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Steve Gates commented on Peder Raatz-Pedersen's blog post The Raspberry Fly
"I just wanted to emphasize that it is always worth to share your work, no matter how much information already exists on a particular subject. There are far to many great projects which were never documented properly. So thank you very much for this…"
Jul 19, 2014
Steve Gates commented on Jethro Hazelhurst's blog post French teenager in court for this video...
"NSA is watching you.."
Mar 8, 2014
Steve Gates commented on Dan Wilkerson's blog post Curtis Youngblood Single Motor Internal Combustion Collective-Pitch Quadcopter
"@John: +1"
Jan 22, 2014
Steve Gates commented on Nicolas Brieger's blog post Digital FPV with X8
"Thanks for your statements. I'm glad to hear that you are still trying to get this working. HD FPV would be incredibly cool!
Steve"
Dec 25, 2013
Steve Gates commented on Nicolas Brieger's blog post Digital FPV with X8
"this is one of the best threads on real HD down-link

I agree. Unfortunately, I don't think anyone is active on this anymore. Here's another interesting thread which seems to be alive: fpvlab

Steve"
Dec 24, 2013
Steve Gates commented on Stefan Gofferje's blog post 184cm supercopter with heli-blades
"To me it seems like combining the worst features of the platforms.

I absolutely agree. What is the advantage of multirotors compared to helicopters? Multirotors have no moving parts, exept the motor! Variable pitch at helicopters does what the gear…"
Aug 10, 2013
Steve Gates commented on vis.asta's blog post First test of targeting system.
"Really cool!
Please post some more details about the setup."
May 25, 2013
Steve Gates commented on Yusuf Pirgali's blog post HD video for UAV's
"So please post an example."
May 16, 2013
Steve Gates commented on Yusuf Pirgali's blog post HD video for UAV's
"using a second copter, a ardu plane or a weather balloon / blip as a relay bridging our network may work too.

That's exactly what I was thinking about too. You could even make an aerial "access chain" with multiple planes/copters.. problem is that…"
May 16, 2013
Steve Gates commented on Yusuf Pirgali's blog post HD video for UAV's
May 15, 2013
Steve Gates commented on Jonathan Hesselbarth's blog post ArduVTOL
"Really cool! It combines the benefits of both quadrocopters and planes.
P.S. Es tummeln sich doch einige Deutsche hier.. - but let's speak english :-)"
May 14, 2013
Steve Gates commented on Stephen Carlson's blog post Introducing the "Orange Hawk" Tricopter/Flying-Wing VTOL UAV
"Really nice! Thought about something similar and now it's already reality!
As Fernando said, it will save a lot of energy while flying fast and long distances but lacks nothing of the quadcopter benefits. This concept has good prospects. Carry on!"
Mar 17, 2013