About

Gender

Male


Location

Victoria


About Me:

Film maker & drone evangelist!


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Commencing Masters by Research into implications of hybrid UAV's for news and documentary applications.


Hometown:

Melbourne


Activity Feed

David Beesley commented on Wayne Rochat's blog post Australia's CASA teams up with Drone Complier to develop their official "Can I fly there" drone app.
"Check out the free "Safe to Fly" app - Australian - that does this very thing! Shows no fly zones around airports and helipads, geolocates the user, shows local current weather conditions including wind speed, and is a pretty cool app, available for…"
Feb 12, 2017
David Beesley commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Where drones sit on the Gartner "Hype Cycle"
"Interesting comment Gary! Being an Aussie this is kind of fascinating - locally we're doing well with our sub 2kg regulations I think, but I'm still trying to plot where drones could be situated today on the hype cycle and as such am fascinated in…"
Feb 6, 2017
David Beesley commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Where drones sit on the Gartner "Hype Cycle"
"Hi Chris - now that we're in 2017 I would love your thoughts on where you think drones (personal / civilian) are (or should be) situated on the hype cycle today?"
Feb 6, 2017
David Beesley commented on Chris Anderson's blog post How 3DR tests camera gimbals
"@mP1 ... I take your point, however, I thought the BeBop was doing a variant on the 4K-for-2K approach - oversized sensor with the image "stabilised" by cropping in to the image, which may require less CPU processing?"
Sep 19, 2014
David Beesley commented on Chris Anderson's blog post How 3DR tests camera gimbals
"Chris, are 3DR exploring the digital stabilisation option as per the Parrot BeBop?"
Sep 19, 2014
David Beesley commented on Matthew Schroyer's blog post Less than two weeks remaining to get this high-visibility vest for drone ops
"Hi Matt - great idea ... Nail the international postage thing if you can so we can get a bunch over to Australia ..."
Sep 19, 2014
David Beesley commented on Roger Sollenberger's blog post 3DR Announces Acquisition of Sifteo: Cutting-Edge Electronics, Cutting-Edge Drones
"Cooperative swarms and drone to drone interaction - fabulous! Very exciting to see where this leads to."
Aug 6, 2014
David Beesley commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Gorgeous Pixhawk-based "Journalist" copter
"There's definitely a niche market for drones specifically designed to meet the needs of today's journalists, who are now often required to be master of all things: writer, cinematographer and photographer - a simple to fly tablet based drone would…"
Aug 6, 2014
David Beesley commented on Jonathan Parrott's blog post Roundtable on Drones and Privacy Australia
"Doh, "great links" ..."
Mar 30, 2014
David Beesley commented on Jonathan Parrott's blog post Roundtable on Drones and Privacy Australia
"Thanks for posting this Jonathan, greta links, and full transcripts are now online too.
Cheers!
DB"
Mar 30, 2014