Mazda MX-5 Owners Club West Midlands
Firebucket wrote:We started to use military developed versions of these things in the Fire Service about 15 years ago. Apart from the obvious great fun value , we used to put them up above large fires to get aerial views, determine spread and most advantageous interventions. They were, as you say, affected by turbulence and so a bit limited. One useful adaptation was to fly them into a chemical gas cloud to capture samples for analysis. One of the greatest drawbacks of the day was that if they lost radio contact they grounded and we did have to pay for a couple of greenhouses I recall. There was quite a lot of success with them in disaster zones for search and rescue purposes though.
Curlyteeth wrote:I was looking these also...
I was thinking about buying a pair of decent binoculars for when you park up the 5 in the Welsh hills and take in the view. but I was then thinking - why look at the thing that you can't quite make out two fields away through some the binoculars when you can go take a look with your quad-copter.....
The functionality of the DJI Mavic Pro 4K is absolutely amazing for less than 1K. It can track and follow you whilst driving whilst avoiding obstacles, rerun to home for low battery or lost signal, follow any object (people or cars) just by clicking on it on the screen of your tablet or phone, stabilises itself in very windy condition, has amazing ranges for control and image transmission etc. etc.
Can you build one for less than a grand and If you do will it have the levels functionality? Accepted there the fun of the challenge!
Curlyteeth
Curlyteeth wrote:I don't think the Kings Arms is too near the airport and the field is far enough away from any buildings
Curlyteeth wrote:Once complete - it would be great to see it fly at one of the meets.
I don't think the Kings Arms is too near the airport and the field is far enough away from any buildings
Curlyteeth
Cerberus wrote: I've seen a video from some guy flying one around Chernobyl. Excellent footage. I did wonder if he had to de-contaminate it after the flight.
Firebucket wrote:Cerberus wrote: I've seen a video from some guy flying one around Chernobyl. Excellent footage. I did wonder if he had to de-contaminate it after the flight.
I don't think so as I believe the helicopter pilots who were contaminated during the incident (and subsequently died) did so during their mission to dump tons of concrete to cap the exposed source thus containing any Alpha/Beta particles, therefore any emmissions now would be gamma rays, which pass through soft tissue but can't contaminate you. I am sure some radiologist will have a better explaination but that is my (lay) understanding.
Curlyteeth wrote:What!!!
https://www.eglobalcentral.co.uk/dji-mavic-pro-rtf-kit.html?gclid=CNHN9_Kj2NMCFW0R0wodTq4EwA#
That is an unbelievable price!
Curlyteeth wrote:That is very cool
What's the flight time on a single battery and the transmitter rage?
Curlyteeth
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