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Halesowen


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Nano UAVs


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Wolverhampton


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Nigel Cartwright commented on Greg's blog post Drone hit British Airways plane approaching Heathrow Airport
"I call Bull Shit on this. If something did hit the plane would still be on the ground and not allowed to fly to it's next destination.

You can call what you like. It was inspected by a BA engineer and released back into service..."
Apr 18, 2016
Nigel Cartwright commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Swarming demo with Solos from Accelerated Dynamics
"@earthpatrol - You are really Darius Jack and I claim my $5..."
Feb 27, 2016
Nigel Cartwright commented on Craig Elder's blog post Pirates! UAV Solutions violates Open Source Licenses
"And yet their store is selling 3DR supplied products...?!"
Jan 24, 2016
Nigel Cartwright commented on FlightBots.com's blog post ‘Drone Safe Register’ Will Help You Find a Legal, Qualified UAV Pilot
"You forgot to mention the £150/year fee...
By ensuring that your drone pilot has their DSR pilot card, you can rest assured that you are employing the services of an approved drone pilot who operates in accordance to UK drone law.

The danger is…"
Nov 4, 2015
Nigel Cartwright commented on Edgar Scott's blog post FLIR just added a new imager in the line up, ten times less expensive than traditional thermal cameras.
"Err... This isn't new..."
May 26, 2015
Nigel Cartwright commented on Marco Robustini's blog post Introducing the Lily Camera
"@Crispin  I think difference is that APM/Pixhawk has always been aimed at the hobbyist and maker end of the market.
The Lily is aimed at the very opposite, it's selling a dream to an innocent and unsuspecting public.
The real eye-opener to me is the…"
May 14, 2015
Nigel Cartwright commented on Marco Robustini's blog post Introducing the Lily Camera
"Crispin - Please don't patronise me - I work in this industry and I know full well what is involved in the development of a vehicle like this.
The Lily could be a cracking product, when it's fully developed.
And that's the point, it isn't,and it…"
May 14, 2015
Nigel Cartwright commented on Marco Robustini's blog post Introducing the Lily Camera
May 14, 2015
Nigel Cartwright commented on Andy Brown's blog post iDroneCtrl 1.3.0: iPhone/iPad drone control app update
"No 433mhz option...?"
Mar 21, 2015
Nigel Cartwright commented on NVdrones's blog post Simply Create Drone Apps for Any Drone. Launching the NVdrones Closed Beta.
"It's hardly 'Universal' when it only supports DJI and 3DR at one end, and Android at the other..."
Feb 21, 2015
Nigel Cartwright replied to J M's discussion Telemetry not connecting with newest APM Planner 2.0.15
"Same problem here. Mac OSX, everything worked fine with 2.14, but 2.15 won't connect via telemetry. The app hangs...

Did ou do the above via a USB connection??"
Dec 6, 2014
Nigel Cartwright commented on Roberto Navoni's blog post VR PAD Station 2.1.0 for Pad and Smartphone support APM , PIXHAWK , VRBRAIN . Preview of new advanced feature that will be available in the next release.
"Thanks for calling me a sucker - you are patently an Apple-hater.
Sorry but I use both Android and iOS.
You get what you pay for:
Android = bugs, cheap nasty build quality.
iOS = top build quality, stability and a lot less pain.
And Apple has 32% of…"
Nov 24, 2014
Nigel Cartwright commented on Roberto Navoni's blog post VR PAD Station 2.1.0 for Pad and Smartphone support APM , PIXHAWK , VRBRAIN . Preview of new advanced feature that will be available in the next release.
""PAD there are a lot more pad that use Android as O.S. respect of IPad on the market :) "
But the Android market refers to them as 'TABLETS', not 'PADS'
The only 'pad' on the market is the iPad.
And there may be numerically more Android tablets out…"
Nov 17, 2014
Nigel Cartwright commented on Roberto Navoni's blog post VR PAD Station 2.1.0 for Pad and Smartphone support APM , PIXHAWK , VRBRAIN . Preview of new advanced feature that will be available in the next release.
"I still don't understand why this has 'Pad' in the name when it only works on Android...!"
Nov 17, 2014
Nigel Cartwright commented on Bill Bonney's blog post MAV Pilot V1.0 for iPhone is available in the App Store
"Isn't 3DR working on an iOS solution, or is this it...??"
Oct 25, 2014
Nigel Cartwright commented on Luca Mariotti's blog post Professional dual frequency RC TX
""the switches, joysticks and knobs are aircraft grade components" Sorry, and I'm sure it works well, but one looks like it came off my cooker...!"
Oct 25, 2014
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