Gender
Male
About
Location
Western Cape
About Me:
Independent filmmaker in South Africa
Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest
Have been involved with Kite aerial photography since the early 1990's
Hometown:
Cape Town
Activity Feed
"Having flown more then 15 different machines and doing work for Discovery and National Geographic with the Youtube and Vimeo channels to back up my claim...you could call it a stretch...what is your exeperience other then the "Blade" you got for…"
"Well lets start with "Industrial drones"
The machines you mention are ok but very overpriced. Altus was the worst of the bunch and our local
Manufacturer blew them out the water in a day and night test.
If you want a reliable, powerful machine…"
The machines you mention are ok but very overpriced. Altus was the worst of the bunch and our local
Manufacturer blew them out the water in a day and night test.
If you want a reliable, powerful machine…"
"Hi guys
S100 must not shoot slower then 1600...1000 is not enough but I gaurantee it at 1600 and is great for mapping because you can set the lense and remember for accurate mapping you do not want to be wider then 35mm pref 50mm"
S100 must not shoot slower then 1600...1000 is not enough but I gaurantee it at 1600 and is great for mapping because you can set the lense and remember for accurate mapping you do not want to be wider then 35mm pref 50mm"
"I do not believe this story to be true, VERY FEW multi rotor pilots ever fly at that altitude...You ever dumped a multi rotor from 1200ft, if it's not a y6 - hexacopter or octocopter that puppy is gonna sail away and nobody flies quads at the…"
"The room inside the X8 is not a reality when in comes to flying... up front where you want to house all camera gear becomes cluttered with batteries because of CG on this monster, you want the lightest motor you can find."
"Actually I think because it is so thin it tends to curl and you can correct it with hot water but I just manipulated it by bending in the opposite direction by hand until they aligned...worked fine material is quiet strong and does not break but…"
"X8 carries 3kg easily, airframe empty comes in under 1.5kg if you build conservatively and my present all up weight with 2, 4s lipos, large motor putting out 3.3kg thrust, gyro, receiver, telemetry module with altitude module, camera anti vibration…"
