13-Nov-2017, 10:51 PM
Just joined about an hour ago, and thought I'd start off by introducing myself here. Seems like the right thing to do
My name is Eric, and I live in the Netherlands. Haarlem, to be exact. Just added that ot the FPV map here on this site.
I already passed the 50 years of age mark, and work as a mechanical engineer in machine building (defense and automotive before that).
I stem from 1:1 aviation, and started tinkering with Arduinos and Raspberry Pies about three yers ago. Somewhere along the line, I found that others had made a flight controller out of an Arduino UNO, so I just had to make that work too. So, after an initial "investment" in the cheapest possible transmitter / receiver combo, I tinkered away until I got the PWM values on an LCD screen, and then I knew for sure I could make that work. Then I needed to create a quad. So I bought a frame, ESCs, motors - all cheap ass of course
Long story short: the life of a quad flyer (build, fly, crash, repair, fly, crash, repair, ... repeat for ever) had started. All LOS, then.
In the mean time, I also got myself a model airplane to play with, and I won a big, foldable quad from a prize draw at another (Dutch) forum. The fleet was gatting to amount to somethng.
Now I recently got asked by GearBest to review some RC stuff for them, and one of the first things I got sent to review was a race / freestyle 210 drone. I also needed some goggles to go with that, so I requested a cheap set (expecting I would get "no" for an expensive one). You can read all about it at my blog on RC flying. But what it comes down to is that I just lost my FPV virginity . With only 4 minutes under the hood, I would hardly call me an expert. But I'll get there! It's just too bad that it is getting winter, now. I go to work in the dark, and get back in the dark. So I only get to fly during weekends, and then it has not really been nice flying weather for a beginner like myself (lots of wind, and rain, hail, thunder even...). So it is taking longer than I hoped to get me some more flying time. But hey, I already know this is addictive, and that I want to go on and learn. And that's the most important thing, I think!
Oh, and yes, I will be spamming you with GearBest coupon codes and affiliate links, if that's allowed here. Just gimme a shout if and when I'm overstepping boundaries.
But first of all, I want to read on this forum. I'm here to learn first and foremost!
Cheers!
Eric
(Officially it's Eric-Jan, Eric-J. for short, which is pronounced "ericje" in Dutch; hence my nickname)
My name is Eric, and I live in the Netherlands. Haarlem, to be exact. Just added that ot the FPV map here on this site.
I already passed the 50 years of age mark, and work as a mechanical engineer in machine building (defense and automotive before that).
I stem from 1:1 aviation, and started tinkering with Arduinos and Raspberry Pies about three yers ago. Somewhere along the line, I found that others had made a flight controller out of an Arduino UNO, so I just had to make that work too. So, after an initial "investment" in the cheapest possible transmitter / receiver combo, I tinkered away until I got the PWM values on an LCD screen, and then I knew for sure I could make that work. Then I needed to create a quad. So I bought a frame, ESCs, motors - all cheap ass of course
Long story short: the life of a quad flyer (build, fly, crash, repair, fly, crash, repair, ... repeat for ever) had started. All LOS, then.
In the mean time, I also got myself a model airplane to play with, and I won a big, foldable quad from a prize draw at another (Dutch) forum. The fleet was gatting to amount to somethng.
Now I recently got asked by GearBest to review some RC stuff for them, and one of the first things I got sent to review was a race / freestyle 210 drone. I also needed some goggles to go with that, so I requested a cheap set (expecting I would get "no" for an expensive one). You can read all about it at my blog on RC flying. But what it comes down to is that I just lost my FPV virginity . With only 4 minutes under the hood, I would hardly call me an expert. But I'll get there! It's just too bad that it is getting winter, now. I go to work in the dark, and get back in the dark. So I only get to fly during weekends, and then it has not really been nice flying weather for a beginner like myself (lots of wind, and rain, hail, thunder even...). So it is taking longer than I hoped to get me some more flying time. But hey, I already know this is addictive, and that I want to go on and learn. And that's the most important thing, I think!
Oh, and yes, I will be spamming you with GearBest coupon codes and affiliate links, if that's allowed here. Just gimme a shout if and when I'm overstepping boundaries.
But first of all, I want to read on this forum. I'm here to learn first and foremost!
Cheers!
Eric
(Officially it's Eric-Jan, Eric-J. for short, which is pronounced "ericje" in Dutch; hence my nickname)