About

Gender

Male


Location

Brooklyn, NY


About Me:

Product Designer, Senior level product design developer with over 15 years experience in ethnographic research, concept design and 3D CAD development. Throughout my career I've assisted fortune 500 companies and inventors to ideate and commercialize consumer products, packaging and light service vehicles.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Interested in the applications of UAV's in the areas of research, aerial photography and mission programming. Currently own and fly Hexacopter with GPS and high-end photography platform.


Hometown:

New York


Activity Feed

Sergio replied to Sergio's discussion Bad GPS Health in Latest Mission Planner - Help Needed
"Thanks all for the replies. Update below:

1. Last night I updated the GPS firmware as per Ardupilot support pages. Downloaded Ublox app and uploadex 3dr-gps FW via ardupilot usb.

2. My GPS+Compass combo from GoodluckBuy has a different led…"
Jan 17, 2014
Sergio replied to Sergio's discussion Roll and Pitch Mixed-Up Mid-Flight in ArduCopter User Group
"Do u think is a simple mode glitch?"
Jan 16, 2014
Sergio replied to Sergio's discussion Roll and Pitch Mixed-Up Mid-Flight in ArduCopter User Group
"I am using "x" config which i picked from MP Wizard. Shouls i try "+"?"
Jan 16, 2014
Sergio posted a discussion in ArduCopter User Group
Tricopter Frame "X"Firmware 3.1GPS Ublox NEO (third Party)Futaba 8FGI took my tricopter today for a test on Alt_Hold and STAB.Copter flew ok under light wind for 1-2 minutes then I noticed that my ROLL and PITCH got switched mid flight. When I tried…
Jan 15, 2014
Sergio replied to Tomas Burman's discussion My quad reverse signals in mid flight.
"Hi there, i am experiencing the same Roll-pitch reverse mid flight in simple mode. Flies 1 min and than reverses. I have Arducopter 3.1 on a Tricopter. Yaw seems right."
Jan 15, 2014
Sergio replied to Sergio's discussion Bad GPS Health in Latest Mission Planner - Help Needed
"Really, no one ever had this issue? 
It would be helpful to understand if I can fix this issue or have to spend $90 on a new one (LEAH)  from the Store.

Update from yesterday: I tried to upload firmware from APM site using Ublox App. Looks like it…"
Jan 14, 2014
Sergio replied to Assaf Weiss's discussion "bad GPS pos" warning on MP
"Assaf,
I am having similar issue, getting "Bad Health GPS" message in MP.
Did you manage to fix this?
Thanks,
Sergio"
Jan 13, 2014
Sergio posted a discussion
I am back with beginner questions that I could not find answers elsewhere. Here we go: Using Tricopter FW 3.1I have a GPS+Compass module (Ublox-NEO 6M) which have been calibrated using wizard in MP. Went outside for a maiden and I got "GPS:3D Fix"…
Jan 13, 2014
Sergio posted a discussion
Hi All,I just upgraded the firmware (3.1) on a DIY tricopter which had V2.8 arming just fine.Now when I was testing arming, the three motors start by themselves and I can only accelerate them but not shut them off via radio. Is there a PID I have to…
Jan 5, 2014
Sergio posted a discussion
Hi There, I am just about to setup my Tricopter and before I hooked the Power Module, everything was ok.Now that I powered the PM, my servo does not work since I removed the ESC BEC red wire (to avoid burning the board). I have questions on how to…
Dec 20, 2013
Sergio replied to Sergio's discussion Help with Tricopter Setup - Yaw Servo not Working
"Thanks Tom,
My output side is powered by 1 BecEsc and i removed the red cable on the other 2 motors.
The input side has another Bec on input 8. All linked to the same battery.
I was getting the pre-arm "Check Board Voltage" so it was not letting me…"
Dec 10, 2013
Sergio posted a discussion
Hi All,My first post here, I've been trying to setup a tricopter using APM 2.6 + GPS.My first question: How to get the YAW servo to work?. Bars under Radio calibration are moving fine but when I power the tri I cannot get YAW in any direction.Is…
Dec 9, 2013