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Post by HiTemp on May 18, 2015 18:58:00 GMT -7
Here's another "be scared, be very scared" story from the British press having to do with drones. Burglars Using DronesThe solution, of course  , is to promote some kind of LAW to ban these things before the criminal element seizes the technology to enhance their enterprise. Drones given as Christmas presents are only going to make matters worse. Who writes this crap? So what happens the first time (I'm sure it's already happened) bloke A smacks bloke B upside the noggin with a cricket bat? Won't we need a LAW for that too? Won't giving a cricket bat as a Christmas present increase the public fear for their safety? I think reporting like this is a danger to public safety and we need a law against that. Anyone giving a subscription to the The Telegraph is increasing the public fear for their own safety. No wonder we broke away from them almost 240 years ago! No regrets here. |
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Post by Grug - American Neanderthal on May 19, 2015 7:16:21 GMT -7
The nanny state, something we are trying to emulate. Of course once you disarm a population, its much easier to control them through fear, even if you claim its for their own good.
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Post by HiTemp on May 19, 2015 15:04:33 GMT -7
I'm thinking of buying one of those quads with a camera but I don't know doodley about them so I guess I have some reading to do and a few visits to the LHSs to talk with folks in the know. Not planning any burglaries or privacy violations, just thought it would be kind of fun to zip around in something using FPV.
I was looking at one that has a "return home" feature but when I read how it works I don't think I could use it to fly from the backyard. My yard is surrounded by big oak trees between 65 and 90 feet tall. The return home thing, when you press the button, it puts the drone at 10 meters alt, stabilizes, then flies a bee line back to 10 meters above the launch point, then hovers at 2 meters until you land it or the batts die. Prob is, at 10 meters it's going smack into a tree unless I come in from the north, but that would mean it has to pass directly over other houses and not just open land. That would be a no-go for me.
The technology is out there, especially with video equipment packages, where you can spend absolutely foolish amounts of cash on these things. That's a bit out of my league. Maybe a few hundred tops would be my budget, otherwise forget it and I'll spend the cash on better power tools or some good hardwood.
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Post by Grug - American Neanderthal on May 20, 2015 5:58:32 GMT -7
My cousin has one w/o FPV, I'm pretty sure there are a programmable GPS go home modes on some of the boards that you can set it at what ever altitude to return to a GPS point. I had thought about FPV on a quad copter as well, just for scouting fields to see where I need water etc, but they are incredibly complicated and expensive when you start to get into the customized command boards. So I thought about a conventional plane I could hand launch, they sell them at nitroplanes like the one that crashed in the guys back yard. But I like things simple and I hardly fly the planes I have now that I can velcro a video camera on. It would be nice to have one of the new go pro cameras though and set up a plane to use.
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Post by HiTemp on May 20, 2015 13:50:16 GMT -7
Sheeeeoooot, if I knew how to program one of those things I'd have it at the donut shop for pickup every morning at 6:01 and have it go get my mail every afternoon at 4:30. I have no idea how reliable the GPS is in those things. If it's anything like the Garmin I have in my car it would be a recipe for drone disaster. That thing can't find its own ass with two hands.
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, is to promote some kind of LAW to ban these things before the criminal element seizes the technology to enhance their enterprise. Drones given as Christmas presents are only going to make matters worse.
