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Male


Location

Nordhausen


About Me:

Aerospace Engineer


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Own developments of quadcopters, wing aircrafts, autopilots.


Hometown:

Nordhausen #GERMANY#


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Tumba replied to Chris Mitchell's discussion Can quadcopter motors be mounted upside down ?
"Here I had no negative effect: http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/new-quadcopter-zecke-q185-max
From aerodynamic point of view a pusher is better, The propeller flow is similar, but the motor is located in the region with less flow velocity. From…"
Feb 27, 2015
Tumba commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Google Science Fair winner models drone obstacle evasion on fruit flies
"In the video I see at the copter two IR distance sensors only. Where the 25x25pix camera is located?"
Oct 3, 2014
Tumba posted a discussion
This is the new Tumba-Quad-Q240 "Wanze". The max. dimension is less than 10 inch.The copter was designed for the International Micro Air Vehicle Conference IMAV 2012 last week. Ranking: 3rd, 2nd, 1st, 1st together with the hexacopter…
Jul 14, 2012
Tumba commented on Krzysztof Bosak's blog post Fournier RF-5 as UAV
"It looks good! Stable flight in 15 meter altitude and a really nice vehicle."
Nov 21, 2011
Tumba commented on Chris Anderson's blog post IMAV 2011 highlights
"I was with my team (Academic Flight Club Bremen / Germany) at the IMAV 2011. DLR (Germany) was winner of one outdoor competition, but there were 5 competitions. And at the end we had 3 times the first price. :-)…"
Nov 12, 2011
Tumba commented on Krzysztof Bosak's blog post Multiplex FOX as UAV
"@ Krzysztof Ok, 479 mm ... then your FOX is smaller. :-) ... I will not cut my balsa - wings... :-)
@ DaveyWBB ups... I never creates config files for a quadrotor... There the paparazzi team can help or a friend of mine at the Bremen University, he…"
Nov 10, 2011
Tumba commented on Krzysztof Bosak's blog post Multiplex FOX as UAV
"Maybe this 500 mm FOX is not the smallest classic layout winged outdoor UAV in the world. :-) In 2008 I was flying a 400 mm Paparazzi classic layout winged outdoor UAV. http://www.hs-bremen.de/internet/einrichtungen/presse/mitteilungen/...
We…"
Nov 10, 2011
Tumba commented on Kirill's blog post IMAV 2011
"I was at the IMAV 2011. It was very impressive. There are some technical details in the booklet: http://www.imav2011.org/images/stories/documents/imav2011%20program...
I think about 80% of the vehicles were full autonomous, and 20% video based.
I…"
Sep 29, 2011
Tumba commented on CyborgCNC's blog post Mikrokopter with a POint of Interest transmitter, cool video!
"There are several cable wake board lakes in the northern part of Germany. This video was (probably) shooted in the beach club Nethen. beachclub-nethen.de This club is near to the MikroKopter company location.
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Jun 25, 2011
Tumba commented on CyborgCNC's blog post Mikrokopter with a POint of Interest transmitter, cool video!
"Be careful. There is "follow me" and "point of interest".
- "Follow me" there you follow the moving "point" only. This is a GPS - job.
- "Point of interest" there you pitch/roll/yaw the camera to have allways the "point" in the camera field of view.…"
Jun 25, 2011
Tumba posted a discussion
Here is my new quadcopter. The max dimension is 185 mm (tip to tip).  The video from the first outdoor flight is shown here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un_guPJ1QocSome details:- weight 170 gramm- propeller AirAce 3-blade left/right, motor Hacker…
May 29, 2011
Tumba commented on Nuno Guedes's blog post Smallest and lightest quadcopter in the World?
"I think this 5 years old quadcopter is the smallest and lightest one:

www.smartflyer.de

Best regards
Tumba"
Apr 29, 2011
Tumba commented on Peter Koppendorfer's blog post Professional housing for professional electronics
"This is really a good housing for the electronic. I used a similar one for my small Mega 1280 Autopilot:
http://gallery.mikrokopter.de/main.php/v/MKBilder/Lerche500Box.JPG
http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/presentation-30-x-40-mm
Best regards Tumba"
Oct 4, 2010
Tumba left a comment for W. Thielicke
"Ja hier schaue ich ab und zu, die haben oft paar Neuigkeiten."
Oct 4, 2010
Tumba commented on Taylor Cox's blog post Gopro.com>>> Full HD super widescreen camera that is mountable just about anywhere
"We use this GoPro HD camera since some months.
GoPro HD on William's Tri-Copter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YehKZlgYV-c
Onboard video from the Tri-Copter with GoPro HD: http://www.vimeo.com/11782303
Video of my latest Quad-Copter with GoPro HD:…"
Sep 6, 2010
Tumba replied to Tumba's discussion Presentation 30 x 40 mm Autopilot based on ATMEGA 1280 in an aircraft with 490 mm wing span
"Now with the flight video from the International Micro Air Vehicle Conference IMAV 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--pnMhqK7z4

Best regards
Tumba"
Jul 18, 2010
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