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07-05-2015, 04:52 PM | #1 |
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Fords and Drones
Here is a video of my '34 roadster taken Saturday from a drone on the west side of the Lake Somerville (Texas) dam. The lake is flooded due to all of the rain and they say it won't get to normal until mid August or so.
I'm driving, my oldest son is in the passenger seat and my youngest son is in the rumble seat operating the drone. I tried to discourage him for fear of radio interferance but let him talk me into it. https://youtu.be/goI1YXApcjI Robert |
07-05-2015, 04:57 PM | #2 |
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That's neat.
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07-05-2015, 05:00 PM | #3 |
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That's sliker 'n east Texas owl snot! What type of drone are we talking about? I need one of those. DD
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07-05-2015, 05:11 PM | #4 |
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Looked like it was taken by a pro!
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07-05-2015, 06:27 PM | #5 |
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THATS COOL ! ! BOY we didn,t have toys like that When I was a kid . so whats with the lake it really didn,t look that full until I saw the spillway then you could tell it was cranking .. I was waitin to see you guys wave ! well done !
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07-05-2015, 06:44 PM | #6 |
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Cool every rumble seat should have a drone accessory.
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07-05-2015, 07:03 PM | #8 |
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Well isn't that "Just like in the movies". They scare me a little around a crowd but I guess they're here to stay...Bill
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07-05-2015, 07:07 PM | #9 |
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What with painting the drone silver and keeping the sun behind it from the observed object, it is almost invisible. They are extremely quiet also. That's why they have been outlawed in certain areas.
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07-05-2015, 07:41 PM | #10 |
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That's a decent consumer drone. Not a bad operator either! I guess those video games have some merit in the new age .
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I agree there needs to be some restrictions placed on them and everyday there is. It's amazing the height consumer level drones can achieve and the air time that can be traveled now. Flight paths, private property, crowds of people are all a huge liability issue. |
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07-05-2015, 08:16 PM | #13 |
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Just fly at 5000 ft with a high tech camera and no one but the kid with the ham radio radar set will know it is there.
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Without pulling out a tinfoil hat ... it's some pretty cool stuff, certainly going to be around more and more. And these are just consumer level units. |
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07-05-2015, 09:05 PM | #15 |
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"Nobody uses radio waves anymore."
I wonder how cell phones work then...giggle |
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That was supossed to be sarcastic response. Hence the face.
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07-06-2015, 06:22 AM | #18 |
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That was cool! They had one flying over the Kingman Az. Fun Run car show back in May. Don't know if they filmed anything. It was a bit creepy.
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The better drones have a gyroscope that stabilizes the camera so a shaky operator doesn't so show up on the picture. G.M.
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Here's the one I want for my road trips I can fly and drive at the same time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vGcH0Bk3hg
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