Murray Spoelstra
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  • Pretoria, Gauteng
  • South Africa
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Murray Spoelstra commented on Jonathan Hesselbarth's blog post ArduVTOL - Wingcopter - Flight Report Nr.1
"I look forward to future flight reports. Do you intend showing advanced manoeuvres such as stalls and vertical flight in the tilted config like a tailsitter?"
Wednesday
Murray Spoelstra commented on Jonathan Hesselbarth's blog post ArduVTOL
"Oh,I see the tilting mechanism is shown at the linked webpage. Very original. Good job too, modifying the code."
May 17
Murray Spoelstra commented on Jonathan Hesselbarth's blog post ArduVTOL
"Nice design! I'm interested how you reverse the thrust of the rear motors from pull in the vertical position to push when rotated? Special props?"
May 17
Joonas Äijälä commented on Murray Spoelstra's blog post Folding Quadcopter for the holidays
"Hi guys, I am very interested in this build. Could you provide some videos of this flying etc? Also if you have any hints how could I order those plates, would be much appreciated. "
May 6
Thierry Muller commented on Murray Spoelstra's blog post Folding Quadcopter for the holidays
"This is exactly what I am after. What a brilliant design! I'm currently learning how to fly a MQX and starting to shop for my first build. The goal is to make smth small and light enough to bring on a hike and with a camera system that…"
Apr 16
Murray Spoelstra commented on Graham Dyer's blog post Folding EPP Foam H-Frame Quad
"Nice one! Do you have pics with the camera mounted?"
Apr 15
Jeff Griffith commented on Murray Spoelstra's blog post Folding Quadcopter for the holidays
"I did move the battery aft to help with balancing. I also have to trim back pitch pretty far but not all the way."
Mar 25
Murray Spoelstra commented on Murray Spoelstra's blog post Folding Quadcopter for the holidays
"Graham, sorry I missed your question. My frame is still doing well. Flew long autonomous missions along the coast at Mtunzini early January. One motor currently damaged after crash while testing Ardupilot. In Pta I often fly at Fort Klapperkop, a 5…"
Mar 24
Jeff Griffith commented on Murray Spoelstra's blog post Folding Quadcopter for the holidays
"Murray, thanks for the design. I built one according to your specs and I am very happy. Great job!"
Mar 23
Murray Spoelstra replied to Adrain's discussion USE THE ARDUINO TO SWITCH BETWEEN TWO BATTERIES
"Just be careful to ensure common grounding. I hope you'll publish you final circuit here?"
Feb 12
Murray Spoelstra replied to Kevin Hester's discussion Andropilot - discussion for Android ground controller users/developers
"If your laptop is in the field you can consider an app like Splashtop to control it remotely. That way you can run any laptop based GCS from your phone or tablet."
Feb 11
Murray Spoelstra replied to Bryan McFarland's discussion aerial film-making
"I've seen a couple of articles where the drone was flown manually first for it to learn its environment with machine vision then after that it navigates autonomously through trees, parking garage pillars or whatever. Will need to search for the…"
Feb 9
Murray Spoelstra replied to Adrain's discussion USE THE ARDUINO TO SWITCH BETWEEN TWO BATTERIES
"...and the autopilot would probably reset as well if it is also powered by the batteries."
Feb 9
Murray Spoelstra replied to Kevin Hester's discussion Andropilot - discussion for Android ground controller users/developers
"Testing on an APM2. Flew waypoints again today. Could move waypoints and change speed during auto mission. Added another waypoint towards end of the mission, but it didn't go to that waypoint. Just drifted from last of the original defined…"
Feb 9
Murray Spoelstra replied to Kevin Hester's discussion Andropilot - discussion for Android ground controller users/developers
"I didn't spend much time on the HUD, but yes, it was slow. I see it is quite a procedure to install Android 4.2."
Feb 9
Murray Spoelstra replied to Kevin Hester's discussion Andropilot - discussion for Android ground controller users/developers
"Some feedback from flying waypoints yesterday with 0.1.35; Android 4.1.2; Galaxy S3LTE -It was great being able to do this with just a phone! -The screens are all fullscreen so when I swipe I only see one at a time (Map, Overview, HUD etc) -Not all…"
Feb 8

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About Me:
Consulting Aeronautical Engineer with 2year old twin boys
Tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Interesting hobby with ability to create fun aerial footage
Hometown:
Pretoria

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Folding Quadcopter for the holidays

Posted on December 20, 2012 at 8:23am 27 Comments



Not much space if you're going on holiday with the family in a Renault Clio. This design…

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