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    Everyone welcome, hopefully we can have some meet-ups and have some fun.

  • I'm an ex-Saffa in Cambridge UK. I have a 3DR quad with APMv2 and all the after-market add-ons; U/I Sensor, Optical flow, Sonar, Video Downlink.

    I'm training for a PPL in my Copious Free Time(tm).

    I Still go to Slaapstad occasionally ;-)

    M

  • I'm in. CSIR UAS project manager. Regards

  • Do you accept expats? :-)

    M

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