"Hey Nick,
Things are going OK. We're having a lot of communications issues. We've learnt that you don't buy an autopilot and GCS as soon as it comes out, wait until others have solved all of the bugs, then buy it.
Its…"
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Innovative airborne platform UAV for airborne mining surveying
Started this discussion. Last reply by Nick Mann Feb 14. 6 Replies 0 Likes
Hi,My name is Adam Kroll, I'm the managing director of an airborne mining surveying company in Australia. We have recently received a government grant to develop an innovative UAV platform to be…Continue
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Nick Mann left a comment for Adam Kroll"Hi Adam,
I also responded in a non-public message two days ago - I only then realised that these were on a public 'wall'. I hope it's clear that Andrew was really very cagey and gave me nothing close to vital information.…"
Adam Kroll left a comment for Adam Kroll"Hi Nick,
Interesting, geophysics is a small field so its a surprise to see someone with with geophysics experience with an interest in RC and autopilots.
That was nice of Andrew to talk to you about our project after signing a confidentiality…"
Nick Mann replied to Adam Kroll's discussion Innovative airborne platform UAV for airborne mining surveying"Sounds a bit like the D-Dalus.. near-mythical beast it is.... "
Adam Kroll replied to Adam Kroll's discussion Innovative airborne platform UAV for airborne mining surveying"Hi Andrew,
Its a compression ignition system engine. For our equipment we can't have the Rf noise from the ignition system of a petrol engine.
Initially the engine was a bit difficult to deal with but it starts and runs fine…"
Andrew Dunlop replied to Adam Kroll's discussion Innovative airborne platform UAV for airborne mining surveying"Hi Adam,
Please don't feel obliged to respond if it is commercially sensitive information - just wondering if your craft is electric or petrol?
Cheers,Andrew."
Adam Kroll replied to Adam Kroll's discussion Innovative airborne platform UAV for airborne mining surveying"Yes, Ideally someone who has the qualifications to become a UAV pilot under CASA's part 101 regs would be the best, but often you can't get everything you wish for."
ModeratorGary Mortimer replied to Adam Kroll's discussion Innovative airborne platform UAV for airborne mining surveying
"If you designed it from the floor up you better have some excess power available as VTOL's chow it.
Conventional heli's offer better power to weight at the minute."
DeveloperMichael Oborne replied to Adam Kroll's discussion Innovative airborne platform UAV for airborne mining surveying
"so you need a pilot and someone that has micropilot experiance, i take it."
Adam Kroll posted a discussionInnovative airborne platform UAV for airborne mining surveying
Hi,My name is Adam Kroll, I'm the managing director of an airborne mining surveying company in Australia. We have recently received a government grant to develop an innovative UAV platform to be used for surveying purposes.To date we've been out in the field and done a couple of field trials with varying results. We are slowly but surely getting better results from the Micropilot system we've purchased.The issue that we have is that myself, a physicist, an electronics engineer and a software…See More
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- About Me:
- Managing Director of an airborne geophysics R&D company, Shift Geophysics.
- Tell us a bit about your UAV interest
- Developing a UAV platform for airborne geophysics. The platform is currently in the R&D phase. We are using micropilot as our autopilot. The aircraft is the majority of the R&D work.
- Hometown:
- Perth
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- At 6:59am on February 15, 2012, Adam Kroll said…
Hi Nick,
Interesting, geophysics is a small field so its a surprise to see someone with with geophysics experience with an interest in RC and autopilots.
That was nice of Andrew to talk to you about our project after signing a confidentiality agreement. We're getting close to commercialising now, so its not such a big issue.
It is a really cool project and so far its been a big challenge. The autopilot configuration hasn't been easy. Its always two steps forward one step back. When the one step back results in you crashing your aircraft it can be quite trying. But we're nearly there. We've just finished developing some really cool hardware that we're going to strap onto the aircraft on the next test, it should be interesting to see how it goes.
Are you looking for water around tropicana? I did a heliEM survey out there once for water. Did you get good MT results from the solar storm a couple of weeks ago. I assume you're working with one of Andrews companies either EMIT or Vortex?
cheers,
Adam.
- At 2:45pm on February 17, 2012, Nick Mann said…
Hi Adam,
I also responded in a non-public message two days ago - I only then realised that these were on a public 'wall'. I hope it's clear that Andrew was really very cagey and gave me nothing close to vital information.
Sadly we weren't doing MT while the Sun was 'going off'. Then again, it's a great time of year NOT to be digging coil trenches, so p'raps it isn't that 'sad'! It's horrible enough lugging receivers and dragging loops out here in the 40 degree heat.
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