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Originally Posted by Charham
throw away the fucking key, you gotta be kidding.
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Originally Posted by Charham
throw away the fucking key, you gotta be kidding.
Prick should be in prison.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charham
This post was made over three years agoQuote:
Originally Posted by Krypt
Welp, the party is ending soon.
There have been an absolute plague of near misses around the world recently. Someone came within 15' of a landing jet in New Zealand last week.
The call to have all drones registered and tracked is getting international traction. Zero problems with this.
That said I also dont really see how its feasible. Building your own drone seems easy enough, open source software is out there in the wild, and the components arent exactly rare.
I just ordered one. anyone have any thoughts on it? seems decent price for a starter drone.Quote:
Originally Posted by adamantium
How did thks work out?Quote:
Originally Posted by CharhamI just ordered one. anyone have any thoughts on it? seems decent price for a starter drone.Quote:
Originally Posted by adamantium
Also, ran across an interesting compilation vid of slick drone footage.
https://youtu.be/7yKCCSaGhHw
And the guy who shot the footage that was used in that comp vid seems pretty legit as a drone racer.
https://youtu.be/8yeTaBn4OM4
you want funny?
this cannot be beat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8gNTWjyIT0
Los Angeles has a few nice months regarding landscape scenery, and then it turns brown and ugly.
Some years it's brown the entire time because of lack of rain.
This year we are getting some rain, including 6 inches this week alone.
Should be interesting this year, as it tends to be extra green after fire damage in the fall (provided enough rain comes).
If I'm feeling up to it, I might take the thing down to Agoura to survey fire damage.
drones for babies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdXfIAqpuPI
Underwater drone...
https://youtu.be/J6AO1TwQBSo
My drone is fucked up. It's a Phantom 4.
It gets all confused about its altitude, and can't hover without slowly sinking.
For example, if I fly it to 30 feet and let it hover, it will eventually sink down to like 8 feet, and will still think it's at 30 feet. Then if I attempt to auto-land it, it will get all confused and make kind of a hard landing.
Even worse, it also just kind of drifts to the side, and again, forgets where it is. I've been afraid to fly it away very far because I'm afraid it won't be able to come back properly.
Any idea what's wrong?
Oddly this shit started out of nowhere. I flew it in March in Mammoth to take some mountain scenery, and it worked 100% fine. I flew it like 1.5 miles away with no issue.
Time to upgrade from that ancient technology.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
Be careful where you fly a drone.
https://youtu.be/fJufXSX3ph4
I like to revisit this from time to time; pretty sure I nailed this call, but could also be confirmation bias.Quote:
Originally Posted by KryptThis post was made over three years agoQuote:
Originally Posted by Krypt
Well, a huge part of the fade in this fad is that the FAA got all Nazi-ish on personal drone flying, making it a federal offense, literally, to not register your drone before flying it in public. Add in the tightened restrictions on where you can fly, and local authorities getting in on the government “overreach” in the game, and a lot of people were probably highly discouraged by these new regs and restrictions to the point of not wanting to bother. I know that it did for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by KryptI like to revisit this from time to time; pretty sure I nailed this call, but could also be confirmation bias.Quote:
Originally Posted by Krypt
I still have mine but it just sits and collects dust.Quote:
Originally Posted by MumblesBadlyWell, a huge part of the fade in this fad is that the FAA got all Nazi-ish on personal drone flying, making it a federal offense, literally, to not register your drone before flying it in public. Add in the tightened restrictions on where you can fly, and local authorities getting in on the government “overreach” in the game, and a lot of people were probably highly discouraged by these new regs and restrictions to the point of not wanting to bother. I know that it did for me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Krypt
It is such a pain in the ass to even get it in the air now ( I live within 5 miles of a very small airport). Those airports used to not block the DJI software, it was just the big international airport before... Now every where is a pain to fly it seems.
I haven't flown mine in awhile but for a different reason. It started having an odd issue where it would lose altitude and not know it, especially when hovering. It would also drift without knowing it. This would be a problem because it wouldn't know exactly how high it was or where exactly it was, which would affect the return to home, as it would come back a little bit away from where it started, and it would also need to "see" the ground so it didn't crash while descending (which fortunately it seems to be able to do correctly).Quote:
Originally Posted by Avon BarksdaleI still have mine but it just sits and collects dust.Quote:
Originally Posted by MumblesBadly
It is such a pain in the ass to even get it in the air now ( I live within 5 miles of a very small airport). Those airports used to not block the DJI software, it was just the big international airport before... Now every where is a pain to fly it seems.
DJI support is terrible and you get some Chinese guy who doesn't speak English. You can barely get a conversation through. Basically I was told I need to send them $60 and the drone and they'll diagnose then go from there. I was actually going to do this, then coronavirus shut everything down, so here we are.
Kinda blows because I do like taking it out in southern CA in March and April because that's when it's pretty here. After that everything turns brown.
I do still occasionally use it to examine the health of my trees and any issues on the roof, but still, I'm nervous because it can't hold in place well.
So are you gonna let a giant nosed Iranian teenager named krypt shit talk u like this todgepoker.
Biz
does anyone know if the new dji drone has autoflight plotting?
eg where you map out a flight path / camera and then send it happily on its way?
up until now one had to buy a fairly pricey third party app for it and im not about that fuckin life.
I got into drones hobby a while back, before all these restrictions. FPV + small 250 build = fun.
But I live in NYC now and we can't fly basically ANYWHERE in the city. We have the strictest rules in the country. I'm cleaning out my closets and will probably ebay everything, except for my indoor FPV "woop" setup.
Update App. Update firmware. Do standard calibration (where you have to turn the drone in specific ways.) If it still doesn't hold position, redo calibration again, as it is easy to mess up. Chances are decent that this will solve your problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
I think so. I don't know shit about drones but the article seems to indicate that you can plot out a flight path.Quote:
Originally Posted by sonatine
https://www.cnet.com/reviews/dji-mav...&cid=644136283
Yeah I initially thought that could be done with earlier drones, but then I learned that wasn't part of it.
Still waiting to get mine fixed, which may or may not be worth doing. Don't even know what the problem is, just that it can't hover properly and gets confused about its position and altitude, which is a disaster if you're flying and want to return home, so I can't fly it away too far.
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Originally Posted by gauchojakeI think so. I don't know shit about drones but the article seems to indicate that you can plot out a flight path.Quote:
Originally Posted by sonatine
https://www.cnet.com/reviews/dji-mav...&cid=644136283
they just totally put some fools out of business and im here for it.
also that price tag is literally half of what i was expecting.
Yeah I have not been into the drone thingy but that seemed like a price point that would get me to buy. I live too close to an airport I think to make it a regular hobby but for a couple times a year to bring on vacation might be worth it.Quote:
Originally Posted by sonatineQuote:
Originally Posted by gauchojake
they just totally put some fools out of business and im here for it.
also that price tag is literally half of what i was expecting.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...ng-down-drone/
id definitely be 'felony charges' pissed if someone shot down my drone.
Seems relevant to what I just did: Bought a DJI Mavic Mini on Amazon.Quote:
Originally Posted by sonatine
https://youtu.be/w2R4GUGP6Ug
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Originally Posted by Dan Druff
My 1st drone after 100 plus hours of flight time I crashed. $800 Parrot Anafi - sent for 2 week repair.
Opening up my new drone today the Mavic 2 Pro:noose Anybody buy insurance for their drone?:scalir
Dude! Forget that drone, and get a jet suit.Quote:
Originally Posted by snowtracksQuote:
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
My 1st drone after 100 plus hours of flight time I crashed. $800 Parrot Anafi - sent for 2 week repair.
Opening up my new drone today the Mavic 2 Pro:noose Anybody buy insurance for their drone?:scalir
https://youtu.be/MIea4_ou1MA
Got the Mavic Mini and have had it out a few times. Love it for the price. AND not needing a Part 107 license to fly it. Still working on editing some footage to post, but in the short time that I’ve had it, I can already see that I will wanting to get into FPV drone flying versus spending money on a bigger conventional drone.Quote:
Originally Posted by MumblesBadlySeems relevant to what I just did: Bought a DJI Mavic Mini on Amazon.Quote:
Originally Posted by sonatine
https://youtu.be/w2R4GUGP6Ug
https://youtu.be/-tW3YE1Qzzk
Anyone else here doing FPV flying?
Wondering if these drones are for sale to the general public. You know, for taking out wasps nests in trees and stuff.
https://youtu.be/YOgzobqcq1M
The FAA is going ballistic against a YouTuber drone who specialize in live-streaming his drone content.
https://youtu.be/oJMaILENJoM
leaked photos of DJI's racing drone:
https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/2/2...-ositalv-combo
commerce dept just blacklisted DJI over ccp shenans.
Trump puts DJI out of business.
Ban will continue once Trump starts his second term on January 20th 2021 even though Trump lost the election.
US government adds DJI to Commerce blacklist over ties to Chinese government
American companies will be forbidden from exporting technology to the drone maker
https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/18/...action-blocked
https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/9UQw...003_0167.0.jpg
A surveillance device used by the Chinese government to spy on Americans
I feel like I need a defense drone manufacturer Sonatine. Crammed full of AI. Gimme one or two.
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Originally Posted by Sanlmar
this topic interested in me a few months ago. cursory internet searches led me to Raytheon as the leader in this. I still think subs will do well with refitting and all, hence General Dynamics.
I want more military industrial exposure. I haven’t done anything since Palantir at the start of Ukraine. I bought PLTR for the defense and luckboxed the AI.Quote:
Originally Posted by TellafriendQuote:
Originally Posted by Sanlmar
this topic interested in me a few months ago. cursory internet searches led me to Raytheon as the leader in this. I still think subs will do well with refitting and all, hence General Dynamics.
Palantir being flashed on the scoreboard during the Army Navy game was my personal “I’m a smart guy” moment.
I already have the big ones. Raytheon f’d me with the recalls. But I’m generally optimistic about the future of conflict going forward.
Mil Spec AI has got to be a thing but I need a starting point. Sonatine will surprise me.
Also are we diamondhands the short squeeze on these crypto mining stocks?
the thing about AI/ML is that its so democratized that palantir doesnt necessarily have any actual edge beyond its rolodex.
when you consider that anyone with a credit card can deploy A100's to train with, things boil down to 'well whose got the deepest talent roster' and so far ive not seen anything out of the palantir offerings indicating they are in the top 1000 on that list.