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• Warren Purnell July 1, 2014 at 1:35pm

  I know a guy you could try but he's in Melbourne. Very good and up to date on IAV development.
• Lukaso July 1, 2014 at 6:14am

  Hi Guys, I'm after drone engineer. Can anybody recommend someone in Sydney who will be able to work part time with agreed salary on the project I have?  Thank you for your help. Lukas
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  GeneralJumbo May 11, 2014 at 6:22am

  Not a bad thought Adam, thanks.
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  Adam Warburton May 11, 2014 at 5:34am

  Actually Hobbyking has a mini version of the APM which would make it easier to fit into smaller planes http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idproduct=... 
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  GeneralJumbo May 11, 2014 at 3:54am

  I didn't say that it would work, just that I'm going to try it!
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  Adam Warburton May 11, 2014 at 3:44am

  I'd love to know how the swappable build goes, I've been seriously considering buying a kit or two, the Spitfire appeals to me quite a bit actually.

  Never considered rigging up an APM to one before though.
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  GeneralJumbo May 11, 2014 at 3:36am

  Thanks for the info gents.  I'm in the process of building my first 'FliteTest' swappable  RC aircraft, so I may end up creating a 'Dusty' drone, or a blunt nose Versa more likely as the first APM equipped aircraft.  I've had an RTF Steadidrone Quad with APM 2.5 before, but I'm enjoying starting from scratch with a fixed wing.
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  Adam Warburton May 11, 2014 at 12:47am

  It depends on the type of transmitters you are using for your telemetry, if they are frequency hopping such as the 3DR telemetry radios then 915mhz can legally be used up to 1W as long as a minimum of 20 hopping frequencies are used (which I'm pretty sure it does by default) although it only goes up to 100mW you can at least use it full power. however 433mhz can only legally be used without a license up to 25mW because there is no there is no provision in the regulations for frequency hopping, the 25mW restriction applies no matter how you are transmitting.
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  GeneralJumbo May 10, 2014 at 11:14pm

  Thanks Matt, 433 it is!
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  GeneralJumbo May 10, 2014 at 10:59pm

  Hey All,

  I have a quick noob question for Australia; 433Mhz or 915MHz for telemetry?

  Thanks!