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Male
About
Location
Wausau, WI
About Me:
I'm more of a hardware guy but do some programming, im trying to learn a little bit more about C++ and arduino, and am excellent at solving hardware related problems.
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I want to create/help create uav hardware, I like the challenge. starting with a few additions to an existing autopilot system and working my way up to a whole autopilot system. Imus are my favorite because of their complexity and decreasing cost.
Hometown:
san fransisco
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" "the process several times to no avail was fired from the pistol" I think it means that they were trying to shoot down the helicopter with the pistol, since this was more of a protest it kind of makes sense."
"How long ago did you think of using 1 chip like the atmega16u or atmega32u for the mux and usb? I ask beacuse I had it in a board design about a year ago and i like it that the diy drones development team thought about it too."
"I was supposed to be in this, but our robot didn't get finished in time, for the first 4 weeks of build time our team spent most of its time running around trying to figure out what to do, if we are to participate in first next year we will need…"
"marco, to avoid buying all that helium you co0uld electrolise water to make hydrogen instead, and have the whole electroliser assembly pressurised to 20 or so psi to avoid compressing it after it comes out of the electroliser to bottle it. it may…"
"you might be able to get away with using a dragonfly rc toy and outfitting it with a arduimu+ to save on weight beacuse you would have only 1 board, but i agree with paul, if you are not an expert, a flapping wing aircraft is probably not for you,…"
"pete, I am making a board similar to what is requested on this page too, only for the regular ardupilot, if you are willing i could use your help too, also I could adapt my board designs for use on the ardupilot mega.
my project page can be found…"
my project page can be found…"
"something like this would really increase development on the original ardupilot, I myself have actually been working on something for it myself. http://www.diydrones.com/forum/topics/ardupilot-imu is basically a stripped down oilpan for the original…"
"I have recently been working on this : http://www.diydrones.com/forum/topics/ardupilot-imu
it is basically a stripped down oilpan for the regular ap that should cost around $35-40 dollars for a production version, if you are interested I can share…"
it is basically a stripped down oilpan for the regular ap that should cost around $35-40 dollars for a production version, if you are interested I can share…"
"i have switched the bma 180 to a axl345 as it is cheaper and readially avalible"
"good work!"
"ii have hit a wall in parts not being avalable for a couple weeks but i re calculated mu cost and came up with about $30
for a board (prototype)"
for a board (prototype)"
"good work, if you need any help on the electronics or mechanics, i can help. I go toa school that does alot of student led learning and this is just the tye of thing i am looking for for a progect. good luck!"
"instead of a plane / glider you could probably go with a paraglider which solves alot of problems with this type of setup.
here is a parafoil that would probably meet your needs and is cheap:…"
here is a parafoil that would probably meet your needs and is cheap:…"
"this is definately a dual motor variable pitch quad, it took me until the pictures of the gear assemblys to figure it out though! good luck and document your results well. I was actually planning to build one with your type of gear setup only with a…"
"the orintation and force could e used as an imu, it has gyros, accels, ans a 3axis magnometer for $70, much less than anything like it : http://www.rclogger.com/index.php/products/add-on-orientation-a-g-f..."
