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  Bask Aerospace January 17, 2013 at 9:57pm

  Hi Everyone,

  We'd be more than happy to host a meeting here next week. @Michael O - It would be great to meet you and any other new people in this group. I will need to organise exactly what day (I've already crossed off Tuesday for Tim) and I'll let you all know over the weekend. Although this is our day job, I know most of you have "real" day jobs that come first (and when I say "real" I mean they pay the bills :) ). What time during the week suits everyone? I'm assuming sometime after 5pm? And are people just interested in meeting up and having a look at our factory or should I organise a local flying spot as well?

  Looking forward to it already!

  Cheers
• Tim Wilkin January 17, 2013 at 7:25pm

  Wow... we've nearly doubled the group membership in a week! There must be something about actually being active that is attractive to others! ;)
• Tim Wilkin January 17, 2013 at 4:08pm

  Depending on day/time I might be able to join in... I'll second a vote for making it a visit to Bask... Tuesday is out for me, but other than that, I'm good for most days/times.
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  Michael Johnston January 17, 2013 at 6:25am

  Sounds like an opportunity not to be missed. Where are you going to be working out from for duration of course?

  Pending suitability with Dave and Edris, I wonder whether the Bask facility would be suitable? I'd cross town for a peek at the machines in there and some serious learning on MP etc.

  MJ
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  Michael Oborne January 17, 2013 at 6:10am

  arducopter only support relative alts
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  Michael Johnston January 17, 2013 at 5:12am

  There we are world. Good work on putting this together Dave.

  The Shamewheel is still overweight - it will need some lipo before I try autonomous (hmmmm - dodgey pun).

  Been building my FPV ground station the last few nights - cool cool.

  A question on the autonomous work - is the altitude set in mission planner based on;

  • relative altitude from the location using barometric measurement once the board is powered up, or
  • actual altitude, in which case we need to know our starting altitude accurately.

  I'm sure that there are a dozens of threads and wiki pages about this ... but one of you may know already.

  MJ
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  Michael Oborne January 17, 2013 at 5:10am

  ill be in melbourne all next week (mon-thur) for a training course. Anyone want to catch up?
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  Michael Johnston January 13, 2013 at 2:07am

  Hey Dave,

  Been thinking about your informal 'Go Pro' robustness testing - you might want to grab some lens protection. I've gone for a LayerLens .... but there a few other DIY alternatives.

  Good work on setting up this group and organising yesterday.

  MJ
• Tim Wilkin January 11, 2013 at 5:03pm

  Having made a little progress over night on the paper I'm sure I can afford a few hours off to come and play... I should be there around 4 or shortly after...

  Dave S: If you're coming and are bringing a quad, I'd like to see how your prop savers work in the field... I've seen them applied to slower turning motors in the past but would have concerns about how they fair on quads... would love to chat more about them.
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  Bask Aerospace January 11, 2013 at 4:33pm

  Hi Mike,

  Yes I have one left in stock (more on the way). If you're coming to the meetup today at 4pm I can bring it with me if you want?

  Cheers