Gagarien

"I've been searching SA Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011 for any thing that could relate to " internal navigation systems in model aircraft." and was unsuccessful. The only relation possibly made was under model aircraft definition but then again if…"

Gagarien commented on Christiaan van Vollenstee's blog post South Africa CAA Gave a warning to all South Africans flying sUAV's in civil aviation airspace

"But I agree Gary this is all about Operators or individuals using UAS/UAV commercially without an AOC. The safety benefit of operating a properly tuned RC platform with AP system including fail safes outweigh conventional RC flying and should…"

Gagarien commented on Christiaan van Vollenstee's blog post South Africa CAA Gave a warning to all South Africans flying sUAV's in civil aviation airspace

"From SAMAA Policy on General Rules and Guidelines for Operation of Model...
" SAMAA 6.24) Internal Navigation Systems the CAA does not allow the use of internal navigation systems in model aircraft."
I will look into it and see if I can find the…"

Gagarien commented on Chris Anderson's blog post ArduCopter developer Jose Julio's awesome air hockey robot

"Simply outstanding!!"

Gagarien commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post Would you fly it?

"HELL NO!!... ok maybe in ground effect only, transition to safe alt. for ballistic shute if there is one would be scary like crap. Eight times the chance of an engine failure.. hahahaha"

Gagarien commented on CrashingDutchman's blog post Turnigy T1000FC Fixed-wing Auto Pilot System With GPS and Return To Home

"Hey guys I do not see any pots on the controller only channel normal & reverse "holes" and an description under the product page that states "• Smart PID control leaving the adjustment to the flight controller"."

Gagarien commented on Trent at MyGeekShow's blog post Fully Autonomous Marathon Flight!

"Nice Trent keep it up. You can try and plan your approach and watch your airspeed and alt on finals, too much height and A/S will increase causing a long float on landing. Don't worry it takes some practice. You can also try an dedicated training…"

Gagarien commented on Jean-Louis Naudin's blog post Low altitude autonomous mission with the MaxiSwift piloted by the ArduPlane v2.73-xp1

"Very well done Jean-Louis really impressive and your GitHub repository is really neat. "

Gagarien commented on Trent at MyGeekShow's blog post Flying my Raptor140 at 109mph/176kph

"Hi Trent very nicely done keep it up flying wings are the best!!! Would you please share your Parameter file I assume you are using 2.76."

Gagarien replied to Graham Dyer's discussion APM:Plane 2.74b/2.76 height/attitude issues?

"I'm having trouble as well maybe I don’t understand TECS all that well but it seems there is an couple of people battling with this, I did all the basics on Roll and Pitch PIDS etc. and yes maybe my Pitch PIDS is not all that perfect but speed…"