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Sarel P. Wagner commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'Real Time Operating Systems for autopilots'

Like every thing else its a compromise. We have Bare metal, RTOS and full OS. Each one of them has advantages and disadvantages. The one you choose, well normally you select one depending a a few things, horsepower available, efficiency, power consu…

on Tuesday

Sarel P. Wagner commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'Gary Mortimer's new (?) company'

A local (for us South Africans at least) outfit made good, nothing to be embarrassed about! Congratulations Gary and team, you make us proud!

December 2

Sarel P. Wagner commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post 'For those of you planning to buy from UNAV'

Doc, now this is a valued option from an expert, well put. Firstly you need a valid unbiased (sic) perspective before you can start evaluating systems like AP's. Mr. Suggs may need to re-adjust his perceptions and biases....

November 29

Sarel P. Wagner commented on Chris Anderson's blog post 'Dealing with spammers on DIY Drones'

Hi Chris, another volunteer :) if you need one more.

November 28

Sarel P. Wagner commented on Sarel P. Wagner's blog post 'IASSA, Light Unmanned Aircraft Flight Demonstration'

The flight on Sunday was under full AP apart from take off and landing, they did a loiter circle (Vulture in their speak) and a 4 waypoint figure 8 also under AP. Do not know what AP they are using.

November 24

Gary Mortimer commented on Sarel P. Wagner's blog post 'IASSA, Light Unmanned Aircraft Flight Demonstration'

I think its going to be there own design and has only flown RC so far, but Sarel lives in the smoke and will be able to correct that.

November 24

Morli commented on Sarel P. Wagner's blog post 'IASSA, Light Unmanned Aircraft Flight Demonstration'

Thanks Sarel, for shareing the video, did I read some where that it is Pico pilot AP?

November 24

Sarel P. Wagner commented on Sarel P. Wagner's blog post 'IASSA, Light Unmanned Aircraft Flight Demonstration'

Two birds landing, both CSIR: Twin boom research UAV Landing Smaal CSIR UAV landing

November 24

Gary Mortimer commented on Sarel P. Wagner's blog post 'IASSA, Light Unmanned Aircraft Flight Demonstration'

Im here till March, I was just flying underneath Giants Castle, that's a test for thermopiles ;-) I think my oppo Tiaan would like to come see your Ardu fly hes in PTA, oh this should be PM stuff ;-)

November 23

Sarel P. Wagner commented on Sarel P. Wagner's blog post 'IASSA, Light Unmanned Aircraft Flight Demonstration'

Game on GAry :) Till when you here?

November 23

Gary Mortimer commented on Sarel P. Wagner's blog post 'IASSA, Light Unmanned Aircraft Flight Demonstration'

Bring your Easystar down to the Berg Sarel and we can have a flying event ;-) Thats what should happen at these things!

November 23

Sarel P. Wagner commented on Gary Mortimer's blog post 'Anybody able to guess what this is??'

Spawning polyps in shallow water Gary?

November 23

Sarel P. Wagner commented on Sarel P. Wagner's blog post 'IASSA, Light Unmanned Aircraft Flight Demonstration'

Unfortunately no info on the AP. Everything is dual redundant on the craft, including the AP. Will try and get more info on the thing.

November 22

Condor commented on Sarel P. Wagner's blog post 'IASSA, Light Unmanned Aircraft Flight Demonstration'

Sarel Any information on the AP that the CSIR are using?

November 22

Morli commented on Sarel P. Wagner's blog post 'IASSA, Light Unmanned Aircraft Flight Demonstration'

Hi Sarel, Any landing videos ? thanks for sharing very nice UAV pics and video,

November 22

Morli commented on Sarel P. Wagner's blog post 'IASSA, Light Unmanned Aircraft Flight Demonstration'

Found the taxi & take off video here :), good power

November 22

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IASSA, Light Unmanned Aircraft Flight Demonstration

This event happened on Sunday 22 November 2009.

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UAV Flying Day v2.pdf The brochure.… Continue

Posted on November 22, 2009 at 7:30am — 19 Comments

Laser rangefinder with RS232 output

See: http://www.opti-logic.com/industrial_rangefinders.htm Pricing from $495 for the 100 yard unit to $595 for the 400yard one.

7-9VDC conditioned required and Current draw @ full power (~ 1.8W)

Range (Minimum 4 Yards)
Resolution 0.2m
Dimensions: 32x78x84mm
Weight: < 8oz

Posted on October 16, 2009 at 3:58am — 6 Comments

Open Source Airframe

Can anybody shed some light on the accuracy of the airflow around the fuselage on the attached image? The wing is based on the GM15 foil. Rest of the details is in the picture. The modeling was done with XFLR5.

Does the results of lift, drag etc look credible?

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Posted on September 30, 2009 at 5:33am — 6 Comments

New Laser Rangefinder

Aerius Photonics of Ventura, Calif., is showing its new 25-gram miniature laser rangefinder, the MLR 100, designed for use as a proximity sensor, height above ground sensor, laser altimeter and scanning transceiver for miniature laser detection and ranging (LADAR) systems.

Also a link:… Continue

Posted on August 17, 2009 at 8:26am — 5 Comments

Project Nelson

Finally the project has a name, Project Nelson :) From the Seagull song fame" The Seagulls name was Nelson"

Finished the build today, did the first un powered launch today, went ok.

Regards

Posted on May 16, 2009 at 10:43am — 12 Comments

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At 3:16pm on June 1, 2009, dionh said…: Sarel,

Have you ordered components from sparkfun before I would like to know how much the import duty and delivery costs are to SA and also how long it takes to arrive.
Dion

At 1:01pm on October 1, 2009, Mogly (Umesh Tharanath) said…: are you avaliable in chat ?

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