About

Gender

Male


Location

Cradock, Eastern Cape


About Me:

Industrial Engineer by training Farmer by profession Check out my intended amateur r/c, uav airstrip research and development facility at FaceBook under "Small Brak River Institute of Technology and Ecology (in development)". Like it! and message me, if you are a uav fan, and can contribute with your knowledge and skills? I need specifications for the runway length, width and surface requirements? Universities are tight lipped, protecting their competitive advantage. Amateur UAV enthusiasts of the world unite!


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Blimp/Quad Copter Hydrid for farming applications


Hometown:

Cradock


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Adriaan De Lange replied to Adriaan De Lange's discussion Need help from the best of the best, to build dream machine blimp/quad copter hybid for perpetual flight. Lets do this!
"Hallo Sam
I want to start with a basic prototype, and build it up from there. Thanks for mentioning the wind factor. The wind is light here, about 5-10 miles/hour. I will have to see how a blimp handles winds of 20+ miles. All I can think of right…"
Apr 8, 2013
Adriaan De Lange replied to Adriaan De Lange's discussion Need help from the best of the best, to build dream machine blimp/quad copter hybid for perpetual flight. Lets do this!
"Hallo Marc
You must have accumulated a wealth of knowledge in your career. I know even less, but I am committed to a longer term vision and eager to learn from you. This is a open forum, so by all means, if any of my ideas could be helpful, I would…"
Apr 8, 2013
Adriaan De Lange replied to Adriaan De Lange's discussion Need help from the best of the best, to build dream machine blimp/quad copter hybid for perpetual flight. Lets do this!
"Specifications:
low altitude, low speed flying to monitor sheep, cattle, inspect fencing, wild life video's, added level of farm security. My "other truck" on the farm.
follow GPS way points, with ability to take UAV of route to inspect an item of…"
Mar 19, 2013
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Mar 19, 2013