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Phil Rudram commented on Christiaan van Vollenstee's blog post South Africa CAA Gave a warning to all South Africans flying sUAV's in civil aviation airspace
"I don't think CAA really have an idea of how to deal with this. According to the description in article in news 24 any remotely controlled aircraft with out a pilot on board falls into the UAS category. I wonder what SAMAA has to say! What we are…"
Apr 3, 2014
Phil Rudram commented on Graham Dyer's blog post Finwing Air Titan
"Don't worry we all have the same impulsive and compulsive behaviour on this blog.The only thing that controlls us all is available funds and storage/building space :) Go for it tell us how it works !"
Feb 11, 2014
Phil Rudram commented on Graham Dyer's blog post Another 100km+ flight
"looks like the sweet spot for duration with this plane will probably be at least 150 minutes duration when every thing is optimised. Flying the mission with 60% straight and level will also help."
Feb 11, 2014
Phil Rudram commented on Graham Dyer's blog post Finwing Air Titan
"If only they included a propeller in deal it would be a no brainer :) Looks the part,like the broad wings."
Feb 6, 2014
Phil Rudram commented on Graham Dyer's blog post ArduPilot formation flying attempt
"I think the answer to this lies in Mission Planner.I would rather rely on the computing power of the ground station using and controlling the positional reporting of the APM/Pixhawk.Members of the flying formation would VPN their notebooks with the…"
Jan 8, 2014
Phil Rudram commented on Graham Dyer's blog post ArduPilot formation flying attempt
"We will test the theory as soon I can put a plane back in the sky.Will leave the how bit to Graham."
Jan 2, 2014
Phil Rudram commented on Chris Anderson's blog post Drones should be banned from private use, says Google's Eric Schmidt
"I don’t think the world responds kindly to this type of fear tactic. Google are already walking on a thin line and must be careful not to alienate the support and market it lives on. The public at large from LA to Beijing are increasingly tech savvy…"
Dec 8, 2013
Phil Rudram commented on u4eake's blog post Crossing the English Channel (France-England) and back autonomously
"What permission did that Swiss dude Yves Rossy have who crossed the Channel with a JetPac ? Just keep below 100 feet."
Jul 25, 2013
Phil Rudram posted a discussion
Hi please help.I.m trying to setup a APM2.5 with ArduPilot2.73 for the first time and get stuck on radio calibration. After calibration I get jitter between the pitch and roll channels.The control throws seem to be acceptable at the limits and…
Jun 30, 2013
Phil Rudram posted a discussion
Hi can someone help.After doing the inevitable windows updates 720 meg on a new Lenovo G580 64bit notebook ,the mission planner freezes. I get an error message. I have tried un-installing and re-installing and get the same result. See the attached…
Apr 28, 2013
Phil Rudram commented on Luis Ramos's blog post Free APM2 Help Manual
"Thank you so much I have been battling to find something like this. This is exactly what is needed for a newbie like me.I think  the whole Ardu xx project would evolve a lot faster if there was better basic documentation.Monkey see monkey do makes…"
Oct 20, 2012