon Natal commented on Ellison Chan's blog post Experiment with Momentum Cancelling Code
"I think that some I2C ESC's can help a lot, the thing is to make them work with the APM, I have seen this, it was implemented in a quad with a "Learning Based Model Predictive Control" algorithm"
Feb 7, 2012
Ramon Natal commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Project to clone the Neato Lidar
"Nicee!! considering so inexpensive ( compared to other lidar radars) actually it can open a new market for the Neato. Adopting it for APM... jummm!! ( sounds like a APM 2.5 (as upgrade) or APM 3.0 can be born out of this jeje ).. I think a went to…"
Dec 5, 2011
Ramon Natal replied to RazorConcepts's discussion Optimizing battery life for 3DR quad setup?
"Hi Razor! , would you describe your motor/prop & ESC setup?  Total frame weight w/o battery & with battery ?  Its your battery new ? 
To give you an example of my setup:
Motors : Rc TImers 2830-14 750Kv
ESC: Turnigy Plush 30A ( same as HobbyWing 30A…"
Nov 17, 2011
Ramon Natal posted a discussion
Today I was flying my Quad and went to take off, pushed the throttle up just a little to make the props spin and then after more input the quad was not responding... Went to repeat the process but the second time it didnt even moved the props :( .…
Nov 12, 2011
Ramon Natal commented on Vincent Mees's blog post Arducopter with Xaircraft X650 value frame
"Oh ok ejeje i see now! :) , hey Vincent I was on a web yesterday and saw this PDB with BTS555 and switch on/off included, may be this image can help! "
Oct 28, 2011
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