About

Gender

Male


Location

Gauteng


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

I have been flying planes and choppers for a year or two and decided it's time to get into multi-rotors. One of my main objectives is to design, manufacture and build the entire frame, gimbal and lighting system myself.


Hometown:

Pretoria


Activity Feed

Johann van de Venter replied to Mark Aylward's discussion Choice and use of Flight Modes in ArduCopter User Group
"http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/flight-modes/
just click each of the modes

regards"
Nov 12, 2014
Johann van de Venter replied to Dane Harvard's discussion Help
"I highly doubt there will be a company out there hiring out such high end machines for the purpose of learning to fly them ... it would just be too risky. If they do, i'm sure they will charge a premium fee which will most likely be the same cost ,…"
Nov 5, 2014
Johann van de Venter replied to Damo's discussion Camera Pan Tilt Power in ArduCopter User Group
"No 

You will brown out your APM. 

APM is not intended to power Servos. Use a BEC for the power. Only connect signal wire of servos to the APM."
Oct 18, 2014
Johann van de Venter replied to Paul N Braida M.E's discussion APM 2.5 User Manual
"http://copter.ardupilot.com/wiki/introduction/
Hover your mouse cursor over Instructions and follow each point. "
Oct 17, 2014
Johann van de Venter replied to Ted Byers's discussion Can anyone point me to a really good resource on 3D printing?
"Hi Ted
I'll scratch around a bit in my book archive. I'm sure I'll have something here that might help you. If I cannot find a resource on the internet for the book, I'll drop it on my dropdox or google drive. Send me a friend invite on the forum…"
Oct 8, 2014
Johann van de Venter replied to Ted Byers's discussion Can anyone point me to a really good resource on 3D printing?
"The Sainsmart kit only contains electronics used by the printer. You will need to build a frame and add the stepper motors.
At the link below you can order the complete kit with everything you need. …"
Oct 8, 2014
Johann van de Venter replied to Charles Linquist's discussion Adding a 6 position MODE switch to the Turnigy 9
"There is also a very nice tutorial at this link on how to take it one step further. 
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2162397"
Oct 8, 2014
Johann van de Venter replied to S1CAR1US's discussion Need help configuring first quad please!
"No. Ideafly software cannot communicate with the APM. Use Mission planner to communicate with the APM."
Oct 8, 2014
Johann van de Venter replied to Aerovisual's discussion Mid-Flight Voltage drop
"Have you calibrated the Power Module?
Is it a 3DR power module of a clone?"
Oct 8, 2014
Johann van de Venter replied to Geert Pirens's discussion Crashed by initiate RTL (Return to Launch) when I was in mode Alt-Hold and did Autotune (help)
"Which firmware are you running?"
Oct 8, 2014
Johann van de Venter replied to X-Pilot's discussion Rotary Wing
"if you really want to build your own controller you'lle need to decide what you want to base it off. Ar you going to use arduino mega or something that runs Linux like the RaspberriPI or the beaglebone black. 

You'lle need to understand which…"
Oct 8, 2014
Johann van de Venter replied to Phanivyas's discussion APM 2.6 Dataflash log download in Droid Planner
"As far as I know, DriodPlanner allows for data logs to be uploaded to Dropbox. You can then access them from any device on which DropBox is supported. "
Oct 8, 2014
Johann van de Venter replied to Philip Burger's discussion Ardupilot Mega 2.5 Motors spin too slow
"Try doing a factory reset from terminal and re-install the firmware. The re-calibrate everything again. "
Oct 8, 2014
Johann van de Venter replied to Marc Mosk's discussion Can This Be True.....Lets hope the DOTS dont connect.......
"I love a good conspiracy theory but this block of text made my eyes bleed so I had to stop reading...."
Oct 7, 2014
Johann van de Venter replied to X-Pilot's discussion Rotary Wing
"Google the following:
quadcopter flight dynamics pdf

The results should give you enough reading material :D"
Oct 3, 2014
Johann van de Venter replied to Max Becker's discussion Turnigy 9XR and Modules?
"Hi Max 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jGvxk567zM
Here is a video explaining the "module"

Also, it's important to read/watch reviews on the products before you buy. 
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWYW2QYKrL4
Part…"
Sep 27, 2014
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