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Gender

Male


Location

Glendora, CA


About Me:

I'm an R/Cer - cars, planes and helis, but mainly helis. I fly a Trex 450, JR Vibe 90, Hirorbo Freya w/D3 head and an EVO 50. The EVO 50 and Trex 450 are FBL and I use a 9303/2.4. I'm a Technical Services Manager for a liquid handling instrument manufacturer and I still enjoy playing WoW.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I recently bought an Arduino and just got an Ardubot to run around and do things and came across this website. Being an R/Cer with Arduino interest, UAV flight is intriging. (9/2010 update: I just bought a Hobbico Hobistar 60 MK III for my UAV platform). (10/2/2010 update: The Hobistar is built. Need to trim it out in flight but it's been too hot. Once trimmed the UAV avionics will be installed. Then the fun will begin!). 1/15/2011 update. What a drag. The Hobbistar had a great maiden flight. Two days later the wing came off in flight. The wing is OK. Other than that, we have to start over.


Hometown:

Glendora, CA


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Wiliam Otsen posted a discussion
I'm building my UAV airframe this weekend and I need to install the active pitot tube in the wing but my ArduPilot Shield kit hasn't arrived yet. It appears that the active tube is just a plain tube connected to the Shield by fuel tubing. Can…
Sep 4, 2010
Wiliam Otsen posted a discussion
So I guess 2.7 is the latest Ardupilot software. For a first-time user is it 'best' to use the latest? Or should I start with a tried-and-true version that may not have the latest add on?
Aug 28, 2010
Wiliam Otsen posted a discussion
Just so I can kind of "get my arms around" adding UAV to an existing RC plane, could someone make a kind of master list as to what else is needed?I fly RC planes and helis and am currently fooling around with an Arduino Duemilanove, and I'm really…
Aug 9, 2010