Drones / Quadcopters / RC Flying Things / $25 toys

Uwe · Apr 23, 2016

Eric said:
My cat is pretty chill:

Either that or she knows that spinning quadcopter blades hurt?

Jef · Apr 25, 2016

So are we going to have a moment of silence for the latest drone victim?

Eric · Apr 25, 2016

Oops

Nothing a ladder couldn't fix, but Chloe got very upset until I got the drone down

Andy · Apr 26, 2016

Ftfy:

eric said:
nothing a ~~ladder~~ bb gun couldn't fix, but chloe got very upset until i got the drone down

vreihen · Apr 26, 2016

Fixed it for both of you.....

Andy said:
Ftfy:

Eric said:

Nothing a 12-gauge shotgun couldn't fix, but Chloe got very upset until I shot the drone down

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DGMotors · Apr 27, 2016

I started off with a little quad like that 3-4 years ago and looks what happens if you leave more than one together (they multiply) -

Andy · Apr 27, 2016

I got a new $50 shipped FPV quad and it's quite large compared to my son's robust but tiny Sky Viper:

Camera functions in a binary sense:

Uwe · Apr 27, 2016

^ Not impressed with camera resolution or focus or something like that...

Andy · Apr 27, 2016

Camera (and pilot) are not the greatest:

Still, it didn't get lost (yet) so that counts for something.

Andy · Apr 29, 2016

This is about as high as I am comfortable going around buildings/trees/roads/etc:

Upstairs dronegrab:

Eric · Apr 30, 2016

Nailed that landing

Eric · Apr 30, 2016

Playdate!

Andy · Apr 30, 2016

Chasing kids using drones is all kinds of fun:

Eric · May 2, 2016

Drone on drone:

Andy · May 14, 2016

And another one bites the dust. Yeah another one's gone, another one's gone, another one bites the dust! Well, a tree:

vreihen · May 14, 2016

Nice video...except the ending.....

Jef · May 14, 2016

The Ross-Tech curse strikes again.

Eric · May 15, 2016

Good news

as of this morning, your drone is still accounted for. Bad news: it's still 40ft up in a tree.

vreihen · May 15, 2016

Eric said:
Good news as of this morning, your drone is still accounted for. Bad news: it's still 40ft up in a tree.

Forty feet up in a tree, you say? Isn't there an animal with a long neck that eats leaves off the top of trees?

Sure beats the 10mm option.....

Andy · May 15, 2016

We formulated several recovery plans, all involving a high probability of bodily injury / property loss / incarceration ... with a low probability of intact drone retrieval.

Also it stayed alive, broadcasting video to my phone and allowing occasional futile propeller spinning for another 20 min or so. I have several minutes of agonizing video.

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