About

Gender

Male


Location

Western Cape


About Me:

Mechanical Engineer working in the film industry


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Interested in the commercial use of UAVs especially in the film and entertainment indusrty


Hometown:

Cape Town


Activity Feed

Ian Freemantle commented on makeflyeasy's blog post Brother of the believer, the free began the test.
"Hi, any update on the VTOL? Is it commercially available yet?
Getting ready to maiden my first Believer:)believer2.png"
Feb 21, 2019
Ian Freemantle replied to Quan Le's discussion Drone topographical survey for agriculture in Africa - What have we done wrong? Business opportunity in Agricultural UAVs
"Hi Quan Le,

I agree with the above comments. You need accurate ground control points if you are looking to produce an accurate model. The number and positioning and accuracy of the GCPs is also important and depends on the topography. This is…"
Jan 4, 2016
Ian Freemantle replied to Andy Piper's discussion Some of my dataflash log dates are 1979 in Pixhawk
"Thanks Steve,
I've checked my logs from three different platforms that go back more than a year. All have the same issue!
I'm wondering if it's a setup issue on the 3DR u-blox modules? Could be location based."
Sep 16, 2015
Ian Freemantle replied to Andy Piper's discussion Some of my dataflash log dates are 1979 in Pixhawk
"Hi Steve, did you manage to resolve this issue? I have the same problem and am struggling to geo-reference my images because of it.
I have a few platforms running Pixhawk/APM with the ublox GPS module and they all have the same problem."
Sep 15, 2015
Ian Freemantle replied to Patrick Leschinski's discussion Swift Nav Piksi
"Great stuff Tim. Really looking forward to this product!
I'm hoping this will be available in South Africa?
Please keep us in the loop."
Apr 8, 2015
Ian Freemantle replied to Wilson Frias's discussion Logs 30-12-1979
"Hi,
Did you manage to get to the bottom of this? I seem to have the same problem. I'm trying to geo-reference my pics on a time based reference in Mission Planner, but the time log from my Pixhawk is incorrect."
Feb 8, 2015
Ian Freemantle replied to Ian Freemantle's discussion Problems uploading firmware to the APM 2.6
"Hey Seidi,

I discovered it was a computer specific problem which I never managed to solve. I managed to get the firmware updated using another computer. I've also recently updated the firmware to my new pixhawk FC with no problems (on a different…"
Aug 6, 2014
Ian Freemantle replied to Ian Freemantle's discussion Problems uploading firmware to the APM 2.6
"Problem solved - Turned out to be a Windows 7-USB issue on my laptop. Still not sure what is causing the problem, but at least my copter is flying!"
Dec 30, 2013
Ian Freemantle posted a discussion
Hi,I'm doing a first time set up for my 3DR Quad using an APM 2.6 board. I've managed to install the Mission Planner software and the device drivers for the APM. I've set the baud rate to 115200 on both the Com port and in MP and selected the…
Dec 20, 2013