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.
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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. :-)

On Thu, 5 Nov 2015 17:02:28 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

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. :-)


LOL, but that would just reverse the hand I used to crash with!
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Ban idiots, not guns!

Mr. Luddite wrote:
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. :-)



Or reverse that controller. Many have a switch for that.

On Thu, 5 Nov 2015 19:42:55 -0500, Jerry Sauk wrote:

Mr. Luddite wrote:
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. :-)



Or reverse that controller. Many have a switch for that.

Most likely. Setting up a transmitter is complex as hell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxWhzYzMEPY

That is 'Part 1' of a three part video on how to set up the transmitter I've got.
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Ban idiots, not guns!

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.

wrote:
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.


I have an indoor copter. IR link. Grandkids like it. Was about $10.

On Thu, 5 Nov 2015 16:59:39 -0800, Califbill billnews wrote:

wrote:
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.


I have an indoor copter. IR link. Grandkids like it. Was about $10.

We had one around here a while and the kids got tired of it pretty
quick.
I think it may have died after a dunk in the pool tho. Nobody said
they wanted a new one.