Post by rickc on May 20, 2014 22:07:48 GMT -8
RickC
A middle aged Canadian from Southern British Columbia who has been building and flying RC models for nearly 40 years . I am also a certified Electronics Engineer with extensive component level hardware design and troubleshooting as well as research for oil / gas exploration , seismic telemetry and micro-controller applications . Patents applied thru Litton Resources Systems (Houston, Texas) for various land and marine based seismic data acquisition systems .
I am relatively new to helis but find the flight reflexes for flying airplanes is helping a lot . Helis are ; Different !
My quads at this point : 1) Walkera QRX350 with the FPV options .
2) DJI Flamewheel 450 set up for FPV using Walkera equipment . ARDUpilot CPU flying remotely using GoogleEarth Pro for the
GPS waypoints / mapping functionality .
My Flyable Planes : 1) Ugly Stick (Twin Engine)
2) Telemaster (Trainer)
3) KAOS (Pattern)
4) Ultimate KAOS (Pattern)
5) Various personal designs
Flight Simulators : 1) Clearview
2) BMI
3) FMS
RC flight Instructor for : Basic , Intermediate , Beginner Pattern , Combat , Formation .
A middle aged Canadian from Southern British Columbia who has been building and flying RC models for nearly 40 years . I am also a certified Electronics Engineer with extensive component level hardware design and troubleshooting as well as research for oil / gas exploration , seismic telemetry and micro-controller applications . Patents applied thru Litton Resources Systems (Houston, Texas) for various land and marine based seismic data acquisition systems .
I am relatively new to helis but find the flight reflexes for flying airplanes is helping a lot . Helis are ; Different !
My quads at this point : 1) Walkera QRX350 with the FPV options .
2) DJI Flamewheel 450 set up for FPV using Walkera equipment . ARDUpilot CPU flying remotely using GoogleEarth Pro for the
GPS waypoints / mapping functionality .
My Flyable Planes : 1) Ugly Stick (Twin Engine)
2) Telemaster (Trainer)
3) KAOS (Pattern)
4) Ultimate KAOS (Pattern)
5) Various personal designs
Flight Simulators : 1) Clearview
2) BMI
3) FMS
RC flight Instructor for : Basic , Intermediate , Beginner Pattern , Combat , Formation .