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My wife and I were diving in utila last week and the house we rented had a guy come by a couple days with a quadcopter and mounted gopro to film the place and the bay it was on for internet listings It was something like this, but not exactly that and it was p loving cool it made me think, maybe that's a good and cool business to start, it could take a ton of effort off roof inspections for roofers and home inspectors, add a good view to realtor listings, give an aerial view of country clubs to prospective members, etc the thing was awesome and it's p cheap to get set up I'm thinking about buying one and seeing what happens
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Make a kickstarter and promise to paint a green frog on the side of it to fleece goons out of mad pocket money ftw
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Jun 9, 2014 01:50
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Blackhawk posted:Make a kickstarter and promise to paint a green frog on the side of it to fleece goons out of mad pocket money ftw that's a really loving good idea
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Jun 9, 2014 01:51
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FAA doesn't allow UAVs to be used for commercial purposes without approval so it's a huge pain in the rear end and essentially an illegal business until the FAA changes that
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Jun 9, 2014 01:51
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Tuxedo Gin posted:FAA doesn't allow UAVs to be used for commercial purposes without approval so it's a huge pain in the rear end and essentially an illegal business until the FAA changes that oh well that fucks my plan all up
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Jun 9, 2014 01:51
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this is really interesting now that I google it http://rt.com/usa/judge-personal-drones-legal-us-310/ maybe it will be legal soon?
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Jun 9, 2014 01:56
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Are you allowed to start a not for profit organisation that employs you for a huge fukkn salary and do it that way? Or is that still technically a commercial use
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Jun 9, 2014 01:58
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If you do start droning, buy a lot of batteries because you only get about 10mins flight time.
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Jun 9, 2014 02:24
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toggle posted:If you do start droning, buy a lot of batteries because you only get about 10mins flight time. yeah the guy in utila said the company promised 22 minutes, but he got 10-12, although there was a constant bay wind that probably cost a good amount of battery the copter did a good job of staying in one spot with that bay wind though, and he didn't have to deal with it. He put it in a spot the the thing just stayed there. That was impressive
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Jun 9, 2014 02:27
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sick can't wait to revolutionize cinematography
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Jun 9, 2014 02:30
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just buy a remote and hijack one
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Jun 9, 2014 02:31
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Set it up so it automatically follows your car and have it send video down to a dash display, then you can see the road head for traffic, accidents, and cops Or Mcdonalds in your case
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Jun 9, 2014 02:52
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Neptr posted:Set it up so it automatically follows your car and have it send video down to a dash display, then you can see the road head for traffic, accidents, and cops lol this is a good idea but DUI roadblocks instead of mcdonalds in my case Driving drunk and flying a dron drunk at the same time might be hard
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Jun 9, 2014 02:54
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uG posted:just buy a remote and hijack one Do you have a link so I can I can ruin someone's day?
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Jun 9, 2014 02:56
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They are easy to make. Just make one. Why do you think so many places sell them?
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Jun 9, 2014 02:58
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hail satan
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Jun 9, 2014 03:26
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SpicyMeatSandwich posted:Do you have a link so I can I can ruin someone's day? https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9244521/Hacker_built_drone_can_hunt_hijack_other_drones as far as using another remote to do it manually; i dont think radio remotes use any sort of security poo poo so its just like a walkie talkie where you would have to find the right channel to send signals to.
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Jun 9, 2014 03:51
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if you just want to ruin their day you can disrupt the signal easily in any number of ways and watch it fall out of the sky or float off out of range of the controller, likely never to be recovered
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Jun 9, 2014 03:53
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just buy a quadcopter from china on aliexpress, it'll be totally sweet when it explodes and poisons people
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"wife"
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Jun 9, 2014 03:57
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uG posted:if you just want to ruin their day you can disrupt the signal easily in any number of ways and watch it fall out of the sky or float off out of range of the controller, likely never to be recovered most of these drones, except the absolute cheapest, have a return to starting point AI system that kicks in when they lose signal. or they just hover in place or land on the spot
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Jun 9, 2014 04:50
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I would keep a camera on a drone and wear a VR headset with the feed from a camera and just follow myself with the drone im tired of living in first person
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Jun 9, 2014 05:35
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toggle posted:If you do start droning, buy a lot of batteries because you only get about 10mins flight time. I have quite a fleet of planes, and often fly them with a GoPro attached. I have one plane than can stay in the air for almost 40 minutes, Most drone/powered glider stuff can stay up for a while. The insane battery draw of the Helicopters over planes make them poo poo for any drone activity (Like you said ~10mins). If anyone is interested in actually getting into this stuff, a very good one is here (Planning on getting this soon): http://www.horizonhobby.com/products/350-qx-rtf-firmware-2-0-with-safe-trade-technology-BLH7800A
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Jun 9, 2014 06:15
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Make sure you never fly it near people though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elnENHrliKc
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Jun 9, 2014 06:45
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error1 posted:Make sure you never fly it near people though
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Jun 9, 2014 06:51
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Budget Monty posted:I have quite a fleet of planes, and often fly them with a GoPro attached. I have one plane than can stay in the air for almost 40 minutes, Most drone/powered glider stuff can stay up for a while. The insane battery draw of the Helicopters over planes make them poo poo for any drone activity (Like you said ~10mins). Yeah, and if you're brand new with drones and flying remote control things, 10mins is just not enough time to learn the ropes. The dji phantoms are loving solid and cheap, not sure if the phantom 2s have a moveable camera gimbal? the 3rd party gimbals are dearer than the actual drone, so save up if you want to tilt your camera.
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Jun 9, 2014 07:43
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jackyl posted:yeah the guy in utila said the company promised 22 minutes, but he got 10-12, although there was a constant bay wind that probably cost a good amount of battery batteries are cheap, no big deal
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Jun 9, 2014 16:32
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error1 posted:Make sure you never fly it near people though "This video has been removed as a violation of YouTube's policy prohibiting content designed to harass, bully or threaten." Aww man.
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Still the best quadcopter.
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