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Leesburg, VA


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Software engineer. Hobby robotics. R/C planes and helicopters.


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Win Heagy posted a discussion
Hi, A few questions about buying an Arducopter. 1) Are the kits and prebuilt models sold at udrones and jdrones considered Aducopter 1.x or 2.x models? 2) I'd like to add telemetry as well as FPV.  Udrones offers telemetry but only the 850 motors. …
Jul 18, 2011
Win Heagy replied to David's discussion Local Club/Activities Anyone Interested - Washington, DC area
"I live in NOVA (Leesburg area) and would be interested in at least meeting up to talk with others in the DC area working on UAVs. Drop me a note.

Win"
Feb 28, 2009
Win Heagy commented on Chris Anderson's blog post ArduPilot Assembly Instructions
"Great...thanks Chris! Win"
Feb 23, 2009
Win Heagy commented on Chris Anderson's blog post ArduPilot Assembly Instructions
"Is there a thread anywhere that discussed the inconsistency between the text, diagram and picture about where to plug the ESC into the Ardupilot? The text and diagram indicate OUT 1, but the picture shows it plugged into out 2? I thought I…"
Feb 22, 2009
Win Heagy left a comment for hoopty
"Hi...back in Sept you wrote
I get this. Me thinks the AVRstudio overwrote something. ANy ideas?

avrdude: stk500_getsync(): not in sync: resp=0x00
avrdude: stk500_disable(): protocol error, expect=0x14, resp=0x51
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Did you ever find the problem?…"
Feb 14, 2009
Win Heagy commented on Chris Anderson's blog post ArduPilot Assembly Instructions
"I want to mess with programming the ardupilot but I don't have the ESC yet. Is it Ok to plug a battery directly into OUT 1? I'm thinking the RC receiver batt pack. This should be the same voltage the ESC puts out? Right? This appears to be how the…"
Feb 14, 2009
Win Heagy commented on Chris Anderson's blog post ArduPilot home page
"Chris,

Thanks..helpful. This radio purchase is my biggest stummbling block. Glad to hear the 72mhz radios work Ok. Also, I have the LS2003 on the carrier board, but the connector is not the same. I soldered a header to the board for use with a…"
Feb 10, 2009
Win Heagy commented on Chris Anderson's blog post ArduPilot home page
"Ric,
Thanks...it is the RTF. The radio is the 6EXA. The manual mentions a flap control dial...I was assuming this was one of the AUX controls and was proportional? Of course I'd lose use of the flaps. If I could get this plane without the radio,…"
Feb 6, 2009
Win Heagy commented on Chris Anderson's blog post ArduPilot home page
"A few miscellaneous questions from someone just starting...

1) Can anyone make recommendations (beyond the Futaba 7C) for a 6-8 channel 2.4 Ghz radio that has a proportional aux control?

2) What is the requirement for fail safe capability on the…"
Feb 6, 2009