Another Drone Pilot does it Again
07-21-2015, 03:26 AM
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Agreed!!
very good Idea, but good luck, we just had a small helicopter crash in our area, started a major fire, just found out today the boy flying it was only 17?? and had his cousin whom was 16 with him! both fatalities! wow! turns out from what I heard the boy was legal?? and had his pilots license etc... would have never thought that would be possible but there ya go! I was aware many years ago that you did not have to have a pilots license to fly a kit plane, or "test plane" as they call it! ultralight's and helicopters as well! crazy! but then again they are much easier to spot than a drone! and are manned and most of them are smart enough not to get hit bye a jet or plane as they would be injured! or killed.
the world is a crazy place!
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very good Idea, but good luck, we just had a small helicopter crash in our area, started a major fire, just found out today the boy flying it was only 17?? and had his cousin whom was 16 with him! both fatalities! wow! turns out from what I heard the boy was legal?? and had his pilots license etc... would have never thought that would be possible but there ya go! I was aware many years ago that you did not have to have a pilots license to fly a kit plane, or "test plane" as they call it! ultralight's and helicopters as well! crazy! but then again they are much easier to spot than a drone! and are manned and most of them are smart enough not to get hit bye a jet or plane as they would be injured! or killed.the world is a crazy place!
cccccyyyyyyaaaa!
to fly Helicopters u need a special endorsement on your Ticket. One also has to pass at least a 3rd class Physical. LSA Light Sport Aircraft U don't need the 3rd class just a drivers license. True Ultralights (under 54 lbs and single seat) does not require a License or Physical.[/SUP]
07-21-2015, 05:05 AM
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The stop action picture seems to show a very large drone, probably 5 feet or so from rotor tip to tip. Not sure what you mean by proportional. The video was fake. The winglet had the name of the visual arts company that did this.
07-21-2015, 05:45 AM
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if you stop talking about drones they might go away tell you local hobby shop to stop selling them big or small write to the people who make them what is going on and stop selling them or the hell with what the law says shoot them out of the sky
07-21-2015, 08:55 AM
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Drones are male honey bees which are the product of an unfertilized egg. Unlike the female worker bee, drones do not have stingers and do not participate in nectar and pollen gathering. A drone's primary role is to mate with a fertile queen.
07-21-2015, 09:20 AM
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Drones are male honey bees which are the product of an unfertilized egg. Unlike the female worker bee, drones do not have stingers and do not participate in nectar and pollen gathering. A drone's primary role is to mate with a fertile queen.
07-21-2015, 09:44 AM
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Good point! I think we ought to get the government to ban them pesky electrics altogether. The chances of them going though the windshield of a motor vehicle is probably a million times more likely.... Can you just imagine a electric plane going through the windshield of a bus filled with nuns and orphans?
07-21-2015, 11:29 AM
#2137
thank you
wow! that is nut's, you would think the minimum age would be 18 or even 21 ohhh well, another reason for me to keep my helmet on!
look out for those teen pilots with tootsie pops in their mouths! I'll stay on the ground thanks.
Oh and thanks for the legalities! learn something new everyday! everydays a learnen day!
wish Id learn how to spell, but I know what I mean. lol and I dont have time for spell check! takes me an hr just to hunt and peck the keys! and now my eye sights failing so even tougher, guees I will have to learn brail next!
and the bee drone job, sign me up!
ccccccyyyyyyyyaaaaaa!
look out for those teen pilots with tootsie pops in their mouths! I'll stay on the ground thanks.
Oh and thanks for the legalities! learn something new everyday! everydays a learnen day!
wish Id learn how to spell, but I know what I mean. lol and I dont have time for spell check! takes me an hr just to hunt and peck the keys! and now my eye sights failing so even tougher, guees I will have to learn brail next!
and the bee drone job, sign me up!
ccccccyyyyyyyyaaaaaa!
Last edited by humpmaster; 07-21-2015 at 11:37 AM. Reason: forgot
07-21-2015, 11:42 AM
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Agreed!
dang it! sorry!
little pet peeve of mine! how many of you are actually what you post as your profile!
didn't think so,
just and fyi! a profile is a picture of ones self! not ones interest, hobbies, pets etc..
dont know what the forum rules on this site are for profiles, but most sites would bann you for portraying your something your not! like face book and Google.
pretty simple if you dont want to display your self than dont.
but dont put down that you are an airplane, or a mangy mutt etc..put those pics in you albums!
like I said just my opinion.
dang it! sorry!
little pet peeve of mine! how many of you are actually what you post as your profile!
didn't think so,
just and fyi! a profile is a picture of ones self! not ones interest, hobbies, pets etc..
dont know what the forum rules on this site are for profiles, but most sites would bann you for portraying your something your not! like face book and Google.
pretty simple if you dont want to display your self than dont.
but dont put down that you are an airplane, or a mangy mutt etc..put those pics in you albums!
like I said just my opinion.
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07-21-2015, 12:09 PM
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California is about to pass a law that allows firefighters to destroy, without liability, any drone that interfers with firefighting operations. This ought to be interesting. I guess every unit will have a designated "skeet" shooter.
07-21-2015, 01:51 PM
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About Time! They will need at least 4-5 shooters. Why limit the number of shooters? Make it fair, 1 for 1. The Drones are like Fly's, on stink........
07-21-2015, 03:15 PM
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What firefighter should do is carry a braodband jammer for the frequencies used to control drones. Since most drones have a GPS and return to sender capability it would return to its owner. All you would have to do is follow it and get the responsible party
07-21-2015, 03:44 PM
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I was at the EAA Airventure convention in Oshkosh WI. today, Tuesday, and there were no less the 5 forums on different Drone Topics form safety to commercial use as the FAA is concerned.
07-21-2015, 05:13 PM
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BIngo!! give that man a cigar! perfect! and like others said have a tracking device incorporated, (just like cell phones) so you could track them where ever! sounds good to me!, but then the cheap models with out g.p.s. dont have that feature.
but still is dang good idea! I think.
give that man a cigar! perfect! and like others said have a tracking device incorporated, (just like cell phones) so you could track them where ever! sounds good to me!, but then the cheap models with out g.p.s. dont have that feature.but still is dang good idea! I think.
07-22-2015, 07:43 AM
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In the past couple days, helicopters attempting to put out a major brush fire in southern California were deterred from getting close to the fire by several drones attempting to get video of the fire. The drone presence kept them away from the fire for at 15-20 -- critical time to get the fire out before it can spread further. The drone operators had no sense whatsoever. The emergency responders had no way of determining where the operators were to tell them to get away from the fire. I'm very much in favor of the FAA clamping down very tightly on these aircraft.
07-22-2015, 08:56 AM
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Did anybody see on ABC national News last night, the Quad-Copter that had a semi-automatic pistol mounted on it, and was fired several times, and was actually fairly accurate? Whats next a Hell_fire missile! The jerk was caught by police, he said it was a project he built for school. He was an Mechanical Engineering student at some school in Mass.
07-22-2015, 10:54 AM
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