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ken commented on trappy's blog post Stunt sheep
"Loved the video. I work at UVa and was quite happy to see not just campus but also buildings that I am in a lot. I wish that I would have know about the flight, I would have love to help out or just watch. Are you planning any more flights in the…"
Nov 22, 2011
ken commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Plans for an open source RC Transmitter
"Seems like we already almost have this, with the Android GCS and a standard APM setup. All we need to do is cut out the bottom of a transmitter to make room for a phone. Or in the spirit of this project, make a very basic open source transmitter…"
Jul 20, 2011
ken commented on robert bouwens's blog post Sebastian O.H. Madgwick's Filter in action
"Forgive my ignorance, but I have a few questions (which I hope are neither too dumb nor too forward). How much drift are you talking about, a few degrees per second? Shouldn't that be fixed with a magnetometer? Isn't the quaternion version the same…"
Jul 10, 2011
ken commented on Toby Mills's blog post Endurance, Range and Speed
"I love both the mathematical modeling and dynamic calibration. Both would be extremely useful.
The model would be very useful to plan a design and to benchmark your build. If your model isn't performing where you would expect, it could help you…"
Jul 10, 2011
ken commented on Chris Anderson's blog post APM Mission Planner now has voice and datalogging!
"Thanks for clarifying. So are linux numbers actually falling or just the relative percentages? It seems that as the site and community go more mainstream, then the percentages would also go more mainstream (dropping the relatively 'high' numbers of…"
Jun 28, 2011
ken commented on Chris Anderson's blog post APM Mission Planner now has voice and datalogging!
"If the code doesn't work in linux, I would expect fewer linux users to go to the download page. What does google analytics say about the main page views, or better the APM / ACM wiki manuals? Maybe some day I will take some time to look at the code…"
Jun 27, 2011
ken commented on Bart's blog post Copter-GCS: Android ground station for ArduCopter
"I was thinking more about being able to mount the phone to a RC transmitter and being able to walk around while leaving the laptop station, well, stationary. Also it would provide a way to use the android app without buying extra hardware. If I felt…"
Jun 9, 2011
ken commented on Bart's blog post Copter-GCS: Android ground station for ArduCopter
"@healthfatboy, it looks like he has a custome xbee to bluetooth box. The google-code page shows the hardware and links to buy the same.

@Bart, I really like the idea and want to use it. What about getting the info from a hosted laptop using either…"
Jun 9, 2011
ken commented on Chris Anderson's blog post More than a million page views a month here!
"Pi is a very good number (pages / visit)"
Jun 8, 2011
ken commented on Ralph Castain's blog post ROS-ArduPilotMega Integration
"Very exciting. I look forward to seeing it evolve. Do you have current code posted anywhere?"
May 26, 2011
ken commented on DaveyWaveyBunsenBurner's blog post DIY Drones Site Guidelines Reminder
"So what happens to blog posts that are rejected? Are they still published under that user's blog but not shown on the main page, or are they rejected for that users page also?"
May 23, 2011
ken commented on Alpo Hassinen's blog post TaigaCam, ROBUST plane for aerial photography
"@krzysztof That depends on what one defines as a successful mission. If all you care about is the imagery at the end of the day, well yes then success is dependent on a synthesis of many things where any crash (damaging or not) will be considered…"
May 18, 2011
ken commented on Alpo Hassinen's blog post TaigaCam, ROBUST plane for aerial photography
"Really great video. In fact I have loved all of you videos.

Thanks"
May 17, 2011
ken commented on Michael Springer's blog post ArdupilotMegaPlanner runs natively on ubuntu linux with the program mono
"There was a good thread in the forum about this. I tried out the mission planner in mono but it is still not working for me to upload firmware or run the terminal. I was thinking of just doing it via the Arduino IDE instead and using the CLI, but I…"
May 17, 2011
ken commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New product in the DIY Drones store: APM telemetry kit!
"duh, I should have looked at the DIY store. Thx"
Apr 21, 2011
ken commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New product in the DIY Drones store: APM telemetry kit!
"@jack: Not much of an apparent markup, rather they chose more expensive xbee modules. You won't find the Xbee Pro 900 MHz 50 mW with an SMA connector for cheaper than DIYdrones (I assume via sparkfun) at $55. My quick search on google…"
Apr 21, 2011
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