Thread: Hi tech toys.

Having more fun than an old guy should with this lil drone.
Here's a compilation of my first flights. As it warms up so will my flight durations. Last weekend for ice fishing up here has just passed

That is a very cool toy, but make sure you know where you are flying it, if I saw that above my house there would be a soft crack, and then it would plummet. Jus sayin..........

LOL, expensive skeet shooting target, but would be fun to try to avoid the buckshot....
I hear ya though and have seen a few u tube examples of kids wrongly using this technology flying over tanning folk in their own backyards. With appropriate beat downs afterwards.
Only takes a few bad apples to force legislation, or possibly hurt folk in their own ignorance. I've seen vid's of fantastic aircraft landings filmed with drones that had to be breaking DOT or flight rules getting that close to the runways in controlled air space, hope they were caught and educated,, firmly. Also worst case I can imagine someone crashing this into a car, or house or what have you in their naiveté or callous disregard for the privacy and safety of others.
Some advocates are suggesting banning them already in Europe due to fears of terrorism and or wild life negative impact. Ultimately, and like with most things, personal responsibility and accountability are the key.
I make sure I fly in safe locals and/or high enough not to be able to identify individuals on camera that may be filmed without their consent. If I do close ups over properties, it's always for the owner, and usually with the owner.
I see this particular model of drone being a useful real estate selling tool, home inspection tool, nature filming tool, kids sporting events action filming tool, family reunion outdoor filming tool etc.. Not a peep show cam or covert surveillance tool as it is neither invisible, or silent.
It did not scare the 8 grazing deer I was able to film last week as I was a half mile away and to them I think it just seemed like a weird bird that sounded like a swarm of bee's. That would have been my best video yet but it was after 30 minutes of flying and the internal memory was full so no record kept.. dang..
Can't wait for the thaw,, will be lots more to film up here.
Cheers.

G'day gents.
Took the drone up to the cottage for the week and did some distance over water shots.
The below link is to one but there are other vid's on my youtube page as well.
https://youtu.be/_udfyibUY2A
Now if only I could incorporate a fish finder into it,, that would be cool.
Cheers.

This oldish thread came to my mind as i saw this thing at the news. Few local tech-brains built it. At the interview they said they got the idea after boozing together one night. Do not try this at home

That is pretty cool. Love how they seem to have been able to control the throttle, and rotate the saw while flying. Their rig's a beast compared to my little sports car of a drone.
Thinking Russian, and maybe vodka powered??

Great vids Mike,
Do not know if you have seen this already but here is a clip from the Drone Racing League (DRL). Now you have to master the piloting skills and enter one of the races
Cheers!
http://youtu.be/NNrwLSv7MHc

That is an extreme course. I don't have the fancy first person goggles, I fly using my iPad as my heads up display. Very immersive race that'd be for sure!
Makes me want to charge up mine and do some flying..

Mission accomplished! Im glad you like the vid.