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dydx commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Canberra UAV video deliverable for the 2012 UAV Outback Challenge
"The credits on the video say "Paul Tridgell", I'm confused."
Apr 24
dydx commented on Michael Smith's blog post Drone hater or exhaust spewer?
"On point 2. Interestingly there is an autopilot project called Paparazzi"
Feb 21
dydx commented on Jordi Muñoz's blog post Please welcome ArduPilotMega 2.0!
"Perhaps I may have missed it in another blog post, but has the schematic been released?"
Dec 1, 2011
dydx commented on ernani reis's blog post Safety RX switch from HK
"Same as the failsafe mux right?"
Aug 4, 2011
dydx commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Video of 3D printed plane flying
"Really impressive, I agree with what Mathew is saying. You can't compare a desktop inkjet to a newspaper printing press. To be able to design (and test/simulate!!) a highly complex CAD model then have it be created to exacting…"
Aug 4, 2011
dydx commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Long article in Smithsonian magazine about civilian UAVs
"I'm always confused when I read things like this: somebody will need to work out some glitches: a few months after that drug bust at sea, Navy operators in Maryland experienced a “lost link”—like losing your wireless…"
Jun 23, 2011
dydx commented on Starlino's blog post DCM Tutorial – An Introduction to Orientation Kinematics
"The thing that I keep struggling with is why I don't see a Euler equation like this anywhere.   When you say: Please note that we’re stressing out that these are small rotations, since in general when you combine large rotations the…"
Jun 6, 2011
dydx commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New DIY Drones product preview: the PhoneDrone board for Android!
"Excellent. Thanks to Michael for the technical explanation and Chris for the strategic explanation."
May 12, 2011
dydx commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New DIY Drones product preview: the DroneDroid board!
"So its also acting as an IO interface board for sensors other than the phone's IMU/GPS/compass, such as: Pressure sensors.....actually I can't think of much else...?"
May 12, 2011
dydx commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New DIY Drones product preview: the DroneDroid board!
"Looks very cool. But can someone help me better understand how it all works? So is it kind of like one of these but with all the control coming from the android phone? Does that mean the phone will be situated on the plane?"
May 12, 2011
dydx commented on Nuno Guedes's blog post Smallest and lightest quadcopter in the World?
"Lol, the guys in the video seem like they have just pulled an all-nighter."
May 2, 2011
dydx commented on Earl's blog post Intersting UAV
"Yes, does look interesting and very polished. But the setup time..... Surely an airframe that small can be hand launched??"
Apr 19, 2011
dydx commented on Chris Anderson's blog post DIY Drones passes 15,000 members!
"Would be interesting to know what caused the significant spike back around August last year. Good to see that average traffic has now almost reached the level of that spike. Keep up the good work folks."
Apr 3, 2011
dydx commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post New format for international UAV Outback Challenge to boost competition
"bi-annual sounds good to me. Hopefully it will mean more teams can compete."
Mar 17, 2011
dydx commented on Chris Anderson's blog post ArduPilot Mega now available as an all-in-one kit
"ah k. Forgot IMU has FTDI on board."
Mar 15, 2011
dydx commented on Chris Anderson's blog post ArduPilot Mega now available as an all-in-one kit
"This is a great idea. A couple of questions:   - Was consideration made to include the FTDI programmer cable? Most people starting out will need one of these too. - Is the APM purchased from Sparkfun and included in the kit or does the store…"
Mar 14, 2011

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BEng in Avionics from QUT.

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