About

Gender

Male


Location

kzn


About Me:

I do Aerial photogrammaory using auvs for a living


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Fly uavs for a living, im a dji fan but would like to give apm 2.5 a try


Hometown:

Margate


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Wayne Upfold replied to Gareth Rens's discussion UAV for photogrammetry / surveys
"Hello Duffy, I have heard similar before, what sort of surveys are you doing size etc and altitude. I have considered going 35mm but would have to fly too high. What processing suit are you using and calibration software. "
Feb 18, 2015
Wayne Upfold replied to Gareth Rens's discussion UAV for photogrammetry / surveys
"Arga I have been using an a 5000 for about 6 months now, it is a good camera, Im using a 24mm sony lens. The camera we still use the most and you will be very surprised to hear this is an eos m,  we do stockpile volumes for corporate clients, the…"
Feb 17, 2015
Wayne Upfold left a comment for Gustav Kuhn
"Hi All, I specialize in 300ha plus surveys, been in the business for 8 years, I do a lot of work for smaller multirotor operators whose equipment is not suitable for larger jobs, attached is a 2100ha job we have recently completed in Mozambique. Our…"
Nov 27, 2014
Wayne Upfold posted a photo
This is a 3d model of a construction site, accuracy is within 6cm on the z plane
Jan 18, 2014
Wayne Upfold commented on M.S. IBN SEDDIK's blog post Today I tried my quadcopter, but I didn't like it...
"I agree with John, I use the wookong M in my multis, the naza is brilliant and as close to click and go as you can get, i have just purchased an apm, I will be relacing all my wookongs with the apm 2.5, its cheaper more powerful in terms of ability…"
Apr 1, 2013
Wayne Upfold posted a discussion
Hi All I have setup my eratix to fly on the apm 2.5, when i switch over to auto on the ground the motor winds up to 100%, however when in the air and i switch to auto the motor shuts down, despite being below target altitude and speed,  I have…
Mar 13, 2013
Wayne Upfold replied to Zachariah L Hanson's discussion Who to donate to?
"If you feel hobbyking are giving you a better deal buy it from them, no need to compensate anyone for anything, but in the interrests of progressing our hobby we should buy the original. Lets make the designers rich, that way they have lots of money…"
Feb 3, 2013
Wayne Upfold posted a discussion
Im battling to get my gopro to work on the av out, it is correctly wired, cut yellow plug off shield to ground wire to video in on tx, I have other leads for different cameras used on the same tx and they work fine, Started off using wifi which is a…
Jan 30, 2013
Wayne Upfold posted a discussion
Im considering fitting an apm 2.5 to a large mugen 50cc uav with 3m wingspan, my concern is vibration, I am firmiliar with the Panda autopilot and DJI for helis and multis, I dont doubt the fact that there are thousands of happy users using the apm…
Jan 29, 2013