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Lititz, PA
About Me:
Onwer/CTO of application development firm - professional programmer by day. Robotics and RC hacker by night. I have put together and programmed various humanoid robots, 4/6 legged walkers, off-road rovers and now moving into the air with my robotics - the sea eventually
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
UPDATE - So after messing with the AR Drone 2.0 in Feb 2013, I got the bug, so I started planning out to build my own - learning about all the elecronics, etc. I started with an order of the DJI F450 kit - motor/esc included and 3D Robotics APM 2.5. I first tested the APM 2.5+ on my 6x6 robot platform from Minds-i. While waiting for parts I picked up a DJI Phantom - July 5th, 2013 - I am now addicted to everything RC flying. So as the turn of 2014 I have the DJI Phantom, DJI F450 which has flow with APM 2.5+, KK2.0 board and testbed for MultiWii. I have setup a full 3DR Quad kit with the works, APM 2.5+, telem, video kit and have done a number of great auto mission flights. Built the Talon Tricopter which ran with KK2.0 then switch over to APM 2.5, (never truely got it dialied in, kinda hate the rear servo, but love the profile) - so current Quad is Lynxmotion Hunter V-Tail, just build and working on electronics. I have since gotten into Fixed wing - practicing my skills for flying Wings, got FPV flights in with my Phantom FX-61 and have been building planes with speedbuild and scratch build plan/kits from Flite Test. Plan to get some of them flying APM 2.5+ for missions. I am hooked on building and flying - I think I may be more addicted to building and testing out how different things fly
Hometown:
Lititz, PA
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There has been so many technology advancements over the past couple years. Wanted to drop a line to see if you guys can point me to some websites for companies that provides UAVs or UAV packages to support Search and Rescue. I build my own stuff -…
"So after watching this, how about the land in your hand Lilly Camera drone"
"excellent news and I wish you lots of success in your venture"
"Ning shu - from a credibility standpoint - you say you have 50 thousand flying control systems in the US - what is your company? Name, website address - Most of us that follow the tech have (ex, post above Virtualrobotix - we know have been doing…"
"I pre-ordered, looking forward to working with this. If I wasn't on the other side of the Country I would come to the MakerFaire - good luck out there"
"I want one - this would definately be something I would back"
"I like to build my own, but I may have to buy one of these anyway just to test it out and supporting commercial growth of the hobby"
"Nice job 3DR - I see this going to Best Buy, now the end consumers can forget the AR Drone & Bebop for a real platform. For those that think the price is high, compare it to what you can get, Look at how expensive a DJI Phantom 2 Vision is -…"
"I backed an Early Chassis Kit - this is the kinda platform I have been looking for but I didn't feel like spending thousands on the tracked platforms that I have found so far. The less expensive one's really are not durable enough for much outside…"
"I think this is one of the most noble uses of our UAV technology - FPV, Mission Planning and computer vision - put to use to find someone lost or distressed - The viewpoints and areas that can be seen and searched are greatly expanded by the use of…"
"This one is less expensive:
http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/RPLIDAR-360-degree-Laser-Scanner-D..."
http://www.seeedstudio.com/depot/RPLIDAR-360-degree-Laser-Scanner-D..."
"Don't trip that would ruin your day"
"That 300 feet isn't going to hold up unless it can be proven some height limiter was actually active and prevented the DJI from going higher. I am pretty sure that it can be set with the software and may be by default, but I am pretty sure it can…"
"Trent
I am glad to hear you are not giving up. I was checking out the comments and was angered by some of the comments. Considering the state of public opinion and focus on our hobby, you made the right choice. I have great respect for your…"
I am glad to hear you are not giving up. I was checking out the comments and was angered by some of the comments. Considering the state of public opinion and focus on our hobby, you made the right choice. I have great respect for your…"
"Awesome work Bob - hoping from your contributions to the APM code base more of us will be looking to build some 3D reversing quadcopters."
"Woah - things are getting interesting. Congratz Colin"
