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Male


Location

Cape Town, Western Cape


About Me:

UAS Systems Engineer


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

To build long range, reliable, efficient fixed wing UAV platforms.


Hometown:

Cape Town


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Hein du Plessis liked Rana's blog post The most accurate method for current calibrating the 3DR Power module for Arducopter
Oct 5, 2023
Hein du Plessis and Samiulhaq khpalwak are now friends
Feb 14, 2023
Hein du Plessis commented on Tomi Piriyev's blog post DroneePlotter - Drone Flight Log Analysis Tool Works on Web Browser
"Has this site been discontinued? It worked really well.. are there alternatives?"
Oct 26, 2021
Hein du Plessis commented on XBStation 4G UAV Solution's blog post 5.7 km Fixed Wing Flight With Joystick via 4G LTE
"Well done! What system did you use? DIY? Off the Shelf?"
May 26, 2019
Hein du Plessis commented on cedivad's blog post fpv.blue – 2.4 GHz HD Downlink updates
"I see you've done 17km with omnirectionals! So maybe a 2.4 biquad (ro two depending if you've got diversity) will do the trick! f I preorder, what is the lead time ?"
May 26, 2019
Hein du Plessis commented on cedivad's blog post fpv.blue – 2.4 GHz HD Downlink updates
"Looks really promising - glad you guys are pusing the technology again - would a 2 Watt 2.4ghz bootster on the plane give me more than 20km ?"
May 26, 2019
Hein du Plessis posted a blog post
I just want to share this very interesting article on BBC about the large scale mapping of Chernobyl.https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48193866
May 9, 2019
Hein du Plessis commented on john bero's photo
"nice!! Is this model available?"
Dec 3, 2018
Hein du Plessis commented on OG's blog post Professional DYI radio communication equipment has changed from analog to digital
"This is available on foxtechfpv.com. Used it before. Quick installation but I had issues with video feed. Others get the claimed 3km no problem. Ground unit is a hotspot so once your laptop or phone connects to it, mission planner or tower loses…"
Jul 29, 2018
Hein du Plessis replied to Bartek Sad's discussion Bad AHRS - Pixhawk
"Have you carefully gone through the documentation? Unfortunately apm is no longer supported. There are many low cost boards (cheaper than apm)."
Jul 13, 2018
Hein du Plessis commented on Sokil.aero's blog post SokilLink all-in-one wireless link
"Great system! I'm very keen on the 25km product! Do you have an expected date and what are the frequencies?"
Jul 11, 2018
Hein du Plessis commented on Bask Aerospace's blog post AeroLink Telemetry - Easy RFD modem integration
"I really like it! Price not bad at all? you might as well add a wifi relay :)"
May 9, 2018
Hein du Plessis commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Using LoRa radios for long-range RC
"Interesting! Dragon link and team black sheep crossfire uses lora, easy 50km fast update. I'm sure a 50km opensource link is very possible. "
May 6, 2018
Hein du Plessis commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Test results on indoor positioning technologies
"Great comparison - I take it Y is CM?"
Apr 20, 2018
Hein du Plessis commented on Kristaps Brass's blog post Adding several emulator drones to UgCS
"That looks really handy! No support for fixed wings though?"
Apr 10, 2018
Hein du Plessis replied to Bartek Sad's discussion Bad AHRS - Pixhawk
"Hi Gus - are you flying copter or plane? If copter - you need a compass - then you just need to make sure everything is calibrated and take it outside- the AHRS error should disappear. With plane (with all compasses disabled), you'll still have the…"
Apr 8, 2018
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