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Gender

Male


Location

Sydney


About Me:

Android dev, drone hobbyist


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Someday I will go to work by a drone


Hometown:

Phan Rang


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Tommy Le posted a discussion
Hi, I'm a beginner. I've read and known what the pitch of a prop is.My question: Is there a method (or rule of thumb) about how to select the props to guarantee against a certain wind speed? Like: 9x4.7 prop can only stand 29 km/h wind (I made up…
Dec 30, 2014
Tommy Le replied to Tommy Le's discussion Can Iris+ fly by autopilot
"John,
Tks, your reply confirms what I'm curious about, so 'in theory' I can do that.
But I think I'll go down the path of assembling from frames and motors."
Nov 11, 2014
Tommy Le replied to Tommy Le's discussion Can Iris+ fly by autopilot
Nov 11, 2014
Tommy Le replied to Tommy Le's discussion Can Iris+ fly by autopilot
"Thanks John & PH for your replies.
Now my next question: I have a generic RC-control drone bought in Kmart. Now if I wire the motors and the sensors to the autopilot, it will work?"
Nov 10, 2014
Tommy Le replied to Tommy Le's discussion Sydney meetup? in Australia
"@Dave, I searched for Sydney, no club showed.

@Alex, thanks, you have any link? "
Nov 10, 2014
Tommy Le replied to Tommy Le's discussion How powerful is the autopilot
"Tks Quadzimodo,
That's very informative.
I didn't make myself clear that I want to understand the general capabilities, not just that example.

After reading pixhawk specs:
Processor
32-bit ARM Cortex M4 core with FPU
168 Mhz/256 KB RAM/2 MB Flash…"
Nov 9, 2014
Tommy Le replied to Tommy Le's discussion Sydney meetup? in Australia
"Hi Quadzimodo,
I'm in Newtown. Can I join you next weekend?currently I just have a cheap one bought in Kmart."
Nov 7, 2014
Tommy Le posted a discussion
Hi,I'm a beginner. I'm wondering how powerful an autopilot can be? is it a processor that can process other stuff:For example, I want my drone to emit an infrared beam when it reaches a point in the air ( altitude and latitude, longitude). Can I…
Nov 7, 2014
Tommy Le posted a discussion in Australia
Hi guys,I'm Tommy, based in Sydney. I'm a beginner. Wondering whether there is a recent/active group of builders, flyers. Most of the 'fly day' proposals were in the past.Tommy.
Nov 7, 2014
Tommy Le posted a discussion
Hi, I'm a beginner. By reading this forum, I found that I can teach myself flying manually using very cheap drone (<100$). However, my ultimate goal is to do code the software (I'm from Android dev background) for the drone to fly itself. So I'm…
Nov 1, 2014