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Novato, CA


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captaingeek commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post Trappy's Counsel File Motion To Dismiss
"GOOD! burn his ass at the stake. He's taking advantage of our hobby and breaking the law. He should be jailed / deported."
Oct 28, 2013
captaingeek replied to Markus B's discussion APM 2.5 slow blinking red LED, no contact with MP. Reprogram 32U2 OK.
"I have the same problem on a APM2.5 with very light use, no abuse. Just happened 1 day. It was running fine, no changes we're made as far as hardware or software. Powered up left it for a few minutes to get GPS lock the heard the ESC's reset and it…"
Oct 10, 2013
captaingeek replied to Stefano Santucci's discussion APM 2.5 dead but alive (led) in ArduCopter User Group
"Same exact behavior except I have a red alive led"
Sep 2, 2013
captaingeek replied to Stefano Santucci's discussion APM 2.5 dead but alive (led) in ArduCopter User Group
"Same problem here. Apm 2.5 less than a year old. Never abused. Just flew a few packs no problem. Plugged in a fresh pack and let GPS lock. After a couple of minutes it died. Esc's started beeping like signal was lost. Plug it in and leds flash, then…"
Sep 2, 2013
captaingeek posted a blog post
  Video Series on how to fly rc helicopters / quad copters. The video above is one of the last videos in the series. Maybe a little basic for most here but good for beginners. Complete playlist here:
Jan 9, 2013
captaingeek commented on Marco's blog post Italian Enthusiasm - Above the Clouds Drone
"nice job"
Jan 3, 2013
captaingeek commented on Manfred Dickgiesser's blog post T-Rex 600E Pro setup
"very nice work!! clean job."
Jan 2, 2013
captaingeek commented on Marooned's blog post Configure LEDs and beeper in Mission Planner
"very awesome, this should be integrated with the rest of the code!"
Nov 29, 2012
captaingeek posted a blog post
  This is my first real test flight of the APM 2.5 on my Ace Quad copter. Its a pretty good demo of what it can do. During the manual control I switch back and forth between stabilize and loiter modes. 0:00 - 1:30 warm up 1:30 start auto mode…
Nov 28, 2012
captaingeek replied to Søren Kuula's discussion How to restart waypoint flight?
"For me, I switch from stable to auto. The auto mission completes. I switch back to stable mode. If I want to, I can go right back into auto mode and it will restart the mission."
Nov 21, 2012
captaingeek left a comment on Moderators
"so the 2 blog post that are pending should be deleted?
one by EllisSu the other by
BMF DRASTIK as Drone                        Added by Gustav Kuhn
(BMF) DRASTIK Build Log"
Nov 21, 2012
captaingeek left a comment on Moderators
"ok - for users, I'm not seeing much when I click view. Are we generally just approving these? There's one pending right now:
csp                                        Male porto PT
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Nov 21, 2012
captaingeek left a comment on Moderators
"Hi all I'm new here but am willing to help out.
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Nov 20, 2012
captaingeek left a comment on San Francisco Bay Area FPV / UAV Hobby Group
"Hi Brian, do you still need someone to do a demo?"
Nov 20, 2012
captaingeek replied to Shyam Balasubramanian's discussion IDEA Required: For a Master Thesis Project.
"how about putting your 2 ideas together.
 
Drop the battery life all together, go tethered and avoid the obstacle of a power source wires?"
Nov 20, 2012
captaingeek replied to Jake Bayless's discussion Octo-X, bicycle wheel design #2.
"awesome idea. does it fly yet? fly well?

:D"
Nov 20, 2012
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