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Male
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Location
Ballarat, Victoria
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
I am interested in UAV use in the civilian sector specficly in Australia. I am currently setting up a UAS traing school for the small catagory of RPA. I am looking at using mainly the APM 2.5 to begin with moving to the PX4 in the not to distant future.
Hometown:
Ballarat
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Hi All,I'm a bit of newbie to the boat scene but I am working on a project to build a boat to map the floor of estuaries using side scanning sonar. The boat build side is being handled by other members of the project but the autonomous side is my…
"Thanks Dave Williams for sharing that info :) I've been a bit on the busy side. Just remember guys my PID's are tuned for a heavy Sky Eye with 5000mah battery installed if you are flying with a smaller battery you are going to need to back the gains…"
"Hi Simon Francis.
We are looking at starting courses late February with a view to have a minimum of five courses in the first year of operation."
We are looking at starting courses late February with a view to have a minimum of five courses in the first year of operation."
"Hi Joshua Johnson sure you are more than welcome to add us to your site I will me message you with the detail over the next 24 hours."
"The CASA regulations aren't to bad but they do lack the key ingredient of enough training organizations to make them work. Believe me CASA are as happy as you are to see us starting up because it makes their job a lot more strait forward. Keep an…"
"No worries that's the whole idea of this project making it simple and safer to get into the UAV industry so we will do everything we can to make that a reality."
"Hi Joshua Johnson as far as Victorian UAS Training are concerned all are welcome but I will need to check if CASA (our version of the FAA) will sign off qualifications to people other than Australian citizens. I am more than happy to find out the…"
"Thanks Andrew Tridgell! Its been a long road to get to this point but we are very exited to be here."
"Hi All,
Has there been any issues running Minimum OSD on APM plane 2.76? I ask as I have just gone back to having a live feed from my aircraft (the last time i used the osd was on 2.74) and i cant get it to get data out of the APM.
Any advice would…"
Has there been any issues running Minimum OSD on APM plane 2.76? I ask as I have just gone back to having a live feed from my aircraft (the last time i used the osd was on 2.74) and i cant get it to get data out of the APM.
Any advice would…"
"Hi Aytek,
Sure I will try and attach the file here or if that fails PM it to you.
This param file will work with a Sky eye that is running stock out of the box hardware ( stock motor, esc and servos) with a 5000mah Zippy 3 cell lipo and a cg 70mm…"
Sure I will try and attach the file here or if that fails PM it to you.
This param file will work with a Sky eye that is running stock out of the box hardware ( stock motor, esc and servos) with a 5000mah Zippy 3 cell lipo and a cg 70mm…"
"What flight times are you getting?"
"Its a nice platform for the APM 2.5 and i love it but those getting it should be aware of a couple of things.
1. It is not as stall resistant as it sounds and when the do stall they like to drop a wing and go hard into a spin if you aren't all over…"
1. It is not as stall resistant as it sounds and when the do stall they like to drop a wing and go hard into a spin if you aren't all over…"
