evilmacaw
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  • Sarasota, FL
  • United States
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Looking for TX with 3 position switch 2.4Ghz type

Started this discussion. Last reply by Tom Paton Apr 5, 2011. 7 Replies

HEY Jordi the store is not working

Started this discussion. Last reply by Benjamin Lanehart Dec 7, 2009. 13 Replies

ardupilot manual

Started this discussion. Last reply by Brady D Apr 15. 5 Replies

 

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evilmacaw commented on Mike's blog post Underwater Glider Completes First-Ever Unmanned Ocean Crossing
"Jay , yes that is the standard design ,been in use for more than 20 years and you are correct it is a displacement piston , i used the ballast pump designation as something nearly every one would understand , oh very early designs actuality had a…"
May 4
evilmacaw commented on Mike's blog post Underwater Glider Completes First-Ever Unmanned Ocean Crossing
"the extreme angles of attack are required because while they look and "fly" like an airplane  a) water is 66 times denser and b) the ballast system (and propulsion system one in the same ) literally only varies the weight by onces not…"
May 4
evilmacaw commented on John Arne Birkeland's blog post Confessions of a gadget addict...
"John,i will have to agree with you ,WHAT SELL !!! from my cold dead hands ,But i have to agree with George too i hate you ;-) nothing personal ya know !  since my heart attack and stent a few months ago i have the time but i will never be able…"
May 1
Brady D replied to evilmacaw's discussion ardupilot manual
" Changed all these to 1 then connected then changed them back to my desired values. "
Apr 15

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Brian left a comment for evilmacaw
"evilmacaw, do you have any details on replacement wings for the Projet Nitro-003 RQ-11 model?  I need a new wing..."
Jan 12
evilmacaw replied to Red Goldman's discussion Heat sensing cameras for UAVs
"i have just seen an ad for a consumer grade thermal imager  for hunters available in the US for just less than $3K sorry no link :( "
Jan 3
evilmacaw commented on Andrew Tridgell's blog post new ArduPlane feature - geo-fencing
"I love it  now all i have to do is afford an APM2 and i still have not gotten the hang of the Legacy  sigh ! "
Dec 25, 2011
evilmacaw commented on agmatthews's blog post Attack of the birds
"Parrot`s, Macaw`s and Cockatoo`s including all the smaller members of of the species are far more intelligent that you relies , they have very long lives 50-70 years  even the smaller ones go 30+ years  and part of that long life span is…"
Aug 6, 2011
Tom Paton replied to evilmacaw's discussion Looking for TX with 3 position switch 2.4Ghz type
"I eventually managed to program the 3-way switch on the Turnigy 9X: http://rcav.posterous.com/programming-an-ardupilot-mode-switch-for-turn "
Apr 5, 2011
evilmacaw replied to Thomas J Coyle III's discussion The Raven Drone
"Dave, i just ordered two sets  from you as soon as i woke up  !!!"
Feb 15, 2011
evilmacaw replied to Andrew Van Der Plaats's discussion Nitroplane RQ-11 Fiberglass ARF kit
"I just got word from Dave of Aerosight innovations  that one of his co conspirators will be offering the wing joiner set  and other improvement parts for the Nitro RQ-11 on e-bay very soon !!! OH YES !!! i will be posting the listing After…"
Feb 13, 2011
evilmacaw commented on Chris Anderson's blog post New from HobbyKing: parafoil gondola
"i just had contact with them about my order of the FASST RX`s a few minutes ago  was told it was in the printing que for pulling and shipping  ordered 4 days ago"
Feb 10, 2011
evilmacaw commented on Bernard Michaud's blog post Off-topic: water-jet backpack
"Very clever  turning a jet ski around  adding a remote throttle  and some plumbing parts , the nozzles are not throttled ,mass shift controls it  and you "fall " and you get wet  COOL ;)"
Feb 10, 2011
evilmacaw commented on Sandro Benigno's blog post The Attack of the Clones
"Rana ,  if it is with analog  servos  disable the failsafe  on the RX  you can find the info on the item page just below  the price bar and the add bar at top of the reviews look to the right for the "files"…"
Feb 6, 2011
evilmacaw commented on Sandro Benigno's blog post The Attack of the Clones
"i got mine for 30 bucks not 40"
Feb 6, 2011
evilmacaw commented on Sandro Benigno's blog post The Attack of the Clones
"as soon as i got notice of them being available  i ordered 2 of them  for 2/3 of a factory RX"
Feb 6, 2011

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Ok i have the Easy Star , i have gotten the Ardupilot board (dang it is so small ) i wonder if my shaky hands can solder it togather .i have ordered my 2.4 Ghz radio a Fubata 7C with the digital…

Posted on May 16, 2009 at 8:09am 2 Comments

Ok i have the Easy Star , i have gotten the Ardupilot board (dang it is so small ) i wonder if my shaky hands can solder it togather .i have ordered my 2.4 Ghz radio a Fubata 7C with the digital servos pack (these are for working another project www.paintballsentry.com it is evil MUW HA HA HA HA) i ordered my video link TX 900Mhz and from Range Video i got my camera and the Easy Star canopy replacment pan /tilt mount (very cool) .



i still lack an FMA ,and GPS and a few other parts… Continue

new here

Posted on March 17, 2009 at 12:19pm 2 Comments

hi all ,

i am new to RC and very intrested in building an AUV ,so in what is going to take some time to buy and assemble all the elements project, i have just ordered an EasyStar as my base unit off of which i will build my own drone , in my area finding a thermal is as easy as follow the Buzzard :) cause i have plenty of them around here LOL . i have spent two days going thru some of the forum and posts and can see i have a lot to learn and will need the help from other members to get… Continue

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At 8:23pm on January 12, 2012,
Moderator
Brian
said…

evilmacaw, do you have any details on replacement wings for the Projet Nitro-003 RQ-11 model?  I need a new wing...

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