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25kg Payload Requirement

Started Apr 18 0 Replies

Can anybody suggest a platform that can carry 25kgs comfortably and still cruise at ~50kph?The closest I've come is the 3m Mugin (…Continue

JDrone's GPS3329 or 3DR's GPS3329 ?

Started this discussion. Last reply by Hein du Plessis Feb 18. 4 Replies

Hi allI need a replacement GPS, I LOVED the old "small" mtek GPS (this plus…Continue

Using power from 2.5's power module

Started this discussion. Last reply by Hein du Plessis Jan 29. 4 Replies

I was quite excited receiving my power module, but shocked at how heavy it is! Then it struck me, I could probably do away with my BEC, since the power module supplies 5.3v at 2.25 Amps.Bad idea? If…Continue

Throttle engages on Stabilize [Solved]

Started this discussion. Last reply by LegendLength Apr 13. 2 Replies

Can anybody tell me where to start looking if my propeller spins up when I engage Stabilize mode?I have THR_MIN set to 0. TRIM_THROTTLE is 35, but that's not applicable to stabilize?My radio is…Continue

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Hein du Plessis commented on Joshua Ott's blog post Thirty days (#6): You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs
"^^ haha! We have a winner :)"
May 10
Hein du Plessis commented on Joshua Ott's blog post Thirty days (#6): You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs
"Oooh I have one just like it! The wife is still mad about he family camera.. I can make a very big omelette."
May 8
Hein du Plessis replied to Martin Schmid's discussion Wrong aileron deflection in stabilize mode
"Are your ailerons connects on a y cable to your receive?"
May 7
Hein du Plessis replied to Hocheol Shin's discussion Newbie forum needs serious help...
"Agreed, I try to help were I can, many posts have no response."
May 7
Hein du Plessis commented on lianpinkoh's blog post Channel Mixing in Turnigy 9XR for Arducopter/Arduplane
"I love the emergency override RTL! Thank you!"
May 5
Hein du Plessis replied to Gábor Zoltán's discussion Adding extra functions to MinimOSD
"Cool! Glad you could use it. Did some flying again today :)"
Apr 21
Hein du Plessis replied to Gábor Zoltán's discussion Adding extra functions to MinimOSD
"Ok, I had 3 flights today, 1 Skywalker 3km, 2 x Swift II 1.5 and 2km. I've uploaded one of the swifts: http://youtu.be/i2f8svGdynI. Everything looks good on the OSD. Loving it. I'm having trouble with my rangelink, RSSI keeps suddenly…"
Apr 20
Hein du Plessis replied to Gábor Zoltán's discussion Adding extra functions to MinimOSD
"I'm using MinimOSD_2.3.0.4.mcm which is in the trunk folder on the source. That' the one that's still showing m/s. Kind of out of time now, I'm flying as-is, will post videos anyway. Thanks."
Apr 20
Hein du Plessis replied to Gábor Zoltán's discussion Adding extra functions to MinimOSD
"Is there a matching mcm file? I see M/M on the planner, but M/S on my OSD."
Apr 20
Hein du Plessis replied to Gábor Zoltán's discussion Adding extra functions to MinimOSD
"Ah thanks I'll do that! Thanks for the reply iskess."
Apr 19
Hein du Plessis replied to Gábor Zoltán's discussion Adding extra functions to MinimOSD
"Hi I've flown with R550 plane today again, and I noticed the climb rate m/s is too high: 200-300 ms which can't be :) I remember this being fixed but I can't find it again. Many thanks."
Apr 19
Hein du Plessis commented on Gordon's blog post Mode Switch Setup for Turnigy 9x with ER9x Firmware
"@Brian thank you so much. I tried this many times over but could not get close to Gordon's values. Then I read your post about MAX=HALF. I figured MAX=FULL for some reason... Of course, thanks Gordon!"
Apr 18
Hein du Plessis posted a discussion

25kg Payload Requirement

Can anybody suggest a platform that can carry 25kgs comfortably and still cruise at ~50kph?The closest I've come is the 3m Mugin (http://www.fpvflying.com/products/Mugin-3m-UAV-platform-%28TT%252dtail%29.html) but it's about 10kg short of my requirement.ThanksSee More
Apr 18
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Hein du Plessis commented on Yusuf Pirgali's blog post Oblivion - Petrol on the fire film.
"lol ok :)"
Apr 15
Hein du Plessis replied to QQ's discussion Trouble with RTL ! It Depend on what?
"I'll try... leg - a flight can have two legs - the journey away and the journey back. slam-bang - accentuating that something is completed or done with confidence or might. IMO - in my opinion."
Apr 15
Hein du Plessis commented on Yusuf Pirgali's blog post Oblivion - Petrol on the fire film.
"Hello... Spoiler alert?"
Apr 14

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I've always dreamed about building something that's out there somewhere doing what I want it to do, and come back safely.
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FPV Holiday in Namibia

Posted on January 8, 2013 at 10:00am 3 Comments

I'm back from a 3 week holiday in Namibia, I took my small Swift II FPV ship with!

What fun, I flew over Walvis Bay's lagoon, game farms, dunes, beaches, chasing quad bikes, kite surfers, fantastic landscapes and mountains.

I decided to compile the best few seconds of all videos into one and posted it. It's long (15 minutes) but there are some…

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Filming a mountain bike race using FPV/Arduplane

Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:30pm 2 Comments

I went out to Citrusdal to try to film a mountain bike race using FPV/Arduplane. It went really well and it could've worked, but I decided to relocate at the last moment and triggered RTL forgetting that I launched from the valley 350 meters below, so it dropped altitude while still over the mountain, smearing my Skywalker along a cliff face...

 

But we had fun…

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Camera Door for Protecting Lens

Posted on July 11, 2012 at 3:30pm 16 Comments

I've been using a Skywalker for taking aerial maps. By destroying my previous camera, I've learned two things:

1. Protect the camera lens from dust upon landing

2. Protect the camera from batteries during rough "landings"

So I've come up with the solution in the video above.

It works incredibly well! A sample of a stitch…

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First aerial photography

Posted on March 12, 2012 at 3:30pm 23 Comments

I'm experimenting with a downward-facing point and shoot camera for aerial photography & mapping.

 

I had a (very turbulent) flight with APM and called an early abort because of high wind. After looking at the footage, it seemed not bad, so I ran it through hypr3d:

http://www.hypr3d.com/models/4f5e4436219bac000100003f

Some awesome software they…

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