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What could be nicer...
On Wed, 04 Nov 2015 14:45:37 -0500, John H.
wrote: On Tue, 3 Nov 2015 17:01:24 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: ...eagle takes down annoying drone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr-xBtVU4lg Hope this happens everywhere... No you don't, dumb****. What happened to the eagle (if that's what it was). Those propellers will easily take off a finger, let alone cut up an eagle, or hawk or any other bird, very badly. You'll note the drone is still transmitting, which means the owner can easily retrieve and repair it. No one knows what happened to the bird. I hope it made it. And I hope you learned something. Myth busters tested drones. All but the biggest were pretty much harmless. Some of the big commercial ones with carbon fiber blades can leave a mark ;-) |
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Just saw a news items about drones. There is some kind of exhibition in town with 40 exhibitors and 200 delegates.
If a person was interested in one of the toys it might be worth the price of admission. |
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On Wed, 4 Nov 2015 15:07:17 -0800 (PST), True North wrote:
Just saw a news items about drones. There is some kind of exhibition in town with 40 exhibitors and 200 delegates. If a person was interested in one of the toys it might be worth the price of admission. Flying RC airplanes is, IMHO, fun. I've flown the multirotors, but don't get a kick out of it. Except for small ones for the grandkids, I'd not be interested in buying one. And, I've found that flying a helicopter and then flying an airplane pose a problem. 'Up' for a helicopter is 'down' for an airplane using the transmitter controls. That can get interesting. -- Ban idiots, not guns! |
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On 11/5/2015 4:31 PM, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 4 Nov 2015 15:07:17 -0800 (PST), True North wrote: Just saw a news items about drones. There is some kind of exhibition in town with 40 exhibitors and 200 delegates. If a person was interested in one of the toys it might be worth the price of admission. Flying RC airplanes is, IMHO, fun. I've flown the multirotors, but don't get a kick out of it. Except for small ones for the grandkids, I'd not be interested in buying one. And, I've found that flying a helicopter and then flying an airplane pose a problem. 'Up' for a helicopter is 'down' for an airplane using the transmitter controls. That can get interesting. Hold one or the other controller upside down. :-) |
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On Thu, 05 Nov 2015 16:31:30 -0500, John H.
wrote: On Wed, 4 Nov 2015 15:07:17 -0800 (PST), True North wrote: Just saw a news items about drones. There is some kind of exhibition in town with 40 exhibitors and 200 delegates. If a person was interested in one of the toys it might be worth the price of admission. Flying RC airplanes is, IMHO, fun. I've flown the multirotors, but don't get a kick out of it. Except for small ones for the grandkids, I'd not be interested in buying one. And, I've found that flying a helicopter and then flying an airplane pose a problem. 'Up' for a helicopter is 'down' for an airplane using the transmitter controls. That can get interesting. My neighbor Henc is always bugging me to buy a little drone but I am still not sure what I would do with it. It looks like something I would play with a few times and then put it away. It might be interesting to explore the mangroves that you can't walk into but if the drone went down, you would have to I suppose. |
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On Wed, 04 Nov 2015 18:18:20 -0500, John H.
wrote: On Wed, 04 Nov 2015 15:56:06 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 04 Nov 2015 14:45:37 -0500, John H. wrote: On Tue, 3 Nov 2015 17:01:24 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: ...eagle takes down annoying drone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr-xBtVU4lg Hope this happens everywhere... No you don't, dumb****. What happened to the eagle (if that's what it was). Those propellers will easily take off a finger, let alone cut up an eagle, or hawk or any other bird, very badly. You'll note the drone is still transmitting, which means the owner can easily retrieve and repair it. No one knows what happened to the bird. I hope it made it. And I hope you learned something. Myth busters tested drones. All but the biggest were pretty much harmless. Some of the big commercial ones with carbon fiber blades can leave a mark ;-) I've seen the damage a plastic airplane propeller going at a much slower rpm can do to a leather covered ottoman corner. Ate right through it to the stuffing. My wife was very unhappy. I'm thinking your 'myth busters' test is bull****. Although small and plastic, those props are going several thousand rpm, and they're very sharp. Here's a view of some of the damage caused with the airplane/drone that caused the problem, in some cases. It's in French, but you get the idea. Imagine if those cuts were in an eagle's neck? Or a foot joint? http://chrismeme11.over-blog.com/article-36258812.html Dunno. They were using a few different small hobby drones hitting a ballistic gel dummy and watching it on a high speed camera. This really comes down to this being a very light propeller driven by a pretty weak motor. You can't compare that to the old 2 stroke model airplanes. |
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On 11/5/2015 1:30 AM, wrote:
On Wed, 04 Nov 2015 18:18:20 -0500, John H. wrote: On Wed, 04 Nov 2015 15:56:06 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 04 Nov 2015 14:45:37 -0500, John H. wrote: On Tue, 3 Nov 2015 17:01:24 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: ...eagle takes down annoying drone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr-xBtVU4lg Hope this happens everywhere... No you don't, dumb****. What happened to the eagle (if that's what it was). Those propellers will easily take off a finger, let alone cut up an eagle, or hawk or any other bird, very badly. You'll note the drone is still transmitting, which means the owner can easily retrieve and repair it. No one knows what happened to the bird. I hope it made it. And I hope you learned something. Myth busters tested drones. All but the biggest were pretty much harmless. Some of the big commercial ones with carbon fiber blades can leave a mark ;-) I've seen the damage a plastic airplane propeller going at a much slower rpm can do to a leather covered ottoman corner. Ate right through it to the stuffing. My wife was very unhappy. I'm thinking your 'myth busters' test is bull****. Although small and plastic, those props are going several thousand rpm, and they're very sharp. Here's a view of some of the damage caused with the airplane/drone that caused the problem, in some cases. It's in French, but you get the idea. Imagine if those cuts were in an eagle's neck? Or a foot joint? http://chrismeme11.over-blog.com/article-36258812.html Dunno. They were using a few different small hobby drones hitting a ballistic gel dummy and watching it on a high speed camera. This really comes down to this being a very light propeller driven by a pretty weak motor. You can't compare that to the old 2 stroke model airplanes. Based on what I've read (and heard), the lithium/ion batteries used in these hobbyist quads are more dangerous than the spinning propellers. |
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On Thu, 05 Nov 2015 01:30:39 -0500, wrote:
On Wed, 04 Nov 2015 18:18:20 -0500, John H. wrote: On Wed, 04 Nov 2015 15:56:06 -0500, wrote: On Wed, 04 Nov 2015 14:45:37 -0500, John H. wrote: On Tue, 3 Nov 2015 17:01:24 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote: ...eagle takes down annoying drone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hr-xBtVU4lg Hope this happens everywhere... No you don't, dumb****. What happened to the eagle (if that's what it was). Those propellers will easily take off a finger, let alone cut up an eagle, or hawk or any other bird, very badly. You'll note the drone is still transmitting, which means the owner can easily retrieve and repair it. No one knows what happened to the bird. I hope it made it. And I hope you learned something. Myth busters tested drones. All but the biggest were pretty much harmless. Some of the big commercial ones with carbon fiber blades can leave a mark ;-) I've seen the damage a plastic airplane propeller going at a much slower rpm can do to a leather covered ottoman corner. Ate right through it to the stuffing. My wife was very unhappy. I'm thinking your 'myth busters' test is bull****. Although small and plastic, those props are going several thousand rpm, and they're very sharp. Here's a view of some of the damage caused with the airplane/drone that caused the problem, in some cases. It's in French, but you get the idea. Imagine if those cuts were in an eagle's neck? Or a foot joint? http://chrismeme11.over-blog.com/article-36258812.html Dunno. They were using a few different small hobby drones hitting a ballistic gel dummy and watching it on a high speed camera. This really comes down to this being a very light propeller driven by a pretty weak motor. You can't compare that to the old 2 stroke model airplanes. Wrong. Do some research on these 'weak' little motors. -- Ban idiots, not guns! |
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