Drone Experience

[ovrszd]

Come fly yours around my house and property and we'll see about that.

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This is why I am very conscious of my intrusion on people's privacy. I will never, never fly my Drone in a situation that would warrant someone shooting it down.

 

[Jstpssng]

My neighbor just told me that the trees in my back yard next to the creek had eaten three of his drones.

I'm impressed. I wasn't aware that you could train trees that way.

 

[bunyip]

Probably Plane trees

 

[ovrszd]

It is real easy to lose or crash my drone. I have woods all around me so I fly in trees. On my fifth trip I was flying in my yard practicing. In fact I was getting pretty confident. I was getting it located to land. It had been beeping the whole time because of the proximity of all the trees and I was about 30 ft from landing. Apparently the battery was getting lower than I realized and did not hear or recognize the low battery beep. It went straight up into RTH mode but it was not clear of the trees yet even though it was almost where it started out and crashed about 40 ft up in a limb and fell completely broken to the ground. Luckily they honored the accident insurance I had purchase with the drone.
Big lesson learned. I am much more hesitant to fly it now and am very watchful. I can easily see being distracted trying to get the camera settings right.

Big learning lesson here. When you hear any type of beeping, let go of the controls which will put the Drone in hover mode, review the screen to analyze the beeping, then proceed. In your case I think you ran your Drone low on battery and it did RTH just as you think it did. First thing that happens in RTH mode is it elevates to whatever altitude you have preset. If you are amongst trees when that happens your Drone is going to crash trying to elevate.

Don't be hesitant. Just be diligent about "listening" to your Drone.

 

[ovrszd]

Nice pictures, the one of your farm is that windmill still pumping water?
I didn't see any tanks close by.

Nope. When I was a kid my job was to go turn on the windmill to fill the stock tank and turn it off when done.

The Aeromotor head was completely worn out with most of the vanes missing. I removed it and built the vane that's up there now. It's simply a wind vane. There's an active well under it though. Drank a lot of water from that well. Thanks for asking Lou!!!

 

[ovrszd]

My neighbor just told me that the trees in my back yard next to the creek had eaten three of his drones.

I've crashed twice due to trees.

 

[ovrszd]

bunyip, I couldn't get your videos to play.

May be my computer.

 

[Jstpssng]

bunyip, I couldn't get your videos to play.

May be my computer.

They wouldn't play on mine either, I chalked it up to either my connection speed, aging computer, or most likely a combination of both.

 

[Professor Marvel]

Big learning lesson here. When you hear any type of beeping, let go of the controls which will put the Drone in hover mode, review the screen to analyze the beeping, then proceed. In your case I think you ran your Drone low on battery and it did RTH just as you think it did. First thing that happens in RTH mode is it elevates to whatever altitude you have preset. If you are amongst trees when that happens your Drone is going to crash trying to elevate.

Don't be hesitant. Just be diligent about "listening" to your Drone.

You are exactly correct. Which I figured out too late. For some reason I saw the last 4 seconds of countdown and was too stupid/confused to react in time. I hit pause but that sucker jammed upward fast as can be and hit the tree limb in no time. I was lucky the ins co was good to their word. I will try not to find out how many times they will accommodate me.

 

[bunyip]

Just checked that it wasn't the manage videos link, it wasn't so I am at a loss as I have posted these before.

 

[stuckmotor]

I bought a cheap drone to look for a cow. Took the drone outside to practice flying. When last seen it was about twenty feet above the road by my house going like a bat out of Heck. I found the cow, never did find the drone.

 

[Jim Nelson]

Just checked that it wasn't the manage videos link, it wasn't so I am at a loss as I have posted these before.

They worked fine for me. I am a very low tech redneck so maybe the cyber gods took pity on me.

 

[LouNY]

bunyip,
your videos played for me.Interesting quite the artist on those silos.
I'm assuming dry grains in those silos.
And a bunch of black Angus in the one field.

My wife got me a DJI Phantom III haven't flown it much a little bit here and there just no time to really practice with it.
I did do enough that I could takeoff and land on the tonneau cover of my pickup.
But as forested as it is around my house I'm a bit leery of where it's flying.

I like your signature line "too many daughters" I raised 5 girls myself, no wonder I'm almost bald.
My youngest is going on 30 hard to imagine.

 

[TractorGuy]

bunyip, I couldn't get your videos to play.

May be my computer.

They played on my computer fine. He lets it sit stationery for long periods so you have to watch a while before seeing any movement. Surprising how dead steady they are!

 

[Jstpssng]

I switched to my chrome browser and they worked fine. Nice videos, I like the silos. (?)

 

[bunyip]

bunyip,
your videos played for me.Interesting quite the artist on those silos.
I'm assuming dry grains in those silos.
And a bunch of black Angus in the one field.

My wife got me a DJI Phantom III haven't flown it much a little bit here and there just no time to really practice with it.
I did do enough that I could takeoff and land on the tonneau cover of my pickup.
But as forested as it is around my house I'm a bit leery of where it's flying.

I like your signature line "too many daughters" I raised 5 girls myself, no wonder I'm almost bald.
My youngest is going on 30 hard to imagine.

Silos are wheat and transported by rail, the artwork is sponsored by the wheat board and there has been a lot more since I took those, makes for an interesting drive when driving through the massive wheat areas, silos are rather plain and drab and this has really put them on the map, google silo art Australia and I'm sure you will find plenty.
Lots of Angus around us for beef, not so much dairy anymore as the prices offered by the processors dropped and became a lot of work for little return so they just switched to beef.
Cattle don't seem to worry about the drone but the horses hate it.
I have landed on a tonneau but it's a bit hairy with the raised ridge in the centre but a good option when the alternative is mud.
Daughters, yes, I take your point, eldest in her 30's and at home, at med school and can't afford to move out until she graduates and finds a rich professor to marry.
Losing hair at an accelerated rate.

 

[ovrszd]

I'll try switching to Chrome. I really want to see those videos.