panther3001

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Join Date Jan 24, 2013
Articles 12
Occupation
Aerospace Research Engineer
Interests
RC Airplanes, electronics, Arduino, snowboarding, high-speed ripstiking, waterskiing. Ok.....so mostly RC airplanes and Arduino....:). See my website here: http://electricrcaircraftguy.com/
Biography
[https://www.electricrcaircraftguy.com/] [https://github.com/ElectricRCAircraftGuy] I'm an aerospace research engineer. I have a background in Aeronautical engineering, and now regularly use embedded programming/Arduino to solve many engineering challenges. I enjoy putting electrical engineering, microcontrollers, and control algorithms together to solve tough problems. Here's one example, for instance: a self-flying indoor quadcopter. It is using an Ardupilot for inner-loop stabilization, an Arduino nano and PIC microcontroller to communicate with an RC Tx (Turnigy 9XR) through the trainer ports, and a custom MATLAB program I wrote to do the outer-loop controls and navigation of the vehicle....ie: it flies itself with custom code that I wrote! :) The Ardupilot is simply in "stabilize" mode, as if a regular RC pilot were flying it! To see it in action, copy and paste this link to a preliminary YouTube video demonstrating an early flight test here: http://bit.ly/QuadrotorVideo1.
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Recommended Soldering Kit & Tutorials

Links & description of a variety of soldering tools and equipment, incl. links to great soldering tutorials at the end.

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Propeller Static & Dynamic Thrust Calculation

I've been working on a simple static & dynamic thrust calculation. This eqn is based only on prop diam. & pitch, & RPMs.

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7/19/13

Staples Stingray Glider Sneak Peak-flies 1/5 mile

The Stingray, a free flight bungee-launched glider I designed, based on the Nutball, which flies up to 1/5 of a mile!

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7/14/13

Getting into Scratch Building - 20+ Planes

I provide links to all of FliteTest's swappable series planes & describe where their powerpod can be used elsewhere too.

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4/30/13

Beginner RC Helicopter

I introduce the FP100 micro heli,then discuss the advantages of a 4Ch over a 3Ch heli,& include a parts list for extras.

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2/24/13

Thunder AC680/AC6 Charger & Data-Logging Software

Since I so often recommend to beginners that they buy this charger,I decided to also teach 'em how to setup its software

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Heavy-Duty Connectors & Large Gauge Wire

I wanted to see if soldering 10AWG wire to an XT60 connector was practical. I was able to solder a 7AWG wire w/no problm

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Beginner Airplane Setup - Hawk Sky or Bixler v1.1

There are a thousand different opinions out there about which "beginner airplane" is the best. The truth is, there is...

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Parallel Charging Your LiPo Batteries

This article explains how parallel charging works, what it is, & some basics about how to do it, incl. tips and safety.

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Dream-Flight Alula (hand/discuss-launched glider) Resurrection, Description, & First Flights

This is me simply describing my new (actually just new to me, as it is a used, hand-me-down plane that was trashed)...

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This is What a NutBall Can Do!

This is a short (very windy) flight review and verbal description of my FliteTest Swappable NutBall airplane. It flies...

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Motor Thrust Angles--Down and to the Right---Why?

As experienced modelers know, many aircraft fly better with the motor angled a few degrees down, and a few degrees to...

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