Location
Lancashire
About
About Me:
Design Engineer
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I have done quite a lot of work on Vertical Take-Off and Landing UAVs a few years ago and have developed the "Wing" 3D computer input device. We have now developed the Wing GCS Ground Control Station for simultaneous piloting and mission planner editing.
Hometown:
Lancaster
Activity Feed
"Have a look at the UK based Vulcan UAV, and Clogworks.
Sam"
Sam"
"In principle, it should be feasible, but transition would be a challenge.
The 'chute would act like an air break on release and would probably be best placed at the centre of drag. This will change as the forward flight speed changed, but should be…"
The 'chute would act like an air break on release and would probably be best placed at the centre of drag. This will change as the forward flight speed changed, but should be…"
"In theory, ducted fans give a increased static thrust for the same rotor size when compared to an open propellor, if designed well. However, the duct complicates the air flow and this becomes more of a problem with a design like yours as the…"
"Good work, please keep us updated when you get the new quads.
Sam
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Worthington Sharpe"
Sam
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Worthington Sharpe"
"We focus on ground control stations so I'm no expert on specifying multirotor parts but I wanted to say what a great project I think this is. I know there are other people working on propitiatory seed planting UAVs, but I love the idea of an open…"
"Rafi, I'm not sure about the 2x or 4x efficiency claims, but you could expect a 30% or 40% increase in static thrust for a well designed ducted fan compared to an open propellor of an equivalent diameter.
I'll keep meaning to work through the…"
I'll keep meaning to work through the…"
"Rowan, I've been reading the UgCS for DJI 2.13 beta manual. In Section 2.7, item 12 says UgCS Desktop "Control Vehicle with a joystick"
I checked with their support and got a reply to say "The work with joystick in UgCS will be supported only in…"
I checked with their support and got a reply to say "The work with joystick in UgCS will be supported only in…"
""An obsessive-compulsive desire for equilibrium" I appreciate the philosophical approach, its an overlooked aspect of the industry. Plato would have approved."
I'm looking for a relatively low cost camera for mounting on a quad for live video inspection work.It doesn't need to be amazing quality, but I'm not too impressed with the output from a lot of action cameras that I have seen, and I need something…
"It's not a laptop, but the Intel NUC is a pretty good option for fitting into Ground Stations.
Cheers,
Sam
Worthington Sharpe"
Cheers,
Sam
Worthington Sharpe"
"Sorry Rowan, I wasn't aware that DJI had dropped the joystick functionality. Hopefully UgCS will have something that works soon.
One option, that should work with either the Wing, or a standard joystick is a USB to PPM converter. I've not tried this…"
One option, that should work with either the Wing, or a standard joystick is a USB to PPM converter. I've not tried this…"
"Hi Rowan,
As long as you can fly the M600 through a PC telemetry/datalink, then it should work fine. However, we've not had that much experience with DJI systems ourselves. Our first test flight used a DJI flight controller but our customers have…"
As long as you can fly the M600 through a PC telemetry/datalink, then it should work fine. However, we've not had that much experience with DJI systems ourselves. Our first test flight used a DJI flight controller but our customers have…"
"Rowan, I was reading this this thread and it occurred to me that our Wing Control Device might be of particular interest to your researcher. Let me know if I can help.
Sam"
Sam"
"I've just written a blog post describing how the command and control of the swarm might work."
"Very impressive.
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worthingtonsharpe.com"
"Hi Rafi,
There are a few discussions on here, such as Multiple pixhawks communicating to single Ground Control Station. We're building the capability into our next Wing GCS, but haven't got very far in terms of testing yet. SungTae Moon has…"
There are a few discussions on here, such as Multiple pixhawks communicating to single Ground Control Station. We're building the capability into our next Wing GCS, but haven't got very far in terms of testing yet. SungTae Moon has…"
