About

Gender

Male


Location

Sacramento, CA


About Me:

I'm an auto mechanic by day, and a tinkerer the rest of the time.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I started with quadcopters but now I'm branching into rovers as well.


Hometown:

Pollock Pines


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Ray Quintana replied to r4space's discussion Community favourite chassis? in ArduRover User Group
"I think it boils down to the code is all optimized to be used with RC components.  So 3 wire standard RC outputs from the Pix.  If you are using a robot with a motor driver I think the signals are not the same and you need to translate them somehow."
Jun 5, 2018
Ray Quintana replied to r4space's discussion Community favourite chassis? in ArduRover User Group
"A lot of people like the Traxxas ready to run trucks, they have plenty of power and are large enough to carry additional electronics.  Also ground clearance is better on trucks than it is on cars, it makes the rover a bit more forgiving to learn on…"
May 19, 2018
Ray Quintana replied to john smith's discussion autonomous rover- no motors, just servo for steering and actuator for braking- rolling down hill in ArduRover User Group
"Output 3 but yeah that's how I would do it.  You're a little bit out of my standard R/C car based wheelhouse but I imagine you would get the desired result doing it that way.  Something that big I would have some sort of remote emergency brake on…"
Mar 20, 2017
Ray Quintana replied to john smith's discussion autonomous rover- no motors, just servo for steering and actuator for braking- rolling down hill in ArduRover User Group
"Not too sure about your diagram but I imagine you could use your brake on the throttle channel and just set it so full throttle = brake off and brake applies the brakes as expected.  It looks like you are planning on using some pretty heavy duty…"
Mar 19, 2017
Ray Quintana replied to Jason Greening's discussion Apm 2.8 clone board mounting holes in ArduCopter User Group
"Absolutely that could cause a vibration problem."
Feb 2, 2017
Ray Quintana replied to Bob Smith's discussion APM 2.8 landing gear retraction in ArduCopter User Group
Jan 5, 2017
Ray Quintana replied to Bryan Holloway's discussion Ardurover Follow me mode options in ArduRover User Group
"I have had it track me by walking around with the laptop, so that will work.  I don't know that sonar will work very well for tracking, maybe you could use a companion computer and do some sort of visual tracking?  I had an idea a while back after…"
Nov 29, 2016
Ray Quintana replied to Bryan Holloway's discussion Ardurover Follow me mode options in ArduRover User Group
"As far as I know tower's follow mode does not work with a rover, at least it didn't last time I tried.  It works great with a copter but I couldn't get it to work with rover.  I have used follow successfully using a laptop running mission planner…"
Nov 28, 2016
Ray Quintana replied to Freddy Alcarazo's discussion Apm 2.6 Impossible stabilization, what do you think about this problem? in ArduCopter User Group
"Oh Sebastian may have it.  I did that once on a race quad and the same thing happened, violent flips."
Nov 22, 2016
Ray Quintana replied to Freddy Alcarazo's discussion Apm 2.6 Impossible stabilization, what do you think about this problem? in ArduCopter User Group
"Looks like that left rear is lacking power.  I would recommend checking connections and ESC calibrations as recommended.  Also that the motor spins freely by hand."
Nov 17, 2016
Ray Quintana left a comment on ArduCopter User Group
"Asif what FC do you have?  I have an APM 2.8 on my rover and I had the compass jumper in the wrong spot, I had the same issue where I couldn't calibrate the compass."
Oct 10, 2016
Ray Quintana posted discussions
Aug 3, 2016
Ray Quintana replied to FutureTech's discussion Rover not navigating correctly in auto mode in ArduRover User Group
"Maybe your compass/gps is picking up interference, is it possible to relocate it and try again?"
Apr 16, 2016
Ray Quintana replied to FutureTech's discussion Rover not navigating correctly in auto mode in ArduRover User Group
"Mag offset learning in compass cal?"
Apr 15, 2016
Ray Quintana commented on Jani Hirvinen's blog post New ArduPilot.org Discussion Forums Online
"Sent."
Apr 12, 2016
Ray Quintana commented on Jani Hirvinen's blog post New ArduPilot.org Discussion Forums Online
"I too cannot login to the new site with my current credentials. If I password reset it doesnt recognize my email addy and if I try to create a new account it says its already taken."
Apr 8, 2016
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