About

Gender

Male


Location

Barcelona


About Me:

CEO at Valldoreix Greenpower. CPV systems. Solar trackers. Heliostats.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Researching drone based cleaning system for solar PV modules and heliostats.


Hometown:

Valldoreix, near Barcelona


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Ricard Pardell commented on Emlid's blog post NAVIO: Raspberry Pi autopilot
"Which kind of real time Linux, could you be more precise please? My company may be interested."
Jan 14, 2015
Ricard Pardell commented on Emlid's blog post NAVIO: Raspberry Pi autopilot
"This is very interesting, but would the actual reliability be the same on a non real time operating system like Linux as it is on the Pixhak platform running on a RT system?"
Jan 14, 2015
Ricard Pardell replied to yuvraj's discussion solar panel with lipo battery pack in ArduCopter User Group
"Your solar panel data is wrong. Voc must always be above Vmp, and you report Voc= 12 V and Vmp= 17 V, and this is not possible. Please clarify.

In general, to charge a 12 V battery you need a 18 Vmp panel having 36 cells series connected. A 18 Vmp…"
Dec 10, 2014
Ricard Pardell replied to Edgar Scott's discussion Should we put an end to requiring a traditional Tx for Multicopters? in ArduCopter User Group
"I think we can handle it, as we are four people involved in the project (electronics, mechanical and software engineers). The usage of the pusher rotors is very limited, only when hovering."
Nov 26, 2014
Ricard Pardell replied to Edgar Scott's discussion Should we put an end to requiring a traditional Tx for Multicopters? in ArduCopter User Group
"Hi Chim, thanks for your answer, very interesting.

Was the pusher motor being driven by the autopilot or was it governed externally?"
Nov 26, 2014
Ricard Pardell replied to Edgar Scott's discussion Should we put an end to requiring a traditional Tx for Multicopters? in ArduCopter User Group
"Thanks a lot, this is a honest and helpful comment.

There is a particular modification which I wonder if you can give me your opinion about:

I want to add two pusher propellers on the aft back of a quadcopter. They are for a very specific…"
Nov 25, 2014
Ricard Pardell replied to Edgar Scott's discussion Should we put an end to requiring a traditional Tx for Multicopters? in ArduCopter User Group
"Hi Ed,

I want to develop a fully autonomous drone, able to execute recurrent operations on its own. This is to implement a patent I have developed and I realize that the TX requirement makes this impossible.

Another thing that worries me is that I…"
Nov 24, 2014
Ricard Pardell replied to Edgar Scott's discussion Should we put an end to requiring a traditional Tx for Multicopters? in ArduCopter User Group
"I support your opinion. I am also in this for the sake of flying robotics, and have scarce or no interest to become a multi-copter pilot.
Actually, I wonder if the pixhawk is the best platform to start an autonomous flying drone project. After…"
Nov 24, 2014
Ricard Pardell left a comment on ArduCopter User Group
"Hi all, I am starting a project where I want to add two pusher propellers to an X octocopter configuration.

I wonder if anybody can give me his opinion on the feasibility of doing this on Arducopter."
Sep 23, 2014
Ricard Pardell left a comment on Linux-based Multirotors
"We want to develop a fully autonomous octocopter which uses computer vision for a fully automated operation, We have a patent which defines the conceptual framework and are now in the process of deciding what would be the best platform. In principle…"
Sep 22, 2014
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Sep 20, 2014