Charles K Taylor
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  • Grand Forks, ND
  • United States
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Android Support

Started this discussion. Last reply by druckgott Nov 11, 2011. 2 Replies

Is there any support for running this on Android.  It would be great to run this from a tablet.  I guess the most difficult part would be getting the tablet to talk to an Xbee.Continue

Giant Telemaster Twin Engine

Started this discussion. Last reply by Charles K Taylor Apr 14. 12 Replies

I am an UAS Operations student at UND and this is my current project, not school related.  This is a Giant Telemaster (12ft wingspan) that was built from a kit and flown for a few years.  The…Continue

 

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Charles K Taylor replied to Charles K Taylor's discussion Giant Telemaster Twin Engine
"We had considered flaperons to allow steeper approaches for the senior telemaster I use at work, University of North Dakota.  Unfortunately the autopilot we use, MicroPilot 2028g, does not allow for manual flap control and I am not sure…"
Apr 14

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Andrew Tridgell replied to Charles K Taylor's discussion Giant Telemaster Twin Engine
"Nice plane! I fly a senior telemaster with APM. One thing I've found very useful is to setup flaperons using a mixer, with flap angle controlled by a knob on the transmitter via channel 5. I've found that really useful during takeoff and…"
Apr 14
Charles K Taylor replied to Charles K Taylor's discussion Giant Telemaster Twin Engine
"Well I decided to save a few pounds and gain twice the static thrust by installing DLE-30cc gas engines instead of converted Ryobi's.  The 3 bladed props look great on the plane.  Today was the first engine run and they both ran like…"
Apr 14
Charles K Taylor replied to Charles K Taylor's discussion Giant Telemaster Twin Engine
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Apr 14
Charles K Taylor commented on Chad Frazer's blog post UAV First Build, Trying to Out Do the Shadow 200 by miles.
"I use a 200mw 5.8ghz system and have been pleased with it so far.  The standard definition feed was better quality then I expected but I use a GoPro HD for a camera so the sensor is pretty good and it will record the HD feed.  I also dont…"
Apr 10
Matthew Thomas replied to Charles K Taylor's discussion Giant Telemaster Twin Engine
"This is an awesome plane!! Keep up the good work!! I look forward to seeing this beast in action!"
Mar 11
Charles K Taylor replied to R_Lefebvre's discussion Why not twin engine?
"I know this thread is pretty old but thought you might be interested in this: http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/giant-telemaster-twin-engine?xg_source=activity Its a giant telemaster converted to twin engine."
Feb 13
Charles K Taylor replied to Charles K Taylor's discussion Giant Telemaster Twin Engine
"Things left to complete:  Mount engines, throttle servos, gas tanks, aileron linkages, and finally covering the beast! The wing struts stiffened up the wing nicely.  "
Feb 12
Charles K Taylor replied to Charles K Taylor's discussion Giant Telemaster Twin Engine
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Feb 12
druckgott replied to Charles K Taylor's discussion Android Support
"Here you can finde it: http://code.google.com/p/copter-gcs/ what Michael mentiond"
Nov 11, 2011

Developer
Michael Oborne replied to Charles K Taylor's discussion Android Support
"no, the planner doesnt support android. there is one called coptergcs that does though"
Nov 8, 2011
Charles K Taylor replied to Mike's discussion Minor feature requests...
"Great list! I never thought about how to improve all those scenarios but now that you have brought them up it would add a tremendous amount of polish and efficiency to a great program."
Nov 8, 2011
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Nov 8, 2011
Charles K Taylor replied to Charles K Taylor's discussion Giant Telemaster Twin Engine
"an aluminum wing tube was added through each nacelle transfering the weight to the wing box on the fuselage.  The inner wing was area was sheeted to help with the torque placed on the wing since all the weight is out in front of the wing.…"
Nov 7, 2011
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Nov 7, 2011

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Gary Mortimer replied to Charles K Taylor's discussion Giant Telemaster Twin Engine
"Well I would certainly be adding some carbon to the wings to help cope with all the extra load. Looking forward to seeing it fly."
Nov 7, 2011

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About Me:
I am a senior student at University of North Dakota. My major is UAS Operations. I also fly a few different UA's for UND Aersospace. I have my commercial multi-engine instrument cert and currently working on my CFI.
Tell us a bit about your UAV interest
My goal is to turn UAS into a career. I hope to first deploy as a contractor to gain real world experience for a few years after graduating.
Hometown:
Grand Forks

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