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Gender

Male


Location

Northbridge, MA


About Me:

Have been involved in aviation a very long time in many forms love this new tech stuff!


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Got some quads going and fixed wing,also have been somewhat creative with this new tech.opens all kinds of possibilities!


Hometown:

Northbridge Ma.


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Feb 3, 2019
Rick Yonika replied to Dean Walker's discussion VTOL Planning?
"Hi, My 2 cents, I have gone to a high voltage 6 cell systems= lower current, lighter wiring, less current induced magnetic interference, low kV motors more efficient props.but most hardware is not designed for the higher voltage so be aware of your…"
May 5, 2018
Rick Yonika commented on hiroshi takey's blog post [COMMUNITY] - Today, Ardupilot banned to me from and my related Ardupilot project.
"so, I apologize for posting non-software related posts... did not know this was software only site, hard to tell by the name  "
Mar 24, 2018
Rick Yonika commented on CrashingDutchman's blog post Drone Pilots Are Buying Russian Software to Hack Their Way Past DJI's No Fly Zones
"original software most likely developed to block nafarious use and we should support that for mass market use."
Jun 22, 2017
Rick Yonika commented on alexis lussier desbiens's blog post Aquatic drone with passive VTOL
"Gary, no,not at this time,been monsoon season around here,and field is under water,went to pix controller and working with Tridge, so stay tuned.some ff in other videos with research air controllers."
Jun 5, 2017
Rick Yonika commented on alexis lussier desbiens's blog post Aquatic drone with passive VTOL
"Not so good in the Canadian winter,but I have a solution
https://youtu.be/koOqenMpvck"
Jun 5, 2017
Rick Yonika commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Two-motor VTOL with Pixracer
"Hi, Bill
I have used air speed with pixracer you need the i2c splitter AUAV has them
no a/s on gray
thanks
Rick"
May 3, 2017
Rick Yonika replied to Jay Senthilvelan's discussion Mission Planner does not connect to pixhawk: heart beat timeout
"the fix for me was to load rover then back to tailsitter,he also fixed every thing else I could think of, amazing skill set, thank you Tridge...... this fixed my pixhawk, the explanation in duel motor tailsitters. "
Apr 14, 2017
Rick Yonika replied to Thien Nguyen's discussion Mission Planner very slow to open after updating to 1.3.45
"Hi, if your transmitter is to close to your computer it will slow things down,
I updated no problem."
Apr 10, 2017
Rick Yonika left a comment for rimb05
"on your 2nd question the tilt is coupled to elevons in both modes"
Apr 5, 2017
Rick Yonika left a comment for rimb05
"my board has a 3rd input , autonomus flight and when switching to that mode some issues,but no problems with the 2 modes, when you tilt the wing to ff you need to reduce power ,the wing is much more efficient. I use baseflight bicopter and adapt for…"
Apr 5, 2017
Rick Yonika left a comment for rimb05
"like your pid info 
thanks"
Apr 5, 2017
Rick Yonika left a comment for rimb05
" analog multiplexers, "
Apr 5, 2017
Rick Yonika left a comment for rimb05
"Hi, Rim
I am not that smart,I use 2 processors 1 for hover, baseflight, 1 for ff, Inav for ff 
Inav as it is won't tilt to the horizon, but if you can get it to work like baseflight bicopter 
keep me in the loop, if you play with baseflight go to…"
Apr 5, 2017
Rick Yonika commented on Rick Yonika's blog post Google wing, NASA greased lightning, move over....
"Hi, makes a lot of sense ,I will try some experiments, all the servo problems have been on impact, the plastic gear,
but something has to give.
thanks"
Apr 4, 2017
Rick Yonika commented on Hein du Plessis's blog post VTOL by Arkbird
"Jason Hi, 4 videos on youtube, but not that one in ff ,some questions answered in comments."
Mar 31, 2017
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