About

Gender

Male


Location

Stennis Space Center, MS


About Me:

Sr. Scientist at Stennis Space Center. Degree in MET.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Hexacopter and smaller quad enthusiast. Interested in aerial mapping potential and computer vision techniques to enhance same.


Hometown:

MS Gulf Coast


Activity Feed

Richard Brown replied to Alex's discussion Canon SX230 - sample pictures
"Woops. Sorry.

Practice stalls.... :-)

And be good for Santa."
May 28, 2014
Richard Brown replied to Alex's discussion Canon SX230 - sample pictures
"A490 on with CHKDK on custom nadir spring mount on Hexa-B.

Shot at 50m alt.
All props super balanced and Ardupilot DuBro foam mounted.



Filename - IMG_0042.JPGImageDescription - Make - CanonModel - Canon PowerShot A490ComponentsConfiguration -…"
May 21, 2014
Richard Brown replied to Matt Gunn's discussion Let's talk Canon cameras
"My A490 with CHDK Interval script does perfect for me with Hexcopter. Makes for good 3D point cloud production with photogrammetry tools as well.


Mounted with my custom made wire rope isolation platform. Also use this for shooting HD with Android…"
Jun 28, 2013
Richard Brown commented on Joshua Ott's blog post Drone Con 2013 !!!1
"Ustream wants to access everything about me from Twitter or Facebook in order to leave a chat. No thanks...

Someone take that marker away from Chris. He is digging a hole in his leg with it...  :-)
Frank, open talk though.  Brave."
Jun 7, 2013
Richard Brown commented on Joshua Ott's blog post Thirty Days (#6): You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs
"Good info. Thanks.

Wow, nightmare there. Glad it came straight back down.
The community here needs to helped Mike Oborne with a parachute servo trigger for sustained high altitude drop rates of  > 10 seconds. Or something similar. :-)"
May 14, 2013
Richard Brown commented on Joshua Ott's blog post Thirty Days (#6): You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs
"Hey, that's a good idea Kurt!  How quick is the turnaround on that?
Or do you just go back to the photo dept and pick up a new one?"
May 14, 2013
Richard Brown commented on Joshua Ott's blog post Thirty Days (#6): You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs
"Have two Coolpix cams in that same category. Not nearly as knarly tho. 8-o
This is a problem with the extendo motorized lens stack digital cams. Slightest bit of sand or nudge out of alignment and they are toast. I would not recommend flying them…"
May 13, 2013
Richard Brown replied to Ben Discoe's discussion Can't get started with Hexa-C. Documentation vague or missing. Is there help?
"Ben,

Good to see you continuing your impressive renaissance journey my friend.
I have the Hexa-C ARTF and it is flying admirably after much good assistance from the helpful community here. There is joy in the journey. :-)   You are (unbeknownst to…"
Apr 11, 2013