About Me:
R/C Hobbyist
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Recreational AP using trad helis and multis; R/C sport and scale airplanes R/C sport and scale helicopters
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"Be careful about accepting legal advice given on an Internet forum by someone who is not even in the same country and who has presented no relevant credentials and who has a history of encouraging '"compliance" and "licencing" which may or may not…"
"That aggressive, badly-done face on the already nasty-looking Rube Goldberg DJI contraption (that looks like it was designed in some mom's basement by a 13-year old in teen-crisis) is exactly what we don't need. It's garbage like this that fuels the…"
"Comment by Chim Xotox just nowDelete Comment
By 2017 we should have UAVs that weigh less than two pounds (maybe much less) and that are capable of most functions and thus present little or no safety threat to anything in the FAA's domain. Perhaps…"
By 2017 we should have UAVs that weigh less than two pounds (maybe much less) and that are capable of most functions and thus present little or no safety threat to anything in the FAA's domain. Perhaps…"
"Nice, can you tell us what airframe, gimble and camera? Also a tip; As you see, speedy horizontal panning yields an unpleasant vertiginous jerkyness. It seems to matter not what camera is used, video panning only seems to work decently if done…"
"@Mauricio: Very, very nice looking! Can you give us a narrative of how you built this? Any plans to produce these? Kickstarter? "
"It's the "realtime clock" that's the reason for the high price. Made by Patek Philippe, it accounts for 3500 Euros of the price. The remaining 68 Euros are for the rest of the bits, sourced at Radio Shack going-out-of-business sales. The case…"
"So you want to ride your tricycle blindfolded into freeway traffic and then expect that some iPhone app should sense a bus bearing down on you and whisk you up into Winnie the Pooh's tree? Would you like fries with that?
1. Learn how to fly.…"
1. Learn how to fly.…"
"Edgar Scott wrote: "... yes I do know how to fly been doing it for 10 years, at least once a month, maybe not as good as anyone here or as good as you but oh well."
The issue isn't whether you can fly or how well, maybe you're Chuck Yaeger's…"
The issue isn't whether you can fly or how well, maybe you're Chuck Yaeger's…"
"Rana, It is very impressive that the aircraft actually completed this flight and remained in one piece without crashing! Something seems to be badly out of balance and/or out of tune, the vibration (and the rough sound) seems extreme (as reflected…"
"Here'a a direction for Mr Scott to take in his quixotic quest for a stickless- wonder controller that eliminates the need to actually learn to fly. I suggest that with just a little bit of research and experimentation, along with some reviewing of…"
"Sorry for the slow reply. Pusher motor was controlled directly by the pilot via a dedicated channel and knob on the Tx. So it was totally independent of the APM. "
"I tried that about a year ago, strapped a beam on a medium-size Hexacopter and mounted a prop/motor on it, as a pusher, to see what would happen. It didn't work well, I think because when pushing it tried to tilt the aircraft, and the FC then…"
"Mr Scott: If you're going to attempt to denigrate me by quoting me out of context you might want to do that in a thread that doesn't include my attendant explanation of that statement for all to see. And I'll repeat it: Anyone who flies a…"
"@Mike: The WSJ, of all things, is not going to be leaking something intended to benefit the little guy. The benefit here is to the heavyweight industrial drone makers (like Northrup, Boeing and such, along with a smattering of commercial helicopter…"
"@Tim: Excellent explanation of the fatal lack of feedback from "virtual" as opposed to physical joysticks. I've flown both, the latter extensively, and the former quite a bit, and can verify the effect.
@ Edgar: IMHO it is irresponsible and…"
@ Edgar: IMHO it is irresponsible and…"
"More Chicken Little hysteria (an epidemic on this site). This WSJ article is just throwaway space filler, using the click-on-me word de jour, in this case "drone." The authors are clearly ignorant and confused about UAVs and about the FAA's function…"
