@garrytan Garry, they don't want an f150.
They want a diesel Hilux with a winch and a secondary fuel tank that can fly a proper resupply mission out to 500 miles.
@sendcutsend We need one for our junior engineer.
He's four and a half years old and has decided that he'll be a helicopter pilot.
Please send in lieu of sour candy, as our junior engineer will not eat the sour candy
@sendcutsend In fact I have just been informed by said Jr engineer that this laser gun is critical to his off planet operations, and will be necessary to ensure the safety of his crew and his zero gravity capable helicopter as it navigates through the asteroid belt.
@octal@DeltaClimbs Battery is overrated until power density improves.
Especially for rural areas with temperamental electrical services.
Better to have a diesel or multi fuel powerplant for flight operations and ideall with a generator function to power on board equipment and site operations
🚨 Urgent: Hiring Embedded Electronics Engineer for Heavy Lift Drone
We’re on an extremely aggressive timeline and need more hands on deck for embedded electronics immediately.
Contract: Full-time starting ASAP (ideally within days).
4–8 weeks preferred, but we’ll take two weeks from the right person who can jump in right now.
Real path to full-time in-person role + equity.
Compensation: Competitive rate + cut of competition winnings if you commit through the first week of August.
Already in place:
• Cube Orange + ArduPilot
• GPS integrated
• Custom servo board + RC transmitter commanding servos i.e. the basics
Your role: be the bridge between mechanical and software
• Integrate FADEC with ArduPilot (throttle, start sequence, telemetry, etc.)
• Close the control loop between the powerplant, servos & flight controller
• Debug power systems, wiring, grounding & final avionics
• Bridge powerplant, software & mechanical teams
• Drive us fast to tethered hover and first flight
Must-haves:
• Strong ArduPilot / Cube Orange experience (tuning flight controllers)
• Hands-on FADEC/ECU integration (turbine experience a big plus)
• Embedded systems (C/C++, serial/CAN, MAVLink)
• Ability to deliver under extreme time pressure
This is a hands-on position at our shop in Austin (travel covered).
Bonus points if you've built large RC helicopters and/or worked with turbines.
Email [email protected]
Subject “Turbine Drone” + short note on your ArduPilot + propulsion integration experience + availability + rate.
Let’s get this bird flying!
#Drone #UAV #Hiring #ArduPilot #soldersniffer
I would like to formally introduce you Ratio Drones and our logistics platform concept.
The Liberator
Payload/Weight: 6:1 (conservative)
Fuel: diesel, a1, gas, propane configurable.
Power gen: 20kw+
Starlink included.
This is the future of frontier logistics.
Delivering atoms, electrons and bytes to every forward deployed engineer, researcher, technician, and farmer for the next generation of progress.
This platform will run field hospitals, research stations on the side of a volcano, feed cattle stuck across a river, deliver a wellhead to remote exploration sites, and that's just v1.
I can't think my team enough for helping me get this off the ground.
Soon that will be a literal statement.
Shout out to @LifeofRileyATX
@0x6D6163 and my close friend @slumber_ship for helping make this possible.
And to @Xaraphim for working with us to validate our concepts for the DARPA Lift challenge.
If you want to know more about Ratio Drones, send a DM.
Otherwise we'll see you from the podium at the Lift competition.