Gender
Male
About
Location
Cape Town, Western Cape
About Me:
UAS Systems Engineer
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
To build long range, reliable, efficient fixed wing UAV platforms.
Hometown:
Cape Town
Activity Feed
"Well done! What system did you use? DIY? Off the Shelf?"
"I see you've done 17km with omnirectionals! So maybe a 2.4 biquad (ro two depending if you've got diversity) will do the trick! f I preorder, what is the lead time ?"
"Looks really promising - glad you guys are pusing the technology again - would a 2 Watt 2.4ghz bootster on the plane give me more than 20km ?"
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"This is available on foxtechfpv.com. Used it before. Quick installation but I had issues with video feed. Others get the claimed 3km no problem. Ground unit is a hotspot so once your laptop or phone connects to it, mission planner or tower loses Int…"
"Have you carefully gone through the documentation? Unfortunately apm is no longer supported. There are many low cost boards (cheaper than apm)."
"Great system! I'm very keen on the 25km product! Do you have an expected date and what are the frequencies?"
"I really like it! Price not bad at all? you might as well add a wifi relay :)"
"Interesting! Dragon link and team black sheep crossfire uses lora, easy 50km fast update. I'm sure a 50km opensource link is very possible. "
"Great comparison - I take it Y is CM?"
"That looks really handy! No support for fixed wings though?"
"Hi Gus - are you flying copter or plane? If copter - you need a compass - then you just need to make sure everything is calibrated and take it outside- the AHRS error should disappear. With plane (with all compasses disabled), you'll still have the…"
"Are you using a compass? I get this using planes without compass and makes sense that I get the error, because the AP can't determine heading while stationary without a compass. As soon I take off the error disappears. If you have a compass, it migh…"
"I've been to 4.1km with fixed wing FPV and I can tell you the props really lose bite up there. Also, most GPSes don't work over 3km altitude. Typical baros on FCs at very low pressures are almost useless."
"Can a fixed wing go higher?"
