Recent content by mgrennan

About RC pilots and general avation... Im not a pilot but I did pass grount school and I have 11 hours in the righr set. Other members of the club are retired B1 bomber crew and a lot of them work for the FAA. In my 30 years flying that seems normal. I know we have an influx of new people that...

I like and agree with your analogy. I an a AMA trainer for my RC club. Rules and training do exist for people how fly RC. RC pilots know a lot about generel avation because thay love aircraft. GA knows less about RC. But thay should.

I believe gopro is in partnership with 3DR.

I'll stand by ehat I said. I'll stop flying RC if it will make the skys safer. Man-ed planes have the rightaway. But dont you think it would be better if the maned planes knew where rc planes fly (where rc fields are) and stayed away? Im saying rc fields should be on fight charts/maps and...

Technically I dont de hoe thid could be true.

Very good. I'm working on a field charger with a DC-DC converter. Amazon.com: DROK® DC-DC Voltage Regulator Buck Converter 5-40V to 1.25-36V 8A Stepless Adjustable Output Step-down Module High Efficiency Stabilized Power Supply Maximum Power 160W: Electronics I'll bake the plug with some cut...

Because we can and 2 sec is better then 15 mins. GPS time is the biggest complaint I hear with GPS quads.

What GPS is used in the Solo? u-blox? Some GPS receivers provide for "Assisted GPS". This allows Sat ephemeris data to be loaded rather then received. Meaning, you can load the Sat table off the internet rather then receive it giving almost instant Time-To-First-Fix. Google Groups Code has...

How fare where you from the border? Might he be thinking your avoidance was because you had something to hide. Maybe he thought you where a drug runner. Please be careful. Once the Police State starts thinking in a direction they never believe they are wrong.

@ Absolutly! I'll give my RC stuff to make anyone safer. But time has shown we can do RC safely. I'd just like a little more respect coming this way. Models where in the air before maned aircraft.

Rants are great. I love talking (typing) through these things. At the TORKS (okc) we are within five miles of two airports and two Heli pads. We are "Flown" over all the time. We stay under 400 and mostly 200 feet 99% of the time. Still, we have a hand shake rule "No now files by...

Hello, I'm a hardware, systems and software engineer living in Oklahoma City. I've been an RC pilot as a young adult and again as and adult child. I started my career as a photographer (in high school). Having failed at that I switched to electronics, just as the microprocessor boom began...

Hello to everyone. I'm an electronics, systems and software engineer.

Hover is good. Both Apple and Google version are available. And, it more then just a map. B4UFLY sucks but what do you expect from Gov Developers.

I think you have a good idea of people concerns. My 40 year old RC field is inside the 5 mile limit (Yes we have a letter of under standing with the airport) but all the "air maps" I've see would restrict you from flying there. When you talk fencing, I agree with others that you are trying to...