About

Gender

Male


Location

Sydney


About Me:

Keen photographer and geek


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Looking to build my first quadcopter to get used to them with end goal of being able to build one with a DSLR mounted.


Hometown:

Sydney


Activity Feed

Alex commented on Lachy Goshi's blog post Council Investigating using Drones for Shark Patrol on Australia's famous Bondi Beach
"binoculars form the north bondi RSL terrace might work too... and it has a bar ;)"
Jan 8, 2015
Alex commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Senate hearing will discuss Amazon drones
"thought he already owned an airline!"
Dec 2, 2013
Alex commented on Chris Anderson's blog post "Train driver flummoxed after drone hits Sydney Harbour Bridge"
""GPS based RTL inside steel girder bridge, what can possibly go wrong?" 
from the footage he started a fair way (500m+) away from the bridge... looks like he was taking off in front of the waterfront restaurant to me. DJI still have the…"
Nov 26, 2013
Alex commented on jlcortex's blog post Probably the smallest arducopter frame?
"looking good! what motors are they?"
Nov 12, 2013
Alex commented on jlcortex's blog post Probably the smallest arducopter frame?
"No, the flight controller (OpenPilot Revolution) is hard mounted on the bottom plate with the motors. The Revo doesn't get effected by vibration the same way the new firmware of the APM does, so no need to isolate it. I was planning on building a…"
Nov 9, 2013
Alex commented on jlcortex's blog post Probably the smallest arducopter frame?
Nov 9, 2013
Alex commented on jlcortex's blog post Probably the smallest arducopter frame?
"Hi Jose,

Here's the result of borrowing you top tray idea! many thanks!"
Nov 9, 2013
Alex commented on jlcortex's blog post Probably the smallest arducopter frame?
"high cg? not really... battery is almost level with the props (especially if they have shafts)"
Nov 5, 2013
Alex commented on jlcortex's blog post Probably the smallest arducopter frame?
"@ruwan - around 10mins on a 1000ma 3s. Hovers at 1/3 throttle, so think it should be able to take fpv gear and mobius"
Nov 4, 2013
Alex commented on jlcortex's blog post Probably the smallest arducopter frame?
"Really like the top section for Möbius and battery. I was planning on putting battery underneath, but I might borrow your idea !"
Nov 4, 2013
Alex commented on jlcortex's blog post Probably the smallest arducopter frame?
"Nice. Been building something similar myself. Current body takes OpenPilot but was planning KK 2.0 and APM variants. Designing the extra hard points for video at the moment !
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:158809"
Nov 4, 2013
Alex commented on Stefan Gofferje's blog post "Warning of RC-Timer" or "Why you shouldn't buy from far east cloners"
"My rctimer arduflyer has out lived my 3DR APM 2.5. Never had a problem with them or their gear."
Oct 14, 2013
Alex commented on CrashingDutchman's blog post SkyHunter FPV UAV Aircraft Platform - kit
""You need at least 2 meters if you need to have onboard camera(s), OSD, Telemetry, etc...."

what a load of rubbish... never seen a TBS Caiprainha ? 85cm..."
Oct 12, 2013
Alex commented on AKRCGUY's blog post Another Noob pilot wrecking it for the rest of us...
"<opinion>
The hysteria in the US about "drones" really is kind of sad... in a country where 30,000+ people die yearly from gun deaths, idiots who fly quad copters over people and haven't killed anyone make the news and law makers jump on board, yet…"
Oct 2, 2013
Alex posted a discussion
Hi there,I have the APM 2.5 with compass on board mounted at yaw270 using Board Orientation (AHRS_ORIENTATION) but haven't touched the Compass orientation (COMPASS_ORIENT). Should COMPASS_ORIENT also be orientated? or is this just for APM 2.6 when…
Jul 2, 2013
Alex posted a discussion
Hi all,Anyone else flying a TBS Caipirinha with APM setup? I'd be interested to see how you set it up, what PIDs you are running and what layout you used.I've got one that I'm still tuning (stabilisation is rubbish at the moment...) withTBS…
Jun 5, 2013
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