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Location

Falls Church City


About Me:

Landscape architect specializing in surveillance aerostat based photography and 3d visualizations.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

airphotoslive.com


Hometown:

Kent Island


Activity Feed

curt westergard replied to StratDat's discussion Newbie challenge: high altitude drop
"I would be happy to help with this...but can only haul UAV's to 1200 feet with one of our tethered aerostats. We often play with paper airplane drops."
Jul 5, 2008
curt westergard commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Microsoft Virtual Earth now accepting DIY aerial imagery
"We produce full 360 degree spherical panoramas above many cities with our tethered surveillance aerostat balloon. The resolution is very very good and it is an exciting QTVR format with no blind spots. See www.westergard.com or airphotoslive. Jeff,…"
Jul 5, 2008
curt westergard replied to Chris Anderson's discussion Are you working on an Amateur UAV project?
"Chris,
I need to speak to you about a confidential search and recovery (SAR) expedition we are preparing for. It involves customizing one of our tethered surveillance aerostats traversing very difficult terrain. We have a need for wireless video,…"
Jul 5, 2008
curt westergard left a comment for Zlatko Ivancok
"what are you flying?"
Jun 29, 2008
curt westergard left a comment for curt westergard
"Mr. Anderson or others,
Got and build the Pandora Pan and Tilt unit with the Future Hobbies k131 camera. A little confused on wiring. Seems like camera runs on 5 volts...does this mean you can run it right to the Futaba receiver and get the power…"
Jun 29, 2008
curt westergard commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Testing three pan-tilt gimbals
"This comparison has saved me much work and grief. I thank you for sharing it. It is exactly what I have been planning to do this week. I just got the Pandora and was looking for a video showing it in action. I mount mine on our surveillance aerostat…"
Jun 15, 2008
curt westergard left a comment for Richard Devlin
"Is this the Mr. Devlin formerly with the thermal imaging firm?"
Jun 15, 2008