About

Gender

Male


Location

Fort Worth, TX


About Me:

9 year military veteran and retired Civil Engineering Designer. 10th year Drop-out... and limited College. By definition I am extremely uneducated to some. But I can chew gum and talk at the same time.(does that count?)


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Began researching and investing in FPV aircraft that are manually controlled. My goal is to try and develope an aircraft that conforms to the latest FAA requirements for unmanned UAS' and do low level aerials up to 1500+ Senior Telemaster 1 (Destroyed) Senior Telemaster 2 Zeta Sky Observer X-UAV Talon 1.7m Volantex Ranger Mobile ground station


Hometown:

Kanawha Texas


Activity Feed

William replied to Artem's discussion MyFlyDream AAT and APM/Pixhawk
"Brian...I just started messing with my MFD AAT.  Had it since 2016 or so and now have time to figure it all out.
can you show me how you connected the M8N to the Telefly please.
I have at least 3 GPS units laying around that came with APM's and I…"
Dec 11, 2019
William replied to Artem's discussion MyFlyDream AAT and APM/Pixhawk
"Old post but here I am asking a question.  Did anyone succeed?  What was the solution?

What about using a 3dr gps just for the telefly?"
Dec 11, 2019
William replied to Ben's discussion No Heartbeat Packets Received with 3dr 915MHz modules
"Here is my experience with the same problems.  I scoured the net looking for solutions for the past two days.  I couldn't get a link like I had when I first connected.
Well.  I had changed out my micro usb cord for a longer one. and all of a sudden…"
Jun 1, 2018
William replied to Mike Thomas's discussion Ag-Surveying Plane Set-up Help!
"Hey Mike, I'm wondering if you purchased the PNP Volantex with Gimbal? Or just the plane?
I'm having issue with the red/black leads inside the plane."
Jul 6, 2017
William left a comment for Richard Unwin
"Hi Richard I sent you a friend request. I would like to know what type of air ram you are using and pulley set up.

William Anderson"
Nov 24, 2016
William replied to William's discussion Update.... really?
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Apr 16, 2014
William replied to William's discussion Update.... really?
"If I had no clue I wouldn't be on DIY drones upset about my once perfectly running Octo.

If I had no clue I'd be trying to piece things together on Range Video or Eagletree sites to try getting the same functionality."
Apr 16, 2014
William replied to William's discussion Update.... really?
"Not considering the Pixhawk I still think the APM2.5 or 2.6 are great for the $$$."
Apr 16, 2014
William replied to William's discussion Update.... really?
"Was on 3.1.2 when it started having issues with loiter."
Apr 16, 2014
William replied to William's discussion Update.... really?
"Yes, I did a knee jerk rant. Just been having too much trouble lately and my confidence is shaken.
I'm still an APM fan Im just frustrated.
And I apologize to the peeps that do work very hard to improve a great system and community.
 
Recalibrated…"
Apr 16, 2014
William posted a discussion
Ok update guys.  The last two releases....  whats up?!?!?Ive now updated firmware twice and both times I regret it.From the factory my APM was rock solid!  Rock Solid....  not Obama rock solid.Today was my second firmware update and its as…
Apr 15, 2014
William replied to Mark Blom's discussion gimbal for 3dr x8
"Yes just for stability. Works great.  I dont have enough channels to add gimbal control."
Mar 23, 2014
William replied to Phil P's discussion Joystick with FBWA and FBWB modes.
"sorry no-one answered your post...

Not sure what you mean about non-manual modes?  And FBWA."
Feb 6, 2014
William replied to Edgar Scott's discussion Motors not spinning when armed and Bad GPS Pos in ArduCopter User Group
"My motors spin up, in fact it caught me by suprise cause it didnt do that with theold version.  Guess I should read a change log somewhere?
I get the same PreArm message and have no idea why this has become an issue."
Jan 19, 2014
William replied to Mark Blom's discussion gimbal for 3dr x8
"I got one from Amazon $100. http://www.ebay.com/itm/FPV-2-Axis-DJI-Phantom-Brushless-Gimbal-Cam...
It came with no manual, for a little more I would pay a little more for Plug-n-Play.
But it works very good for the money.
I also used it on my quad…"
Dec 28, 2013
William replied to William's discussion Using two quad PDB's for a conversion to an Octoquad? in ArduCopter User Group
"Your missing the point of the question.  I know black to black and red to red.  If I was that stupid I wouldn't have been flying the thing for the past 6 months as a quad.
 
The question, and my answer, is about the signal leads coming from the…"
Dec 13, 2013
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