Drones, quadcopters, and FPV flight

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Re: Drones, quadcopters, and FPV flight

Post by Kalashnikov » Sat Sep 07, 2019 4:46 pm

Flew the drone outside today. It was actually fun, got some good videos.

Helicopter had a hard crash, something mechanical broke.
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Re: Drones, quadcopters, and FPV flight

Post by 32wildbilly » Sat Sep 07, 2019 5:26 pm

Kalashnikov wrote: Sat Sep 07, 2019 4:46 pm Flew the drone outside today. It was actually fun, got some good videos.

Helicopter had a hard crash, something mechanical broke.
Awesome on the drone. :D

Sorry on the helicopter. :cry:
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Re: Drones, quadcopters, and FPV flight

Post by Kalashnikov » Sun Sep 15, 2019 5:25 pm

Flew the drone when playing tennis today. Pretty fun.
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Re: Drones, quadcopters, and FPV flight

Post by gnat » Sun Sep 15, 2019 5:42 pm

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Re: Drones, quadcopters, and FPV flight

Post by 32wildbilly » Sun Sep 15, 2019 5:49 pm

Kalashnikov wrote: Sun Sep 15, 2019 5:25 pm Flew the drone when playing tennis today. Pretty fun.
Is that Squaw Peak in the background of the downtown pic?
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Re: Drones, quadcopters, and FPV flight

Post by Kalashnikov » Sun Sep 15, 2019 5:54 pm

Pic with water is facing NE, so that may be Squaw or Camelback. The one with Bball courts is facing S, that's South Mountain.

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Re: Drones, quadcopters, and FPV flight

Post by 32wildbilly » Sun Sep 15, 2019 5:58 pm

Kalashnikov wrote: Sun Sep 15, 2019 5:54 pm Pic with water is facing NE, so that may be Squaw or Camelback. The one with Bball courts is facing S, that's South Mountain.
If it's Squaw Peak I walked halfway up that thing. Stopped had a cigarette and walked back down. I was a dedicated hiker back then. :roll:
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Re: Drones, quadcopters, and FPV flight

Post by FRUNKenstein » Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:38 am

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Re: Drones, quadcopters, and FPV flight

Post by Kalashnikov » Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:54 am

FRUNKenstein wrote: Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:38 am Where's your transmission?
You were a part of the epic thread... That saw me send it off to the new life.

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Re: Drones, quadcopters, and FPV flight

Post by 5chn3ll » Thu Sep 19, 2019 10:19 am

After dicking with your drone for a while, makes you wonder why every police force isn't using them. Even if you only have one drone-equipped car per shift, that's GOTTA be cheaper than the helo-sharing agreement our PD has (we're way too podunk to have a chopper of our own)...

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