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Male


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London


About Me:

Creative Director


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Researching creative and social good uses of UAV technology.


Hometown:

Wellington


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Brendon Smale commented on Franc's blog post Ground station, mission planner redesigned
"Nice work, been thinking of doing exactly that myself. The current version definitely needs to go through a more formal UX/Design process. Its a long way off best practices. Design is not window dressing its the underlying system communicating to…"
Feb 3, 2015
Brendon Smale left a comment on New Zealand DIY Drones Group
"Hi Sam

Thanks for the intro and offer... this group is new and not many members yet but will grow. Sounds like your moving to a big platform what are you planning on doing with it? The technology seems well suited for NZ agriculture etc."
Jun 27, 2014
Brendon Smale replied to Keith Fraley's discussion Iris not functioning quite right... in IRIS
"Connect to Mission Planner and follow the 3DR youtube video's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96hxSPYrKYI&feature=share&l..."
May 27, 2014
Brendon Smale replied to Mr Lemming's discussion Return to land.....spectacular FAIL in IRIS
"If it started behaving oddly like that I'd put it into stablise immediately and land it. You could connect to Mission Planner and check the settings or reload the Iris parameters."
May 18, 2014
Brendon Smale replied to Glen Leeon's discussion Battery level in IRIS
"Don't think you can do that, you need a tablet with Droid Planner or Laptop with Mission Planner connected to the telemetry radio's."
May 18, 2014
Brendon Smale replied to Mr Lemming's discussion Is Iris really that bad, going off some of the negative discussions? in IRIS
"None of the issues are deal breakers and I'm sure any small problems will get ironed out. Its a great little copter and even though it cost me a lot of time working a few things out I'd still get it over a Phantom. I'd only get a Phantom if I really…"
May 6, 2014
Brendon Smale commented on Brendon Smale's blog post The Falcon
"The price whatever it is (I'm just speculating I don't have any further info) would include the ground station package (Mission Control) and a FLIR camera (not cheap). The 60mins+ claim could be for specific surveillance or inspection or security of…"
Apr 28, 2014
Brendon Smale commented on Brendon Smale's blog post The Falcon
"Sorry I'm not sure of pricing or specs thats all the info there is for now. It will most likely be a DJI flight controller and T Motors. It will be expensive, probably $30k +"
Apr 28, 2014
Brendon Smale posted a blog post
The FalconThe Falcon is designed for specific applications such as surveillance, security, asset inspection, fire and services.The craft offers long flight endurance – 1 hour plus (60+ minutes) – and can be configured for custom applications and…
Apr 27, 2014
Brendon Smale replied to JB3's discussion Alternative props for the Iris in IRIS
"the TP 3900 is 1mm wider do you think it would fit?"
Apr 1, 2014
Brendon Smale replied to JB3's discussion Alternative props for the Iris in IRIS
"Interested to hear how the Thunder Power goes they are good batteries. I was looking at getting the 3900 http://www.thunderpowerrc.com/Products/3900-mAh/TP3900-3SPP25"
Apr 1, 2014
Brendon Smale replied to Ken Fayal's discussion Spectacular "Brown Out" Occurance Crash Video in IRIS
"Thats good LiPo advice, a popular good charger to get is the B6AC iMAX which is the big brother of the e4 that comes with the Iris. SKYRC make good chargers so the one that comes with the Iris should do the job fine but its very basic and you can't…"
Mar 28, 2014
Brendon Smale replied to AKRCGUY's discussion IRIS Tarot Gimbal Users in IRIS
"Also Tarot have released firmware 1.5 to address this issue. You can get it here: 
http://tarot-rc-heli.com/Tarot-RC-Software"
Mar 28, 2014