About

Gender

Male


Location

Abu Dhabi Emirate


About Me:

I am an engineer born and bred in South Africa working in Abu Dhabi on a temporary contract.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Being in Abu Dhabi away from family I decided to start hobby flying during my off time and wish to combine my engineering skills and the hobbby.


Hometown:

Abu Dhabi


Activity Feed

Grant Olivier commented on Robert Krogh (hooks)'s blog post Mugin 3 meter UAV platform
"Hello Hooks
Can you tell me what the maximum all up mass that this airframe is capable of handling over the 40km to 150 km/h speed range. Do you have a V-n envelope diagram for the airframe? If so I would really appreciate it. 

Would anyone who…"
May 2, 2013
Grant Olivier commented on Robert Krogh (hooks)'s blog post Mugin 3 meter UAV platform
"Hi
Can you tell me what the maximum all up mass that this airframe is capable of handling over the 40km to 150 km/h speed range. Do you have a V-n envelope diagram for the airframe? If so I would really appreciate it. 

Thanks
Grant"
Apr 29, 2013
Grant Olivier replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.40-beta
"Hello Andrew. 
I also trust you will get better soon. 
When you are better I would appreciate it if you would shed some light on an issue I have had using ArduPlane V 2.34 and APM V 2.4.1. As I understand from some of the blogs you are one of the…"
Jun 10, 2012
Grant Olivier replied to Jonathan M's discussion APM 2 GPS not getting a lock?
"Just to report back on this issue for me.
I have replaced my MediaTek GPS modules on the APM2 with the uBlox GS407 GPS and the DIY drones uBlox adapter which lock every time within 2 - 5 seconds regardless of how I power up the APM2 (ESC/BEC, USB,…"
May 22, 2012
Grant Olivier replied to Andrew Tridgell's discussion ArduPlane 2.34 released
"Can someone provide a short description with a photo (if possible) of how I should configure the solder bridge on APM2 (V2.4.1) to use UART2 for telemetry? Also if one does so do you lose telemetry on the UART0/2 port when the USB cable is…"
May 20, 2012
Grant Olivier commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Updated ArduCopter and ArduPlane code: APM2 users please upgrade!
"Hi All
Can someone provide a short description with a photo (if possible) of how I should configure the solder bridge on APM2 (V2.4.1) to use UART2 for telemetry? Also if one does so do you lose telemetry on the UART0/2 port when the USB cable is…"
May 17, 2012
Grant Olivier commented on Paul Mather's blog post HK GCS now supports APM binary and UavDevBoard (Matrix Pilot/Serial UDB Extra)
"Hello Paul
I'm also a newby to the scene. I have a simple scenario as follows:
I've set up a UDB4 running MatrixPilot V 3.2.1 to use "#define SERIAL_OUTPUT_FORMAT SERIAL_UDB_EXTRA" in the options.h file. I have attached an OpenLog to the port on the…"
May 12, 2012
Grant Olivier commented on Simon Wunderlin's blog post Howto: ArduPilotMega + USB + qGroundControl
"I have exactly the same problem as you Alain. I am using QGroundControl V. 1.01 (Alpha RC18) and APM2.0 V2.4.1 flashed with ArduPlane V 2.33. I am connecting using the USB serial port (Com5 in my case Arduino Mega 2560). I have disabled the check…"
May 8, 2012
Grant Olivier replied to Muthanna Alwahash's discussion No signal on APM2.0 UART0 and XBEE issue
"I just want to get this straight as well regarding the mapping of serial ports on the APM2 (V 2.4.1). Can someone confirm the following:
Description; Label on Board; Physical position on PCB; Mapping in source code
USB/FTDI; None; USB connector…"
May 2, 2012
Grant Olivier commented on Sam Kelly's blog post Coming soon: MinimOSD!
"Has anyone integrated SparkFun's breakout board for MAX7456 OSD in the APM2 using the ATMEGA2650 SPI?ISP port? If so can you direct me to some details or help."
May 1, 2012