About

Gender

Male


Location

New Bedford, MA


About Me:

I currently work for a local Law Enforcement Agency in Southeastern MA. I'm also the founder of the BGC Aviation Program & New Bedford Chapter of the MESA rcFoam Fighters, which is a program that brings RC-Aviation using the MESA (Math, Engineering, Science and Achievement)model to reach at-risk youth. (www.MESArcFoamFighters.com) GOOGLE GROUP: Southeastern Massachusetts-UAV https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/sema-uav


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Looking to work with Youth building various scratch-builds and experimenting with FPV/UAV. Currently work with Peace Drone, Fat-Shark, Eagle Tree Pro OSD, Guardian 2D/3D, GoPro2 Personally, I've been flying full scale for years and worked in the aviation field for close 10 years, and everywhere in between. This eventually lead me to finding this GREAT hobby of RC flying.


Hometown:

New Bedford, MA


Activity Feed

Mike V replied to Arnt-Inge Hansen's discussion Spektrum DX8, 6 flights mode with one singel channel, by FM and Gear Switch
"Finally...  a way that worked for me..... thank you for this post.  For some reason all the other ones, didn't work for me, you had to have in heli mode etc... this was perfect.   Thank you."
Aug 10, 2014
Mike V replied to J M's discussion Do I need the PPM encoder to connect the ar8000 to Pixhawk?
"I just configured my Y6 / Pixhawk using the satellite rx from the AR8000.... awesome! I mounted it on the top of the back boom close to the frame. Although... I'm curious, I saw another setup with it mounted on its side like satellite RX's usually…"
Aug 9, 2014
Mike V replied to Michael Bucher's discussion What exactly causes the "Alt Disparity" error?
"I was actually wondering the same thing?  I was getting it as well.  let me know when you find out :)"
Aug 9, 2014
Mike V replied to J M's discussion Do I need the PPM encoder to connect the ar8000 to Pixhawk?
"Thank you...  that makes pefect sense.   :)   LOL    Sounds good."
Aug 9, 2014
Mike V replied to J M's discussion Do I need the PPM encoder to connect the ar8000 to Pixhawk?
"Why,  you can't do a range test through your transmitter as normal?  

-Mike"
Aug 9, 2014
Mike V replied to J M's discussion Do I need the PPM encoder to connect the ar8000 to Pixhawk?
"No kidding???  Wow this is awesome, I always thought satalite rx's were not as capable as the main rx?  So range isn't an issue?    Just one last question?  Ususally I bind to the AR8000... how would I bind my DX8 to the satalite on the Y6?

You the…"
Aug 9, 2014
Mike V replied to J M's discussion Do I need the PPM encoder to connect the ar8000 to Pixhawk?
"Newb here (to pixhawk anyway)....  I actually just got my 3DR Y6 and it's all set up,  I set up the satalite via the plug area on the Pixhawk but I'm at a loss for how to connect to my AR8000 receiver.  I got the RFT Y6 so it's all set up for me and…"
Aug 8, 2014
Mike V replied to Bill Patterson's discussion Can someone explain ROI a little bit?
"I have what I think is a really silly question for you guys... as a fairly new person and someone who doesn't script by any means or know anything about it. But the idea is in my head and I'm just thinking out loud (sort of speak)  
I know ROI will…"
Aug 7, 2014
Mike V replied to Wing's discussion Using sensors from EagleTree/eLogger (datalogger/OSD Pro)
"After reading this I was curious if there was anyway of using the EagleTree OSD Pro in line with the Pixhawk instead of using the MinimOSD? Just curious? "
Jul 17, 2014
Mike V posted a discussion in Learning to program the Ardupilot Mega
Hey Guys,I'm hoping someone here can point me in the right direction.  I founded a program that brings RC Aviation to at-risk youth.  We're currently in various Boys & Girls Clubs.  This year we're experimenting with a couple scratch build programs…
Oct 6, 2012
Mike V commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Here's the page for local DIY Drones fly/meetup groups. Add yours (or make one)!
"Sorry Chris messed up once again (can ya tell I'm tired)...  It's the weekend...  The actual link is:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/sema-uav"
Sep 1, 2012
Mike V commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Here's the page for local DIY Drones fly/meetup groups. Add yours (or make one)!
"Thanks Chris...  I think the link needs to be uddated.  I just changed the name.  

Sorry... it's now SEMA-UAV (southeastern MA) so the link is now:  https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/sema-uav  

Sorry about that...  the name just made better…"
Sep 1, 2012
Mike V commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Here's the page for local DIY Drones fly/meetup groups. Add yours (or make one)!
"Comment by Mike Valler 2 seconds agoDelete Comment
I just created a Google Group in hopes that those in the area of Southeastern Massachusetts (New Bedford, Dartmouth areas) might be interested in getting together to create a group.   If you are…"
Sep 1, 2012