Recent content by hugh4g

I visited the Commercial UAV show at Olympia last October, and one of the interesting things was the presence of all the big military firms. Lockheed, BAE systems and several others. Their focus seemed to be on agriculture and mapping. It was interesting to see how expensive a 600 mm uav...

Could Percepto be used to control the drone so it can stay a certain distance from say, a wall, and allow the drone to fly along the wall at a set distance, say 2 or 3 metres... I'm thinking survey work, to photograph the surface of a building from relatively close up in a succession of still...

I think waypoints are coming... I'm watching this one with interest... for similar reasons... Hugh

Congratulations... Not enough stills photography... This is good Hugh

Quinton...I seem to remember you put so much effort into that thing! What happened? Hugh

watching with interest... Hugh

@Russ Delaney And.... Was the test flight successful... watching with interest.. Hugh

mine disappeared too! h

'Cept that pulling stills from video is a bit of a compromise...to my mind... There is an old adage about previsualising the photograph you are taking. May be old school way of thinking, but it is what gets you the photo.... Think Cartier Bresson! I agree about any point and squirt camera...

Hi Matt, Early morning and best of all, Gods magic hour, just before sunset.... The low light will give you relief and contrast. Bon chance Hugh

Ah ha ... a thread that gets interesting... The trick is always to shoot with the camera in portrait mode, the software likes it better...overlap by 25-30percent...the go pro just doesn't have sufficient material to make good panoramas. Fish eyes always, in my opinion, put you too far away...

http://www.pts-uk.com/Products/Machine_Screws_TX_Countersunk_Machine_Screws For a starter... Good luck H

What's amazing is that we are all real!... I thought we were weirdos like the Baja monster! Hugh

Hey guys, this forum is one of those valuable resources that is exemplary due to its smooth nature. dave has been frustrated by a lack of support/response... Bart, Dave is a valuable contributor... I've been holding off making a couple of decisions, awaiting the outcome of his findings...it...

watching... Bon chance mon brave! H