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squishy
Mountain climber
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Jul 27, 2015 - 01:15pm PT
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Yesterday a DJI Inspire (ready to fly noob drone for photgraphers) flew over me in the federal wilderness. If I knew where the pilot was and got his name I would have reported him to my buddy's at the FAA.
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Jul 27, 2015 - 01:30pm PT
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Cessna 172. I start Wednesday.
solo tri-leg cross country flight is required so maybe i'll stop by. I'll bring my big rig and no, you can't shoot at it :-). Maybe it'll have the FLIR aboard. that's going to prove to be an incredibly useful tool.
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squishy
Mountain climber
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Jul 27, 2015 - 01:39pm PT
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nice sar rig dude! Is it a Tarot? I built a few Tarots now and I like them...nothing to complain about...
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Jul 27, 2015 - 02:03pm PT
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It's a Tarot 680 with extended motor mounts so it comes in around 810mm. Arris 4010/370kvs, luminear 30a optos, and I get about 25 minutes with no payload on a 10aH 6s. Pixhawk/3DR electronics. EzUHF diversity. 600mw vtx, minim, telemetry, 3 camera switch.
It's going to be a great SAR rig as well as solar inspection, roof top, etc.
It'll lift 10 lbs easy.
we call it The Beast but a friend built this and well.... yeah, not so much.
Those are 28" blades. It's built to carry a 9 pound LIDAR unit for 40 minutes.
And if there is a build built that'll make a phantom look like a toy it's that Table Top. only around $5K to build w/o the LIDAR. Pixy based as well.
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squishy
Mountain climber
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Jul 27, 2015 - 03:50pm PT
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Man those things crash too hard for my blood...I break props, not my wallet, lol...
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Jul 27, 2015 - 04:24pm PT
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I. DON'T. CRASH. ;-)
except for the porta-quad that Deucey invented that's mostly true.
Been trying to fpv that thing around - through trees and what not. I've broken too many props and that bugs me.
*knock*
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ß Î Ø T Ç H
Boulder climber
Shitalkqua, WA
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Jul 27, 2015 - 09:40pm PT
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squishy
Mountain climber
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Jul 28, 2015 - 10:02am PT
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Jul 28, 2015 - 02:31pm PT
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I know the other two Mission Ready guys on the map
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Gary
Social climber
From A Buick 6
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Jul 29, 2015 - 07:30am PT
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From the link:
"It was just hovering above our house and it stayed for a few moments and then she finally waved and it took off," said neighbor Kim VanMeter.
VanMeter has a 16-year-old daughter who lays out at their pool. She says a drone hovering with a camera is creepy and weird.
"I just think you should have privacy in your own backyard," she said.
Merideth agrees and said he had to go see for himself.
“Well, I came out and it was down by the neighbor’s house, about 10 feet off the ground, looking under their canopy that they’ve got under their back yard," Merideth said. "I went and got my shotgun and I said, ‘I’m not going to do anything unless it’s directly over my property.’"
That moment soon arrived, he said.
"Within a minute or so, here it came," he said. "It was hovering over top of my property, and I shot it out of the sky."
"I didn't shoot across the road, I didn't shoot across my neighbor's fences, I shot directly into the air," he added.
Good for him. This is how drones are being marketed.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
Isn't that just hilarious?
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overwatch
climber
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Jul 29, 2015 - 07:47am PT
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high-tech variation of a mirror on the shoe
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Gary
Social climber
From A Buick 6
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Jul 29, 2015 - 08:34am PT
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I may have to ask Ron A to sell me a shotgun!
Would rock salt do the job? I'd be wary of buckshot.
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squishy
Mountain climber
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Jul 29, 2015 - 09:31am PT
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If you didn't know that video was faked, you got bigger issues here man, lol
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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Jul 29, 2015 - 09:35am PT
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I like the idea up-thread of using a fishing rod to cast a line over the drone.
Shotgun guy should have done that.
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squishy
Mountain climber
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Jul 29, 2015 - 09:36am PT
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there's already anti drone drones that shoot nets onto other drones..and the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a drone, is a good guy with a drone...
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Gary
Social climber
From A Buick 6
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Jul 29, 2015 - 12:18pm PT
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If you didn't know that video was faked, you got bigger issues here man, lol
The point is that's the market they're after. lol
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squishy
Mountain climber
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Jul 29, 2015 - 12:26pm PT
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I work in and with the industry shakers, believe me, that's not the audience they are after...
They are currently working through the makers and tech world still...
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nature
climber
Boulder, CO
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Jul 30, 2015 - 11:51am PT
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Question for you 'git yer shotguns' guys -
if a drone is 270 feet above you will you be able to knock it out of the sky with your shot gun? If so, what gauge/load might you be shooting?
I've shot skeet a little bit but it was typical skeet range.
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