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PDRM

20-Oct-2014
10:53:46 AM

Thinking about getting a camera enabled R/C quad copter like this: http://www.ja-gps.com.au/DJI/phantom-2-vision-plus-quadcopter/

Anyone here have much experience with the ease or otherwise of learning to fly and control them? Would eb an expensive prang if you crashed it.

Would be using it in open air (as least at first) to check troughs and livestock.

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gfdonc

20-Oct-2014
11:11:57 AM

There'a a recent review on dpreview.com, written from the perspective of a novice flyer.

They do sound pretty good, with limitations.

TimP

20-Oct-2014
11:18:45 AM

What will will we call it if you use drone to get beta on a climb? Could they be used to place runners… the end of stick-clipping!

PDRM

20-Oct-2014
12:10:12 PM

On 20/10/2014 gfdonc wrote:
>There'a a recent review on dpreview.com, written from the perspective of
>a novice flyer.
>
>They do sound pretty good, with limitations.
>
>

Thanks, great. That was very useful.

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JamesMc

20-Oct-2014
6:45:17 PM

Drones are extremely noisy and annoying, and the noise makes it difficult for climbers & belayers to communicate. If you operate one near other climbers, expect to get stones thrown at it.


wallwombat

20-Oct-2014
8:34:49 PM

They would be about the only way to get good photo topos of a place like Booroomba, unless you owned a helicopter.

TimP

20-Oct-2014
8:58:03 PM

On 20/10/2014 wallwombat wrote:
>They would be about the only way to get good photo topos of a place like
>Booroomba, unless you owned a helicopter.

Thats another good use.
The possibilities are opening up in my mind: what are the ethics of getting one to carry my rack?

patto

20-Oct-2014
11:05:26 PM

On 20/10/2014 PDRM wrote:
>Anyone here have much experience with the ease or otherwise of learning
>to fly and control them? Would eb an expensive prang if you crashed it.

The smaller and lighter they are the less likely they are to die when crashed. From what I've seen these things are fairly robust, certainly crashing them on grassy ground shouldn't be a big deal.

Also make sure you know the LEGALITIES of drones.

http://rpastraining.com.au/casr-101-uav-drone-legal-or-illegal/

PDRM

21-Oct-2014
8:02:30 AM

On 20/10/2014 JamesMc wrote:
>Drones are extremely noisy and annoying, and the noise makes it difficult
>for climbers & belayers to communicate. If you operate one near other climbers,
>expect to get stones thrown at it.

It probably won't annoy the troughs, what do you reckon?

Was asking for people's experiences here as they obviously have been used to make many climbing clips recently.

Patto: thanks yes I had read that.

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MonkeyBoy

21-Oct-2014
8:32:46 AM

Hey PDRM,

I was thinking / am thinking doing the same, only just moved to Australia so might take a while to get the finds together but in the UK I had a mini quad copter to fly around the house and while it takes a while to get used to after a few weeks of practice I was getting really good at flying into different rooms of the house, under and over the kitchen table etc.

For $61 and a bit more for spare rotors and bit and bobs it would be worth getting one to learn, as I crashed and re built this thing loads and loads at first.

I had an old version of this thing with no camera - its tiny, fits in the palm of your hand but loads of fun

http://madetofly.com.au/shop/hubsan/hubsan-x4-107c-with-hd-camera-greenblack-edition/

PDRM

22-Oct-2014
11:28:43 AM

On 21/10/2014 MonkeyBoy wrote:
>Hey PDRM,

>For $61 and a bit more for spare rotors and bit and bobs it would be worth
>getting one to learn, as I crashed and re built this thing loads and loads
>at first.

I grabbed a Blade Nano to practice with: http://www.bladehelis.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=BLH7600


MonkeyBoy

22-Oct-2014
12:02:42 PM

Nice ! Have you got it yet ? I left my hubsan in the UK with my bro and have been thinking baout getting another. Let me know what its like to fly when you get airborne !

Reluctant

22-Oct-2014
4:24:38 PM

Rc hobby house Dorset rd boronia

For $2000 can get a quad, cam, programable to fly a course (tanks troughs etc) with auto return gps for out of range or low battery for a bit more. Not movie quality but used for inspecting power line, chimneys etc already.
Full depreciation over 3 year as a work tool.


Zarb

22-Oct-2014
8:12:08 PM

Check out these drones from EpicTv. They have that cool "auto pilot" feature.

https://shop.epictv.com/en/drones/3dr-iris-433mhz


ChuckNorris

22-Oct-2014
8:51:33 PM

Hypothetically speaking. What kind of drone do I need for good enough resolution to incriminate Eduardo for being intimate with his neighbours pet.


Miguel75

22-Oct-2014
9:21:55 PM

On 22/10/2014 Stugang wrote:
>Hypothetically speaking. What kind of drone do I need for good enough resolution
>to incriminate Eduardo for being intimate with his neighbours pet.

A blue one.

PDRM

23-Oct-2014
12:04:54 PM

Have flown Nano for a couple of battery charges only, I was hopeless and dogs tried to eat it. Will dedicate a bit more time to it on the w/e.

Walkera Scout X4 able to carry my gopro and RX100 now in the mix for the larger beasty:
http://www.walkera.com/en/showgoods.php?id=2742

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jpo

27-Oct-2014
9:24:18 PM

They are a sophisticated tool. Easy to fly.

You have to be prepared to lose it if you do anything adventurous.

Flying close to rock ould be adventurous.

Legal issues are about safety to aircraft and persons. There are a few Aust. regs but it will always be up to the user to ensure they do not endanger persons.

Dave J

27-Oct-2014
10:54:41 PM

On 22/10/2014 Stugang wrote:
>Hypothetically speaking. What kind of drone do I need for good enough resolution
>to incriminate Eduardo for being intimate with his neighbours pet.

Nooooo!!!! I dont want to see that. Even when i know its happening in my own back yard (I have to eat those eggs you know). Is there perhaps another drone feed line I could hook into whilst I breakfast to distract myself from the cold hard realities of life?

I have in fact ordered drone just recently but I will be sending it off to happy places elsewhere whilst Eduardo does his business.


IdratherbeclimbingM9

27-Oct-2014
10:59:45 PM

On 27/10/2014 jpo wrote:
>They are a sophisticated tool. Easy to fly.
>
>You have to be prepared to lose it if you do anything adventurous.
>
>Flying close to rock ould be adventurous.
>
>Legal issues are about safety to aircraft and persons. There are a few
>Aust. regs but it will always be up to the user to ensure they do not endanger
>persons.

A mate of mine had his drone attacked by an eagle that caused it to crash in very rugged country, even though he utilised (obviously unsuccessfully) the 'avoid attacking bird manouvre-feature' that it had built into it's software.
He was able to locate its remains after two days due the gps unit it had on board was still able to be tracked...

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