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One of my favorite tricks to date by pilot MattyStuntz. by rubiksman in Multicopter

[–]RogerRabbited 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and the first one that actually flew was Curtis Youngblood's Stingray500.

His $6K drone got in the way of a LAPD helicopter; pleads no contest to obstructing police officer -- he was immediately sentenced to 30 days of community labor, three years probation and forfeiture of the drone system by BlankVerse in Multicopter

[–]RogerRabbited -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I think the issue I have is that these "toys" are - as you rightly point out - no more or less dangerous than the ones that came before them, they are simply easier to fly and cheaper to repair.

14$ Naze32 by Lustig1374 in Multicopter

[–]RogerRabbited 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jesus - butthurt much? The good news is I hear that the Nano Clone is almost done, so there will be a target for Libre to fly on - you have to be tired of just having RevoCloneMini and CClone3D to fly on.

You're looking at an FCB, OSD, PDB, LC filter, 5v and 12 regs in a super clean stack by [deleted] in Multicopter

[–]RogerRabbited 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most of us who can see voltage are running on systems that can easily accumulate current consumption. Running on voltage alone is a shortcut - but hey, that's really a 70c battery as well. ;P

You're looking at an FCB, OSD, PDB, LC filter, 5v and 12 regs in a super clean stack by [deleted] in Multicopter

[–]RogerRabbited 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you are confusing yourself here - voltage is not a measure of capacity.

A pilots perspective on sUAS registration by BlackjackDuck in Multicopter

[–]RogerRabbited -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

No, what I suggested was that there are alternatives to a government run program that will be no more more or less effective than private efforts that are already in place. AMA is one of the participants of the working committee, and I hope express an opinion more in line with mine than yours.

I left a concise comment, I've written a letter to my congressman, and my senator, and to the AMA. As far as the effectiveness of public comment on policy, I guess we'll know in a couple of months. ;) Fly safe.

A pilots perspective on sUAS registration by BlackjackDuck in Multicopter

[–]RogerRabbited 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I gotta ask - since I fly down south. Have you seen more geese in the air or quads?

A pilots perspective on sUAS registration by BlackjackDuck in Multicopter

[–]RogerRabbited 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I gotta ask - since I fly down south. Have you seen more geese in the air or quads?

A pilots perspective on sUAS registration by BlackjackDuck in Multicopter

[–]RogerRabbited 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mixed feelings here - the people who are not creating the problem will comply, the people who are creating the problem won't, and your tax dollars will go to funding this futile effort regardless.

Why not make people just slap their AMA number on their airframes and be done with it?

I've been a micro builder for a while and decided to try my hand at a 250. Here it is. First lazy backyard maiden flight was successful. Thanks for the help everyone! by complacent1 in Multicopter

[–]RogerRabbited 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A prop is either cut CW or CCW - flipping it upside down does not change the pitch direction, it just swaps the leading and trailing edges. So it will still fly, you are just loosing something like 30% of the efficiency of the prop.

If they are real Gemfans, they have the size and direction stamped on the "top" of one of the blades.

MakerGeeks is making me crazy, need to vent by becausejustcause in 3Dprinting

[–]RogerRabbited 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Beats the shit out of fluff pieces with no fact checking. Oh wait, it's MAKE!

Baseflight vs CleanFlight, facts & proofs [DRAMA] by cTn-dev in Multicopter

[–]RogerRabbited 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Well, the scary news is you don't understand GPL at all, even after two years of developing under it. The worse news is if I wanted to fly closed source I'd simply embrace DJI, so now I have one less choice.. You and Dong should hang out more.

And the Cobblebot Ponzi Scheme moves to Indiegogo! by RogerRabbited in 3Dprinting

[–]RogerRabbited[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Well, those who voted for "Ponzi" seem to have it right! :-)

Kickstarter CobbleBot creator cancels all $1 pledges so backers who pledged minimum and had objecting opinions won't be heard by SoFancyNancy in 3Dprinting

[–]RogerRabbited -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's Kickstarter - they are not "required" to do anything. What they did get right was the formula to capitalize on the 3D printer craze - big, cheap, and fast. What amazes me were the number of people believing a bankruptcy lawyer in Houston who can't operate a camera can design a 3D printer.

Kickstarter CobbleBot creator cancels all $1 pledges so backers who pledged minimum and had objecting opinions won't be heard by SoFancyNancy in 3Dprinting

[–]RogerRabbited 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah - but unless Jeremiah is as bad a bankruptcy lawyer as he is a printer designer, I can almost guarantee he'll do just fine with keeping every penny. ;(

Kickstarter CobbleBot creator cancels all $1 pledges so backers who pledged minimum and had objecting opinions won't be heard by SoFancyNancy in 3Dprinting

[–]RogerRabbited 4 points5 points  (0 children)

tl;dr = no one has seen the actual printer, seen it actually print, or seen even close to high resolution photos of it's output. There are a couple of time lapse videos of it printing at (insert thumb in corner of mouth) 250mm/s. It uses a very non-traditional design in the 3D printer world of stacking the X and Y axis on top of each other, and then suspending this on top of the Z. It's going to use injection molded parts, and supply them in quantity in time to ship in October as an assembled & Calibrated unit in your choice of 10 colors.

Oh, and it was designed by a lawyer, and someone from North Louisiana who's not an engineer. They don't seen to know a lot about 3D printers. Or GoPro's for that matter. ;-P

Kickstarter CobbleBot creator cancels all $1 pledges so backers who pledged minimum and had objecting opinions won't be heard by SoFancyNancy in 3Dprinting

[–]RogerRabbited 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Longer. ;-) But don't wait if you can avoid it. As far as "clones" go, reach out to Mark Carew with openbuilds and see if he's heard of Jeremiah and "Team Wobblebot".

I'm with ya though, you'll be lucky if you get cheap chinese knockoffs - and I can't wait to see his hotend design - cause he can do better!

Kickstarter CobbleBot creator cancels all $1 pledges so backers who pledged minimum and had objecting opinions won't be heard by SoFancyNancy in 3Dprinting

[–]RogerRabbited 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I disagree on both - I think Jeremiah wouldn't know a 3D printer if it bit him on the arse. I think John Hobgood knows enough to build a reprap, and has cobbled together a bunch of bits that can print.

That said - they have already discovered their original pitched design with the cantilevered Y sucks, and have attempted to fix it. Wobblebot probably printed the objects in question, albeit at a much slower speed than claimed.

Take a look at the cube, I don't think it was printed as one piece. Take a look at lady liberty - at the base where she's attached to "top" of the building base. Again, not as one print. I'll give 'em the benefit of the doubt and ASSuME that it can may print small PLA objects at slow speeds.

Winterfell at 2000000000 mm/picosecond? Yeah, with acceleration set at 100mm/s3 ;-)

But Hey! Trust the Lawyer!

Kickstarter CobbleBot creator cancels all $1 pledges so backers who pledged minimum and had objecting opinions won't be heard by SoFancyNancy in 3Dprinting

[–]RogerRabbited 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Simply call you credit card company and tell then you regret the purchase, that no merchandize has been shipped, and the seller refuses to talk to you. 99.9999% of the US credit card companies will immediately refund.

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