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Oklahoma City, OK


About Me:

I like to design and build and let others fly; don't get me wrong, I like to fly too, but the passion is in the work.


Hometown:

okc


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john bero commented on Richard Unwin's blog post First Flight with Auto Pilot Today (and anyone need a wind tunnel?)
"Straws work great,  I helped develop a small wind tunnel for middle school tech labs back in the early nineties.  We used the straws with good effect.  Our biggest problem was the development of a smoke generator and wand.  We settled  on a low…"
Sep 17, 2011
john bero posted photos
Apr 11, 2011
john bero commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Check out the GCS (and new soundtrack!) in the X-47B first flight video
"The air brake seemed to be fully deployed, It looked close to carrier landing.  Being the first flight, I wonder if they wanted to get some actual data on the robustness of the landing gear."
Feb 26, 2011
john bero commented on Paul Marsh's blog post YADIYDRONE
"Paul:  You may want to check out the Selig low reynolds # airfoil in place of a naca.  Selig is widly used in most small low speed aircraft such as rc airplanes.  I think there are cross ref. #'s  to the naca #'s availabel on the naca site.  It…"
Feb 14, 2011
john bero commented on T.D. Gonzales's blog post First attempt at LiPo charging--disaster
"Chris:  Did you get instructions with that unit?  I bought a simular one at Hobbypartz and it came in with the worst translation of chinese to english manual I have encountered to date.  And it was about twenty dollars more.  However, as you say it…"
Feb 10, 2011
john bero commented on Bernard Michaud's blog post Off-topic: water-jet backpack
"This looks like perfect mythbusters material.  Hey Guys, are you get'in this?"
Feb 10, 2011
john bero commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Trappy's NYC flight under FAA investigation
"And worth more at the end."
Feb 9, 2011
john bero commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Trappy's NYC flight under FAA investigation
"Sadly, its comming."
Feb 9, 2011
john bero commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Trappy's NYC flight under FAA investigation
"The AMA has allowed itself to be left behind on all the latest technology that has brought new and exciting changes to modern model aricraft hobby industry. The affordability and availability of parts coupled with broad experience and expertise from…"
Feb 7, 2011
john bero posted a discussion
Has anyone used this camera?  I bought it recently and have no good way to test it yet (waiting on some other items).  I am constructing a pan and tilt for it and I need to know how to Identify the orientation ie wich way is up?  I need to cut a…
Jan 27, 2011
john bero left a comment for Mark Grennan
"I live alone, found this hobby to be an intensive enjoyable pastime.  It challenges me to learn things that I never thought I would ever know about let alone care to know about.  It's addictive.  The biggest problem is finding a place to actually…"
Jan 27, 2011
john bero commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Book recommendation: The World's Worst Aircraft
"The geebee ws a leading edge design for one purpose: pylon racing. I would like to see this plane up against the stuff they race today. It might shock you."
Nov 28, 2010
john bero commented on Martin Bellomo's blog post NEW UAV
"I like it. It looks like you used autocad or equivelent to laser cut this on cnc, is that right? In that case it is not so labor intense or expensive providing you have access to the manufacturing equipment. The design looks robust enough to do what…"
Nov 4, 2010
john bero replied to Sian-Jie Ciou's discussion Can RC gear and XBee use 2.4Ghz both?
"Here is an answer I got from this fellow who tests rc gear and has a good site to explore.

Hi,

You'll have two problems.

1. The camera may interfere with your FASST receiver and reduce your range somewhat. The degree to which the range is…"
Oct 27, 2010
john bero commented on john bero's blog post Anyone know anything about these little radio modems (2watts)
"hay! thanks for the pdf"
Oct 14, 2010
john bero posted a blog post
Oct 14, 2010
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