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San Francisco-area fly-in today

Posted by Chris Anderson on February 6, 2011 at 9:16am

3689388340?profile=originalWith apologies for the late notice, I and a few other DIY Drones developers will be flying in Concord, in San Francisco's East Bay, starting at 2:30 pm. Any Bay Area folks who want to spend Super Bowl Sunday outside in gorgeous weather, rather than watching a football game on TV, are welcome to join us. We'll be testing the latest ACM code on quads, and testing the latest APM code on Skywalkers and other aircraft, to check how various GPS modules behave in auto mode.

 

The location is in the large open public park at the end of Court Lane in Concord, here. Anyone from this community is welcome to join us. You can bring something to fly or just watch UAV development up close. Crashes are likely!

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  • Geoffrey L. Barrows February 7, 2011 at 4:33am

    Hi Chris,

    This looks like it was fun! I'd like to attend one of these. How far in advance do you typically schedule them?

    Geof

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    Chris Anderson February 6, 2011 at 10:53pm
    We had a great time today--may ten guys total. Next time I'll give everyone a bit more notice. We try to fly at least once a month--it really depends more on wives/partners forbearance than it does weather. If we're good we get to fly more!
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    Michael Smith February 6, 2011 at 7:06pm

    @Mark - the meetup is more irregular rather than regular, but ping Chris and I'm sure he'll drop you a line.  We usually get a day or two's notice at the moment. 8)

     

     

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    Thomas J Coyle III February 6, 2011 at 4:39pm

    Now I know why I am moving to Florida from North Texas when I retire in two years. I used to live in California, but moved to Texas because of my job. I shoveled 1 foot of snow out of my drive way on Saturday and I only live 40 air miles from Dallas. I can deal with Hurricanes as you can see them coming. Tornados are another story. They come out of nowhere. All you can do is build a tornado shelter in your home. Mine is big enough for the wife, me and the cats and is made out of 1/4 steel plate bolted to the concrete slab. Probably will not have decent flying weather until the spring as I am usually at work when the weather is good for flying!

    Regards,

    TCIII

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    Mark Harrison February 6, 2011 at 4:03pm

    Darn, I was planning on coming out at 3:30 to fly with the Concord Model Engineers, and then got waylaid by family to watch the game with them!

     

    Is there a regular meet-up of ardupilots in the East Bay?

  • Bernard Michaud February 6, 2011 at 1:35pm

    Is there anything alike in florida this winther ?

     

  • Steve February 6, 2011 at 1:34pm
    Some of us quad flyers just met up this morning in the South Bay at Baylands park in Sunnyvale. Give us more notice next time!
  • Ron Jacobs February 6, 2011 at 11:25am
    Will you be posting video from the fly-in?
  • Ron Jacobs February 6, 2011 at 11:20am
    Here, here... John, -10 C, 32 km/h  stopped snowing and raining last night. Not great flying weather, so I stay in working on my Easy Star.
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    John Arne Birkeland February 6, 2011 at 10:57am
    Bastards!.. 37 degrees (F), 12m/s and raining. Been like this for the last month or so with snow on and off..
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