Gender
Male
About
Location
Western Cape
About Me:
I love to fly!!
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
always been facinated in electronics, was inspired by my uncle. i love the challenge and reward of a autonomous vehicle.
Hometown:
Cape Town
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""This thing is moving at whatever speed it is, with these carbon fibre blades."
I don't really see what the relevance of the last part is!
You have got to love dramatic TV moments"
I don't really see what the relevance of the last part is!
You have got to love dramatic TV moments"
"I am very interested to see how it performs"
"Very cool! I have been wanting to build a 360deg gimbal but since nothing had a tube shaft I was going to put the controller below the yaw motor. This "simplifies" things! Awesome"
"Wow, I am surprised that those little motors have the torque to move that camera. I was thinking I needed to buy something like a 5012. Very cool!"
"That is so cool! I can't say I have seen a rocket land on it's bum like that before. "
"@Thomas, The ability for the camera to shift is purely a balance feature. It is to allow the use of different cameras and still achieve a workable balance. Since this has been designed solely for the Hero 3 it is not required as the CG is always the…"
"@Thomas, I'm not sure that I agree. Although I have zero experience with gimbals I have a ton on brushless motors and after a flight they aren't too warm. Now granted this is with substantial airflow, I don't think the plastic will cause too much…"
"They are rewound to increase the resistance over the phases, resulting in a very fine control. They are still three phase."
"As has been said, there are no UAV specific law/regulations but all model aircraft regulations apply. This means you must fly at a designated flying field and be a member of both the club and SAMAA. The UAV must be kept within line of sight and…"
"Check that there isn't any mix active on your radio. If you can't figure it out, try making a new model on the radio. Just create a new model and redo this calibration test. The new model comes default with no mixing at all, hence it will rule out a…"
"I have researched this controller before and it looks very good, the only 3-axis I could find that was a reasonable price. I don't however trust this site, has anyone bought anything from there before? If it can be trusted I will buy it and let you…"
"The footage isn't even that good! No chance I would pay that money"
"Raspberry Pi Ground station"
"Please can you share your board and code! I have been searching far and wide for a 3 axis controller, but I can't find one other than the EwGC. I would love to build one of these!"
"Awesome! Go SA :)"
"@Aaron, thank you :). I think there should be a permit system much like there is for commercial filming where if you are going to film using a UAV for commercial purposes then a permit is required. But I don't feel that the ordinary user of a UAV…"
