About

Gender

Male


Location

Austin, TX


About Me:

Founder, Graf Systems LLC. I design friendly, useful software, I build and fly drones.


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Do more with less in land stewardship.


Hometown:

Austin


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Knut Graf posted photos
Jan 23, 2015
Knut Graf replied to Benjamin Meltzer's discussion NIR Camera vs RGB Camera Conversion in Agricultural UAVs
"Fyi - here is quite a bit of spectral response data from MaxMax.
https://www.maxmax.com/ndvi_camera_technical.htm

Disclaimer: I neither work for nor profit from MaxMax, but I do develop NDVI software."
Oct 28, 2014
Knut Graf replied to Benjamin Meltzer's discussion NIR Camera vs RGB Camera Conversion in Agricultural UAVs
"You can get quite far with converted normal cameras - the advantage is that all the r&d that goes into "regular" cameras works of you, if you go that route. If you compare the converted cameras that you get, for example, at MaxMax, to a dedicated…"
Oct 26, 2014
Knut Graf replied to rockNroll00q's discussion Raw images of corn field from drone for a university study in Agricultural UAVs
"If you are still looking for images, please take a look at grafsys.com or my profile here. I can provide you the stitched images there, or raw images. Mostly corn, some wheat & pasture, some with near infrared. I would like to learn more about your…"
Oct 22, 2014
Knut Graf posted photos
Oct 14, 2014
Knut Graf posted a discussion in Baja Drones Group
The founder of apparently-defunct 3DRInstruct, which turned into UASInstruct. He is listed as living in Coronado. Michael, please get in touch.If you know Michael, please remind him to get in touch.Thank you.Greetings from Texas,Knut Graf
Sep 27, 2014
Knut Graf commented on Jeff Taylor's blog post New NGB Filters and Higher Resolution Camera at Event 38
"Thank you. I'm working on an NDVI processing software. Maybe I can build some software presets that take the imaging characteristics of your new filters into account."
Aug 22, 2014
Knut Graf commented on Jeff Taylor's blog post New NGB Filters and Higher Resolution Camera at Event 38
"Do you happen to have any sample images that show commercial crops, such as a corn field ?

Thank you,
Knut"
Aug 22, 2014
Knut Graf replied to Knut Graf's discussion 30 minute multicopter flight times, with a camera, in practice ?
"Friends of mine are working on a quad with 400kv-class motors and 17 inch props, running on 6s, and they are achieving 30 minutes with camera on gimbal, I have been told. I will updated once I learn more."
Jul 2, 2014
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Apr 24, 2014
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Apr 22, 2014
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Apr 10, 2014
Knut Graf commented on Chris Anderson's blog post PocketDrone -- new APM-based Kickstarter project
"This looks like a smart design. But does "heavy lift" go together with "Capable of carrying up to 1/2 pound payload" ?
The term "heavy lift" is often used for rigs capable of carrying DSLRs and professional movie cameras. I suppose given the low…"
Jan 8, 2014
Knut Graf replied to Ahmad Affiq Bin Sukari's discussion APM + OpenCV
"I have been looking at a similar use case, where a copter could LAND on a visual target, based on control inputs generated from computer vision on an onboard camera. That would be an amazing transitional-technlology capability, useful for…"
Jan 7, 2014
Knut Graf replied to Kevin W's discussion 3DR Iris vs Phantom 2 Vision
"The Phantom Vision 2 flight time is real, and it's hard to beat. The system is light, and the components are well-matched.
There is a good amount of Phantom community support (on other sites), but the Diydrones community is exceptional.
The software…"
Jan 7, 2014
Knut Graf posted a discussion
During a mission yesterday, my copter hit the first four waypoints, and then kept moving in the same direction, instead of turning towards the next waypoint. I watched it for a while and then brought it back with RTL, which worked fine.Reviewing the…
Dec 24, 2013
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