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About Me:
I am currently a Ph.D. student in aerospace engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, working on improving aerodynamic performace of wind turbines to reduce vibration and increase energy capture. My true research interests however lie in aerodynamics/flight dynamics and control of aircraft.
Hometown:
Napa, California
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Hello DIY Community, My team and I are in need of atmoshpheric wind data ASAP for university research purposes measured via a pitot tube mounted on-board a UAV flight system. Since we don't currently have the capability to fly an autonomous (APM or…
"The aircraft does not actually fly level, it traces out a slight "V" shape as it flies because as you guys pointed out, the blade creates more lift at the tip due to the increased tangential velocity and you have a hub which creates essentially no…"
"I worked with this guy on this project back at my internship at ATL when it was phase one 3 years ago!! What a surprise to see him here."
"Nathaniel, I also live in upstate New York, a Ph.d. student in aerospace engineering at RPI doing some research on unmanned systems using the Ardupilot. Whereabouts do you live upstate, perhaps we can collaborate"
"I actually know the guy on the video! I worked on this project during an ainternship at Lockheed Martin ATL during the summer of 2007. The monocopter is eventually supposed to be a nano air vehicle (with a 3 inch rotor), this is just a much larger…"
"Hello, That's great that you are interested in this project, it's quite ambitious for me so I will need all the help I can get, perhaps we can be partners in this effort; you a computer scientist and I an aerospace engineer, great combination! Have…"
"Hi everyone, Morli, Paul thank you for the information and advice, it will prove useful to me once I get up and running with this project soon. Stay tuned as I'm sure I'll be asking more technical questions once I encounter techincal difficulties.…"
"Hi Guys, and morli thanks for all your feedback. Two things I am most concerned about are the following: The legal aspect of the flight, I'm assuming that if we can establish visual contact at all times, we would be exempt from having to deal with…"
"Thanks Chris, I will look into creating a mypage here on the website. As far as the design of the airframe and propulsion requirements, it's something that the students will have to design given the requirements of the mission, i.e. to fly for 15-20…"
"Hey Brian, Thanks we will need the luck! I hadn't thought of setting up a website but that would be a great idea. At the least I can update the community with some posts.
Victor"
Victor"
Hello Everyone,I am an aerospace engineering Ph.d student at a university in New York and also the teaching assistant for an undergraduate course in aircraft design which will be partly taught in Puerto Rico. One of the main objectives for the…
"Hi, I wanted to ask which IMU's you guys are using in your setups, are they the ones offered in Sparkfun, and if so how do you connect them to the Logomatic to log the data? I am just starting to attempt to do this and would appreciate any help you…"
"Great work Jordi! Besides the Ardupilot, what other hardware is neccessary to implement this software? I.e. communications modules, Xbee? and GPS for example. Can you give me datails on the equipment you use? Thanks a lot. Victor"
"Jay, I just fixed the problem how foolish of me; I forgot to add the "IMU" so that it reads Debug.dec(IMU.get_angle_pictch). I am now able to see a reading on the serial terminal, however the number reads about -1022951427 which doesn't make sense.…"
"Hi Jay, Thanks for your input and sorry for not getting back sooner. I am using the command Debug.dec(get_angle_pitch) where get_angle_pitch is the kalman filtered angle as a float in degrees. The error I am getting when I try to run the…"
Hello everyone, I've been visiting the website for a while and have enjoyed reading the discussions here, but this is my first official post. I am working on hovering my co-axial helicopter and decided to do this using the Propeller chip, and…
