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Aerial Mapping and Photogrammetry in Mining


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ausdroid commented on Charles Blouin's blog post Pacific Drone Challenge
"This is a joke.....right?

A competition with contestants organising their own authorisations to use the proposed fields and access international airspace? Isn't the whole aim of an organised event to have the organiser arrange these permits so that…"
Mar 14, 2018
ausdroid replied to Randy's discussion figuring out the Antenna Tracker
"Well! WOuld you look at that.

Found it. Thanks. Works perfectly.

Thanks."
May 10, 2017
ausdroid replied to Randy's discussion figuring out the Antenna Tracker
"Hi All, we have built our tracker and it works fantastically. We have two telemetry modules on the tracker which is controlled by a pixhawk.

The Antenna Tracker Pixhawk is able to pick up the plane and point to it.

The problem we have is that when…"
May 9, 2017
ausdroid posted a discussion
Yo Comunity. We have a Sony FDR AX53 mounted on our gimbal on our big quad. The stabilisation is fantastic. We purchased a gentwire 181 interface to control zoom and record and photos and video.It doesn't work.We tested the cable on a the Sony FDR –…
Mar 17, 2017
ausdroid replied to Philip's discussion What is Pixhawk 2? in Pixhawk 2 User Group
"Hi All, has anyone ordered anything through the Pixhawk Store;
http://pixhawkstore.com.au/about-us/
We ordered a power module in early January and can't contact them. There are no contact numbers or email address on the website. We tried the contact…"
Feb 12, 2017
ausdroid replied to Onur BOY's discussion External USB&Led adapters not working with pixhawk boards
"never, have I been able to get the external USB to work. We have managed to get the external LED working, but it appears to turn off the main LED on the Pixhawk."
Jun 15, 2016
ausdroid replied to Peter M's discussion 3DR Solo for mapping/ survey/ precision ag
"It's horses for courses.  You can't expect every drone to do everything.  If you want to do precision mapping and Ag then you will need a precision drone of some sort, the question is how much precision do you want?  If you want to do large areas,…"
Apr 21, 2016
ausdroid replied to HighVoltage's discussion Price of industrial drones
"@High Voltage,

The reason those drones cost $65k is;
1) Product liability insurance (you want a comeback if it crashes)
2) Investor's return on investment (i.e., the people that set up the company want a profit).
3) Amortisation of the R&D that…"
Mar 23, 2016
ausdroid replied to Philip's discussion What is Pixhawk 2? in Pixhawk 2 User Group
"Philip, 

Congratulations on your efforts to keep the development happening.  We will be releasing our first two aircraft this year and are very excited that there will be the opportunity to have the next stage of Pixhawk available. 

Anything we…"
Feb 26, 2016
ausdroid replied to Dave Williams's discussion Using AUX pins as relays for CHDK
"Hi Plino,

Did you get it?

Did it work for you?"
Jan 26, 2016
ausdroid replied to Dave Williams's discussion Using AUX pins as relays for CHDK
"Juan,

How did it go?"
Jan 26, 2016
ausdroid commented on ausdroid's blog post Aerial Survey and Photogrammetry with X5 & X7
"Darren,
After a great deal of testing we have found that to get great imagery, you need a damped gimbal mount for the camera. We have been doing a great deal of testing with the Havok http://australiandroid.com.au/products/havok and a canon S110 and…"
Nov 11, 2015
ausdroid commented on ausdroid's blog post A44 EagletTesting
"Andrew, we have three models and are just finalising production tooling now. We hope to have final pricing in the next month or so.
Joe"
Oct 16, 2015
ausdroid posted a blog post
We took the A44 Eaglet out for some pre-production testing on a beautiful day downunder and couldn't help but tell the rest of the world about it. We're soooooo proud of this little plane.
Oct 16, 2015
ausdroid replied to Dave Williams's discussion Using AUX pins as relays for CHDK
"Plinio,

Have you receibved your cable?

Is it working for you?

regards,

Joe"
Sep 30, 2015
ausdroid replied to Dave Williams's discussion Using AUX pins as relays for CHDK
"Juan,

Have you received the cable?

how has it worked?"
Sep 30, 2015
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