I sure love flying drones. I started flying a ‘camera drone’…mass-produced, for the masses. As such, the ‘rates’ of control were turned way down, to make it docile and ‘cinematography’ compatible. These Every-man drones have three basic modes: C or cinematography, P or position, and S or sport mode. Each mode has progressively higher rates,Continue reading “Humble(d) FPV Dreams”
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Drone Mountaineering: Cool or Creepy?
The sport?…hobby?…pastime?…of “long-range FPV” is slowly growing in popularity. Eclipsed by drone racing and aerobatics, the use of drones to explore mountains and wilderness, to film from viewpoints only eagles could see previously, is finally starting to take hold. Equipped with special equipment for long-range (lower frequency, higher power transmitters, more sensitive receivers, antennae withContinue reading “Drone Mountaineering: Cool or Creepy?”
Mocked by an Osprey
Yep, that osprey mocked me…hard
Drones: Opening a New View on the World
The relatively recent advent of recreational drones (especially ‘camera drones’) has opened up an entirely new view of the world, one up to now seen only by birds. Drones can fly where even airplanes can’t, and open up views of the world no human has seen before. Since the advent of these drones (and theContinue reading “Drones: Opening a New View on the World”
Old Pilots and Bold Pilots
There’s a saying in the aviation world (or so they tell me…); there are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots. Well, when it comes to flying drones, we may not die if we make a mistake, so conceivably there could be old and bold drone pilots (justContinue reading “Old Pilots and Bold Pilots”
A Brave New Drone World 