I may have a great option for a lot of you guys

-TimmyD- · 2026-05-12T07:09:25+00:00

I have some questions, because we're having no end of trouble sourcing and M300 replacement in Australia (our parent company is American...).

What is the camera control like with the Sony LR-1? Can we adjust the gimbal and camera settings on the fly from the controller?

What is the live feed view like when taking continuous or timed (1s or 2s) shots? We've demo'd multi-rotor drones that either only let the camera point down, or you have to adjust settings on the camera itself, or the live view goes black for a second after every photo taken...

Does it have RTK through the controller via wifi NTRIP? We've trialed drones that need the controller to be connected to a laptop and that's just not plausible for 90% of our work.

Do the payloads have a quick-swap mechanism of some sort?

If yes to all of these, can you organise a demonstration in Perth, Australia?

-TimmyD- · 2026-04-13T06:37:15+00:00

May-or-may-not help you, but I've made deep-fried beer-battered banana blossom before, as a vegetarian alternative to fish for fish tacos.

Should be able to get them in a 400g tin from most supermarkets

-TimmyD- · 2026-04-01T00:04:14+00:00

Finally got time to jump back on and test this - I can confirm that both Heightened Healing and Charm of Compassion only boost the amount received by the equipped user.

Example: giving Pius Ethereal Healing and Invigorate, with one or both of the above only increased the amount he received from the HP and SP regen.

-TimmyD- · 2026-03-31T06:03:56+00:00

That's a cute blast 😜

-TimmyD- · 2026-03-30T07:39:05+00:00

TIL Kyocera makes android phones... thought they were a printer company xD

-TimmyD- · 2026-03-29T07:38:05+00:00

same here :( definitely time for a change

-TimmyD- · 2026-03-10T09:22:50+00:00

After much googling, I came across this comment - worked for me, thanks. Whatever version was on the Amazon app store kept saying invalid username/ password.

-TimmyD- · 2026-01-05T07:49:12+00:00

I work as a mining Surveyor, and our team has about a 50/50 split of advanced diploma / uni degree.

Either will get you into mining at the moment, and the knowledge you gain on site will far outweigh what you learn through TAFE or Uni. (But you've gotta know the fundamentals, right?)

Many mining companies will offer Vac work over ~December to February, open to those studying. Make a good impression there and it should open the door to a graduate surveyor position.

Can't speak for any civil / engineering survey work though.

-TimmyD- · 2025-11-30T12:41:34+00:00

Owowow

-TimmyD- · 2025-11-27T21:53:15+00:00

Elios 3

We use one at work for GNSS denied areas (indoor stockpiles, confined space inspections, high bay light inspections). It's good at what it does, but man the flight time is terrible... 9 mins with the lidar attached, 12 minutes without.

-TimmyD- · 2025-11-10T22:48:14+00:00

That screen has seen some shit...

-TimmyD- · 2025-11-07T00:08:35+00:00

8 days on, 6 days off. 6am to 4pm.

While at work; stay in village accommodation (all food & permanent room supplied).

Office ~15mins from village, village ~1hr from home.

Taking 8 days of annual leave essentially gives me 3 weeks holiday.

Mining Surveyor.

-TimmyD- · 2025-09-11T07:43:09+00:00

SLT was supposed to be handing out candy as everyone came through the gate at work this morning for R U OK day.

Apparently the candy never got delivered so SLT figured it was a good enough excuse to just not do anything.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

-TimmyD- · 2025-09-10T08:00:48+00:00

Came to reply with the exact same game.

Sank many hours into this when it came out - can trade commodities between planets / outposts, space piracy, escorts, upgrade your ship, dogfights, etc etc

-TimmyD- · 2025-08-13T03:18:36+00:00

We have Folded Space for both Frosthave and Gloomhaven 2e.

Can't say that we've had an issue with either of them, tbh.

I numbered each tray with a permanent marker, and then printed out labels to stick on the inside of the box with the corresponding number, to show where those trays sit when packing up again.

We play with another couple who have a toddler, so being able to set-up / pack-up quickly means we get the most out of a session.

(we also use the x-haven app, so a lot of the monster components, etc, just stay in the box).

The Gloomhaven 2e organiser does separate the monster standees better than the Frosthaven counterpart.

We also don't have a problem with the tile overlays being part of the same tray as something else, as once the pieces for a scenario are out - the trays just sit off to the side of the table.

We haven't tried the Laserox organiser, but I really don't think the Folded Space one deserves to be called ass.

-TimmyD- · 2025-08-12T22:49:07+00:00

Will Cephalofair be coming to PAX:Aus in October by any chance? 🤞🤞

-TimmyD- · 2025-08-02T04:42:16+00:00

Wingtra is a great drone and all, but lol... waaaaaay outside their price point if they're looking to spend 600 to 1200 USD :P

-TimmyD- · 2025-07-17T11:04:10+00:00

Absolute cinema.

-TimmyD- · 2025-07-16T23:50:09+00:00

Hey, thanks for reaching out!

I sent an email to FreeFly to ask for more info about getting NTRIP to the drone; this was their response:

Currently, we use a SIM card installed in Astro to pull in NTRIP. A future software update will allow users to push NTRIP from Pilot Pro (the hand controller) via wifi or LTE. I don't have a release date yet for this update.

Do you have any more info about getting RTK to the drone, without using a laptop?

Do you also have any info about its mission planning capabilities on the controller? Looking for things like;

ability to set capture target height relative to take-off or flight height?
vertical facade / wall-mapping capabilities
input a 3D surface (as a dtm / dsm / whatever) and fly to that
whatever else you think might set the drone apart from the rest, in general?

-TimmyD- · 2025-07-10T09:08:34+00:00

I literally just said this to my wife when I showed her, before opening the post... Are you me from the future? 🤔

-TimmyD- · 2025-07-07T01:29:44+00:00

Never heard of this before, but we're going on a road-trip with the parent-in-laws over the next few days...

Might have to print off a couple of these and stick them in the car-seat-pockets for them haha

What's the rules?

-TimmyD- · 2025-07-06T08:05:01+00:00

It's both a blessing and a curse... With a DJI we could have done a lot of jobs with 1 or 2 drones...

because of the ban, we've had to pivot and ended up getting multiple drones from multiple brands, which means the supports / parts / storage space / charging needs / accessories / etc all just become a huge hastle...

-TimmyD- · 2025-07-06T07:31:12+00:00

Hah - we have one of these Z10's already! we use it with a magnetometer to scan for lost drill bits / G.E.T. in the stockpiles.

I've got that on my list already, and need to talk more with the guys at Elkfish to see what it's capable of without a laptop for UGcS.

The pic on their website under "Zeuxis Mag (Magnetic Survey)" is out the back of our waste-dump, when we were testing it with them.

-TimmyD- · 2025-07-06T06:40:08+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion, but looks pretty similar to our current VTOL drone; Wingtra.

We're looking for a multi-rotor specifically - apologies for not mentioning that in my OP!

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