Hi Drone Addict,
Thank you for your recognition of my work so far. But there a few things that are incorrect in the above statement.
I don't know how long you have been in this industry or sport but they HAVE NEVER BEEN DESCRIBED AS TOWERS, mostly GPS MASTS or GPS ANTENNAE but never TOWERS. This is from my own research. As far as I am concerned this Person has stolen my NAMEING of my PRODUCT to gain access to my possible customers through the use of the word TOWER.
I didn't want to ask that we stop slamming the developers only to have more accusations even coming from a developer.
Incorrect accusations at that.
I did a quick research to see if indeed you "J Hensley" were the one who came up with the naming of the GPS Tower.
Number one.... John Hensley, NO you did not come up with the name GPS Tower.
You are being a little bit paranoid.
Fact Check.... Go to Thingiverse.com search GPS Tower. You will see many GPS Towers dating back to 2014.
This evidently was a term they used in the world of custom built drones.
So maybe "he" the guy who makes battery adapters, stole the name from "deano_atv" who was using the words you claim as your own long before you came here and started this thread.
Maybe "he" made the adapter and went looking for the name of it.
The words possibly first used by "deano_atv from Thingiverse" who may have been the first back in 2014.
I have only done this one little search so I do not claim to know for sure who came up with the name but I do know for sure it was not J Hensley.
Please do real research before you claim to be the first person to do something.
Please do real research before you accuse someone of copying something.
We do need to use the same words when talking to one another about our hobby and when using these words we cant get all hung up on who was the first to use the word combination to describe something.
I do not know exactly where the Battery guy got his idea from, but I can give him the benefit of the doubt that he did or would have come up with this on his own due to the problem he had to solve with his own unrelated battery Mod.
In fact he included it free with his battery adapters and that should show his intent was not to steal anything.
The fact that he decided to sell if for $5 or $7 is simple as he says in his battery listing. "once you install it you will never want to fly without it again"
For your own battery mod you are working on you may want to fallow the research the battery guy has already done. You do not want to use the battery adapter you have shown in the photo. I have used this one and it caused a crash due to it creating all the weight further back on the tail end. Remember with that older version the connectors etc all have to fit up inside in front of the battery adapter. You will also notice that adapter had to be made much longer and your 8000mah battery will line up with the very back of that extended adapter. Also notice all the wasted space in the front of that adapter where the connectors and wires are located. Now check the balance of your drone.... Way off balance. The reason the battery guy chose to have the connector on the outside was so he could get the actual weight of the battery as far forward as possible. Using the adapter you have shown caused me a crash because I simply went forward than backward and with it so tail heavy my H flipped backwards and crashed. If I wasn't so low to the ground it may have had time to recover. But the crash cost me $ for sure and that old style adapter will never be used again. I would not even give that adapter to someone else because I know that it has that serous balance flaw And this is why I believe the adapter made by the battery guy will be so much better than the old version you have shown in your post. I was so frustrated I even sold my 8000mah battery that I now wish I had kept since it would have fit perfectly in the new balanced adapter I now have. While I wait for my new 7500mah batteries to arrive from China.
Finally, short as his Tower is, it is a Tower (it raises the GPS module up above the drone) and it fits very very well inside the backpack.
You will notice every MOD he makes allows the H to fit into the backpack.
In fact he just listed a new Night Vision MOD for the CGO3 and CGO3+ cameras and you will notice he took special care to make sure the System for the H's CGO3+ would use 2 smaller 1.5w lights instead of a single 3w he used for the Q500 so it would fit into the back pack as well.
If it were a problem getting it into an overhead storage in an airplane, I will simply pop it off at the airport, and when I arrive I will simply add 2 new pieces of molding tape once I arrive at my destination. I don't plan on taking it on a plane that much. But, I like that when I am not transporting it in its backpack I can just leave it on and not have to have one more thing to do each time I put it into and take it out of the backpack. I don't even have the batteries from China yet but I am really enjoying his simple GPS adapter that was included for free with my adapter purchase.
I didn't come here to defend this eBay seller. In fact I am happy to have him and you using your time to further improve my experience. I do wish we could be civilized and help each other to improve our experience with this hobby. and not think everyone is out to capitalize on the ideas we may have.
Perhaps you could just search this seller and ask him for yourself "Where did he find the name for his MOD"