Random Drone Thoughts Thread

[royster]

Local park has a family of Canada Geese that stay all summer, locals leave food out for them, flying over them a youngish one, flew up & started quacking & circling my bird, now, whenever I fly near that park that **** goose won't leave me alone. Soon as I start setting up it wanders over & trys to nuzzle my phantom, I;m afraid to take off, decapitate him/her.
Is there a goose deterant?

 

[dirkclod]

Take em some bread or whatever they are being gave and feed them in another spot .
Maybe that will keep them at bay roy .

 

[Mutterranch]

Keep your drone away from them. It thinks you're Mom. If he doesn't bond with his mother he won't follow her next migration. i
It happens.

 

[Mark The Droner]

Then it will become Royster's responsibility to fly south

 

[Mark The Droner]

Frost on the roof. Just made my first cold weather flight of the season this morning.

 

[N017RW]

Frost on the roof...

What is that? (note my location)

 

[captainmilehigh]

Frost on the roof...

What is that? (note my location)

True. All we get are dern hurricanes.


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[N017RW]

But we do have two seasons right...???

Hurricane and Mosquito!

 

[captainmilehigh]

I think so. My mosquitoes are big and hungry. Need a frost to slow them down a bit.


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[J Dot]

Chiming in,
From the land of bugs, hurricanes, and red tide! Did I mention HEAT!
Man I'm in PARADISE!

Our Christmas is shorts and tee shirt! Frost? Snow? You speaking English?

You make snowmen, we make sandmen! Lol

Hope you all are well, and finding time for yourselves, to reflect, and mostly to fly!

I actually took Sunday off ( from LIFE ) and went flying, at a local field, quite peaceful, flew out 14 batteries, with 3 crafts! It was great! Had my canopy, fold out table and chair, my oakley's, and a HUGE cup of Sweet Tea! Wanted to practice my BACKWARDS flying mostly, but spent last few batts, just cruising around the field, only watching iPad! ( goggles in my future )

I would LOVE to fly over the snow covered landscape! At least once!
Would be cool!

Take care, Fly safe!
J Dot


Ps: Good show Mark!

 

[Mark The Droner]

Fourteen batteries... wow...

 

[J Dot]

Fourteen batteries... wow...

I have 12 , p2v and p2v+'s and a p3p. And believe it or not 2 extra batteries!
Also have 4 bad batteries as well, but do not trust them!
Time to thin out the heard, most were repairs, only ever bought 1 new phantom p2v years ago, now I buy cheap broken phantom and fix them, but they seem to pile up quick! Maybe sell a few and buy a Mavic?

J Dot


Ps: having so many batteries kinda sucks, as I constantly have to maintain them so they don't go bad, as well as spend a day a week charging range extenders and Tx's, full time job! not worth it. Normally after 2-3 batteries, you'll have to let the bird, cool down, as motors, wifi unit, esc's, get hot after a while, that is why I took 3 birds ( well 2 ) p3 only has 1 battery now, but will order 2 more, I think 3-4 batteries is plenty for a good afternoon of flying!
Take care ole' friend!

 

[dirkclod]

Maybe sell a few and buy a Mavic?

J Dot


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[Mark The Droner]

 

[N017RW]

Saw that about 2.5 years ago.

 

[QuadcopterCrazy]

 

[Mark The Droner]

Trends:

I do my daily reads every morning.

It used to take me five pages to scroll 24 hours of P3A/P posts. A few weeks ago, I noticed it dropped down to 4 pages. Interest in the P3A/P seemed to be waning.

The last couple days it's been 3 pages.


...

This morning it was one and a half pages! The P3A/P is dying right in front of our eyes!

 

[The Springs]

Mustered 50 steers and heifers today with my P3A .Brought them from 2km away on a hill thought 4 paddocks back to the house yards Might have to retire the dog.Or just teach him to open the gates

 

[QuadcopterCrazy]

If SHTF i'm going to use my drone for reconnaissance, program some litchi waypoints to observe what the ruskies are doing lol.

 

[QuadcopterCrazy]

Sucks not being able to fly, it snowed yesterday, snowed today, snowing tonight and going to be snowing in the morning and then the winds will be high and the temps will be 9 degrees and below the next few days ugh.