About

Gender

Male


Location

Dallas, TX


About Me:

Total out of the box thinker with a passion for avation and technology.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I have been flying RC since I was 4 yrs old with my Dad. I beileve there are tons of uses for UAV's and technology that have not even been discovered yet.


Hometown:

Dallas, TX


Activity Feed

Russell B. Sutton commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post River of blood exposed by Dallas Drone
"@ Gary,   Have you called our local News channesl 4, 5, 8,?  I think they might find this interesting.....  :)"
Jan 23, 2012
Russell B. Sutton commented on Gareth Rens's blog post 1st Octo Flight
"Try lowering P_stab, then do the in flight tuning by holding the throttle stick in the arm position for 20 sec, then just let it hover, if it drifts or leans in one direction hold throttle stick in the disarm position for 15 sec and re level. Looks…"
Jan 18, 2012
Russell B. Sutton replied to Graham Dyer's discussion Arducopter setup - errors and inconsistencies with the manual
"Yes. Type "help" and press enter. , but why not just do all your setup thought the mp?"
Jan 18, 2012
Russell B. Sutton commented on Jack Crossfire's blog post Vision altitude test
"LOL. It's funny how u apartment looks a lot like mine. Haha. Good work bro."
Jan 2, 2012
Russell B. Sutton commented on Russell B. Sutton's blog post $40 Quadcopter Frame DIY
"@ darrin  It was good.... just not as light as I wanted.  I have now moved on to Foam and CF arrow shafts
Foam Quad"
Sep 23, 2011
Russell B. Sutton replied to Jason Short's discussion Arducopter 2.0.34 Preview
"Awesome when wil it be ready for th MP?
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Jul 9, 2011
Russell B. Sutton commented on Chris Anderson's blog post First impressions of FY-21AP stabilization and RTL unit
"Which plane r u going to try it with? 
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Jul 7, 2011
Russell B. Sutton replied to Alastair Seggie's discussion Mission Planner WIKI
"What do you need or want  to know?  It's very user friendly.  The mission Planner changes  ,and or improves almost daily.  Just start using it and let this Forum act as your manual.  I update my MP every day.  This is theGreat part about…"
Jul 6, 2011
Russell B. Sutton commented on fibrewire's blog post Variable Pitch Quad Rotor - M/UAV
"I have wanted to build a quadcopter large enough to fly on for ever.  I want to use an APU from a jet to power electric motors.  same with your copter, it might be better to use 4 or 8 electric motors 1 or 2 powering each rotor.  u will have better…"
Jul 6, 2011
Russell B. Sutton replied to Christof Schmid's discussion Testflight ACM 2.033 Beta
"I agree..... the Alt hold needs a throttle curve to tame the quad while in alt hold."
Jul 6, 2011
Russell B. Sutton replied to Andrew Adams's discussion Help!!!
"Your not getting power to the Rx from the APM.  The APM is powered from one of the ESC's.    Try Calibrating one ESC at a time plugged into the Rx on ch 3.  Then try them with the APM & IMU.  Check out my fast track blog It might help.  Quad Build…"
Jun 26, 2011
Russell B. Sutton posted a blog post
  Awww yes finally time to do some PID tuning.  After my last field test it was clear I needed to replace my motors with better quality ones and do some more PID tuning.  After making a few mods to the airframe for added support and installing the…
Jun 25, 2011
Russell B. Sutton replied to mc_don's discussion help... arducopter 2. fly in auto-trim mode
"I have had all these problems,  after leveling and auto trim, my quad is very stable, but the artifical horizion is off a few deg."
Jun 24, 2011
Russell B. Sutton commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New Mission Planner GCS feature: integrated OSD video!
"@ Michael    OSD Looks great!!! Can't wait to use it.   Although I am still having a problem with the color of the OSD, it changes back to white on restarts.   
New topics: 
1.)  What about adding the "A,B,C" & PPM  lights to the MP.   PPM light…"
Jun 21, 2011
Russell B. Sutton commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New Mission Planner GCS feature: integrated OSD video!
"@ Michael Oborne  would it be possible to make the  MP save the user configurations so that u don't have to adjust screen size, hud color, camera port, . . . . . . .   ect.   If you must restart in the middle of flight this wouls be nice."
Jun 20, 2011
Russell B. Sutton commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New Mission Planner GCS feature: integrated OSD video!
"I do not like the offset shadow effect around the OSD text, it's to busy for the Compass heading.  a solid thin black outline might work better.  Eagle tree systems

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
OSD dizzy

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Jun 20, 2011
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