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Centruion Gauteng


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Learning more about UAV's


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Startup of a new company to do aerial survey and surveilance


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Centruion


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Petrus Botha commented on Yan Roberts's blog post On IoT, Drones, and Cyber Security
"One of the reasons I drive a 1996 Landrover Defender. No electronics, nothing that can go wrong except for seldom mechanical problems due to age.
I believe you have highlighted a real concern regarding IoT devices which might and probably will…"
Nov 16, 2016
Petrus Botha replied to Graham Dyer's discussion Pilot's wanted in South African DIY Drones User Group
"Graham,
I know this is an old post, but are you guys still looking for RPL Pilots?"
Sep 26, 2016
Petrus Botha commented on Andrew Jawitz's blog post Making History- The DIY origins of the Luftwaffe
"Andrew, I am following this post with great interest and commend you in the way you have written this post.

There exists a strong correlation between the art of gliding and what makes a pilot a fighter ace, in the Luftwaffe this can be seen with…"
Jan 21, 2015
Petrus Botha commented on Christiaan van Vollenstee's blog post Introducing the latest ONE from X-UAV
"Christiaan, I like what I see very much. When can we expect these to be in production and cost in ZAR please?"
Jan 14, 2015
Petrus Botha commented on PacificBots's blog post Sailing to Hawaii Continued
"I had pretty much the same idea to launch a vessel to travel from Cape Town to travel to the Prince Edward Islands (Marion Island) and back but dropped the idea due to cost and knowing how treacherous the Southern Ocean can be

I admire your…"
Jan 5, 2015
Petrus Botha commented on Hugues's blog post How-to "catapult launch" and Arduplane (XUAV Talon)
"Move the launch hook forward, halfway between the nose and cg"
Sep 4, 2014
Petrus Botha commented on cooldrone's blog post UAV for cigarette smuggling
"All this trouble for just a box of cigarettes? The value of the lost equipment is worth a lot more"
May 22, 2014
Petrus Botha replied to Petrus Botha's discussion Joystick Mode set in Mission Planner 1.2.97 build 1.1.5167.24804
"Thank you Michael!!
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Feb 25, 2014
Petrus Botha replied to Petrus Botha's discussion Joystick Mode set in Mission Planner 1.2.97 build 1.1.5167.24804
"How Can I revert to the previous version until the next release is out?"
Feb 25, 2014
Petrus Botha commented on CliffN's blog post PX 31A (Update)
"What material have you used to build this wing?, it seems like a foam which might be almost indestructible"
Feb 25, 2014
Petrus Botha posted a discussion
What happened to setting flight mode on the joystick buttons. As from this version only the following options are availableChange ModeDo_Set_RelayDo_Repeat_RelayDo_Set_ServoDo_Repeat_ServoARMDisarm All the other options, Manual, Stabilize, Auto,…
Feb 24, 2014
Petrus Botha posted a discussion
My APM 2.5 is behaving very strangely. When connecting it to power (battery or USB) the APM will flash between LED A(red) and C(blue) for a second or 2 and then LED A wil turn solid RED. When connecting to Mission Planner it retrieves the MAVlink…
Feb 17, 2014
Petrus Botha commented on Christiaan van Vollenstee's blog post NIR Images in the Makgadikgadi
"Christiaan, I had issues flying on the Sowa Pans which caused a crash. All frequencies are monitored and squelched on the Sowa Pans including Kubu Island. So if anyone considers flying around the Makgadigadi please do a long range comms check first."
Jan 7, 2014
Petrus Botha commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Acoustic Source Localization of Emergency Signals from UAVs
"Flying monkey, i guess that they will be cutting the whining sound made by both the motor noise and oncomming wind by using bandpass filters which means that the microphone array can be situated anywhere on the airplane. By doing an fft of all…"
Dec 12, 2013
Petrus Botha commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Acoustic Source Localization of Emergency Signals from UAVs
"@ Gary, that technique is not so much in use anymore. In this year alone the mentioned technique of poaching accounts for less than 1% of all poaching incidents. All others were done with high calibre rifles, home made silencers with a <5 db…"
Dec 12, 2013
Petrus Botha commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Acoustic Source Localization of Emergency Signals from UAVs
"Same concept as we (www.echoantipoaching.org) have developed to detect and localise poachers making their shot and then react to that shot with UAV's as first reaction and to provide situational awareness for ground force members and rangers to…"
Dec 11, 2013
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