Who has a Drone they take Camping?
I know drones are a bit of a two way street, some people love them and others hate them. Admittedly they can be noisy and a nuisance if flown in the wrong place. In many places they are often restrict...
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Kayteg1 wrote:
We might differ in definition "easy to fly"
I don't consider $700 GPS system in $40 drone as "easy to fly" although you might have a point ;).
My drone doesn't have GPS and that is why I have to show my skills.
Than I have seen model of helicopter hoovering about 6 inches above the ground while ... upside down and they don't have GPS. Some things about today's technology are hard to believe.
Thinking about it, on 1 of our climbing trips, we encounter fast-flying drone managing canyon curves about 50 ft above the ground.
Being 1/2 the way up 1600' mountain, we had open view with at least 3 miles view. No pilot and no vehicle visible.
We've been about 3 miles from airport radar and that made me wonder if the airport security might have computer-controlled drones that check the mountains.
Yes our definitions differ. If you want to control all 4 motors and the pitch and yaw of a drone manually have at it. My brother flies stunt helicopters and considers the stabilization technology to be cheating. He can invert them and mow the lawn with them. I prefer to "cheat." When flying near people and things I like that the technology is nearly fool-proof.
