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Gender

Male


Location

Glen Ellyn, IL


About Me:

Alumnus of the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in mechanical engineering. Well rounded (hopefully) geek who is willing to learn.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I'm building an Arducopter quad. All of the parts are on order, and I hope to get something off the ground by the end of June.


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Robert LaRue replied to Todd Stellanova's discussion Multirotor drone house / launchpad?
"Another project that uses a perch is here.
And for more info on Skycatch, their vimeo page and their twitter are pretty interesting.
They even mention that they are using PX4 as the brains, plus some kind of beagleboard and node.js/nodecopter setup.…"
Aug 16, 2013
Robert LaRue replied to Todd Stellanova's discussion Multirotor drone house / launchpad?
"While I don't have a direct answer for you, similar discussion topics in the forums are below:
Here, Here,Here,Here, Here
oh, and a video and paper from a related project
And I believe this project used charging perches too...
Hope that helps"
Aug 14, 2013
Robert LaRue replied to Federico Boldori's discussion First Setup Problem: APM input
"I'll be following this thread because I have a similar problem."
Jun 14, 2011
Robert LaRue replied to McKinnley Workman's discussion motors not arming after I calibrate ESC's
"I'm having similar issues with my ESCs. I was able to calibrate them once, but now they just keep beeping to indicate a voltage error. What model ESC do you have? I posted my problem here."
Jun 13, 2011
Robert LaRue commented on Curt Olson's photo
"Wow, awesome shot. Great timing to get this one right."
Jun 12, 2011
Robert LaRue posted a discussion
I have a problem with my Turnigy ESCs ( link to ESC here and to the hacker style motors here ). When I first got them, I did the calibration procedure explained here, for each one with a Lipo connected (this one here ). They worked, and I was able…
Jun 12, 2011
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Jun 4, 2011
Robert LaRue posted photos
May 28, 2011