Re: [AFMUG] Telescoping mast with gimbel

[Lewis Bergman]

Pretty neat. Ideas to reality, very nice. Can you post a couple of pics of
the actual gimbal mechanism? Your big sausage fingers were in the way.

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 8:02 AM Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Patience young Luke..
> On Mar 30, 2016 6:54 AM, "Paul McCall" <pa...@pdmnet.net> wrote:
>
>> Very slick…   where’s my checkbook?   J   Do you take Paypal, wampum,
>> chickens?
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Jaime Solorza
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 29, 2016 10:24 PM
>> *To:* Animal Farm
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Telescoping mast with gimbel
>>
>>
>>
>> The gimbal is controlled by raspberry pi and tiny PLC... 12 vdc 5Amps
>> battery and some conversion to 5vdc...my lil bro works for Raytheon... he
>> is  EE and ME... actually not the smartest one in family... my youngest
>> sister has real high IQ but only likes to readreally good at math but
>> its boring for her...I wish I had their brains.
>>
>> On Mar 29, 2016 8:18 PM, "Jaime Solorza" <losguyswirel...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> The footpads remind me of something from Lost in Space.   He uses those
>> tent spikes to secure when winds pick up.  Mine will have bigger pads...and
>> go up much higher.
>>
>> On Mar 29, 2016 8:08 PM, "Ty Featherling" <tyfeatherl...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Very cool.
>>
>> -Ty
>>
>> On Mar 29, 2016 8:33 PM, "Jaime Solorza" <losguyswirel...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> On Mar 29, 2016 7:32 PM, "Jaime Solorza" <losguyswirel...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> My brother designed this for filming his daughters soccer games...the
>> camera can be moved via remote control and viewed on tablet.  Anyways my
>> cousin did the machining.  This one breaks down to 4 feet and fits in a
>> pouch for easy carrying and fits in small car trunks.   He is making me one
>> for site surveys
>>
>

Re: [AFMUG] Telescoping mast with gimbel

[Paul McCall]

Very slick…   where’s my checkbook?   ☺   Do you take Paypal, wampum, chickens?

From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Jaime Solorza
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 10:24 PM
To: Animal Farm
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Telescoping mast with gimbel


The gimbal is controlled by raspberry pi and tiny PLC... 12 vdc 5Amps battery 
and some conversion to 5vdc...my lil bro works for Raytheon... he is  EE and 
ME... actually not the smartest one in family... my youngest sister has real 
high IQ but only likes to readreally good at math but its boring for 
her...I wish I had their brains.
On Mar 29, 2016 8:18 PM, "Jaime Solorza" 
<losguyswirel...@gmail.com<mailto:losguyswirel...@gmail.com>> wrote:

The footpads remind me of something from Lost in Space.   He uses those tent 
spikes to secure when winds pick up.  Mine will have bigger pads...and go up 
much higher.
On Mar 29, 2016 8:08 PM, "Ty Featherling" 
<tyfeatherl...@gmail.com<mailto:tyfeatherl...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Very cool.

-Ty
On Mar 29, 2016 8:33 PM, "Jaime Solorza" 
<losguyswirel...@gmail.com<mailto:losguyswirel...@gmail.com>> wrote:
On Mar 29, 2016 7:32 PM, "Jaime Solorza" 
<losguyswirel...@gmail.com<mailto:losguyswirel...@gmail.com>> wrote:

My brother designed this for filming his daughters soccer games...the camera 
can be moved via remote control and viewed on tablet.  Anyways my cousin did 
the machining.  This one breaks down to 4 feet and fits in a pouch for easy 
carrying and fits in small car trunks.   He is making me one for site 
surveys

Re: [AFMUG] Telescoping mast with gimbel

[Jaime Solorza]

Patience young Luke..
On Mar 30, 2016 6:54 AM, "Paul McCall" <pa...@pdmnet.net> wrote:

> Very slick…   where’s my checkbook?   J   Do you take Paypal, wampum,
> chickens?
>
>
>
> *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Jaime Solorza
> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 29, 2016 10:24 PM
> *To:* Animal Farm
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Telescoping mast with gimbel
>
>
>
> The gimbal is controlled by raspberry pi and tiny PLC... 12 vdc 5Amps
> battery and some conversion to 5vdc...my lil bro works for Raytheon... he
> is  EE and ME... actually not the smartest one in family... my youngest
> sister has real high IQ but only likes to readreally good at math but
> its boring for her...I wish I had their brains.
>
> On Mar 29, 2016 8:18 PM, "Jaime Solorza" <losguyswirel...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> The footpads remind me of something from Lost in Space.   He uses those
> tent spikes to secure when winds pick up.  Mine will have bigger pads...and
> go up much higher.
>
> On Mar 29, 2016 8:08 PM, "Ty Featherling" <tyfeatherl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Very cool.
>
> -Ty
>
> On Mar 29, 2016 8:33 PM, "Jaime Solorza" <losguyswirel...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> On Mar 29, 2016 7:32 PM, "Jaime Solorza" <losguyswirel...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> My brother designed this for filming his daughters soccer games...the
> camera can be moved via remote control and viewed on tablet.  Anyways my
> cousin did the machining.  This one breaks down to 4 feet and fits in a
> pouch for easy carrying and fits in small car trunks.   He is making me one
> for site surveys
>

Re: [AFMUG] Telescoping mast with gimbel

[Jaime Solorza]

The gimbal is controlled by raspberry pi and tiny PLC... 12 vdc 5Amps
battery and some conversion to 5vdc...my lil bro works for Raytheon... he
is  EE and ME... actually not the smartest one in family... my youngest
sister has real high IQ but only likes to readreally good at math but
its boring for her...I wish I had their brains.
On Mar 29, 2016 8:18 PM, "Jaime Solorza"  wrote:

> The footpads remind me of something from Lost in Space.   He uses those
> tent spikes to secure when winds pick up.  Mine will have bigger pads...and
> go up much higher.
> On Mar 29, 2016 8:08 PM, "Ty Featherling"  wrote:
>
>> Very cool.
>>
>> -Ty
>> On Mar 29, 2016 8:33 PM, "Jaime Solorza" 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mar 29, 2016 7:32 PM, "Jaime Solorza" 
>>> wrote:
>>>
 My brother designed this for filming his daughters soccer games...the
 camera can be moved via remote control and viewed on tablet.  Anyways my
 cousin did the machining.  This one breaks down to 4 feet and fits in a
 pouch for easy carrying and fits in small car trunks.   He is making me one
 for site surveys

>>>

Re: [AFMUG] Telescoping mast with gimbel

[Ty Featherling]

Very cool.

-Ty
On Mar 29, 2016 8:33 PM, "Jaime Solorza"  wrote:

> On Mar 29, 2016 7:32 PM, "Jaime Solorza" 
> wrote:
>
>> My brother designed this for filming his daughters soccer games...the
>> camera can be moved via remote control and viewed on tablet.  Anyways my
>> cousin did the machining.  This one breaks down to 4 feet and fits in a
>> pouch for easy carrying and fits in small car trunks.   He is making me one
>> for site surveys
>>
>

[AFMUG] Telescoping mast with gimbel

[Jaime Solorza]

My brother designed this for filming his daughters soccer games...the
camera can be moved via remote control and viewed on tablet.  Anyways my
cousin did the machining.  This one breaks down to 4 feet and fits in a
pouch for easy carrying and fits in small car trunks.   He is making me one
for site surveys