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    QOTW: Do you own a drone?

    If so, how and where do you use it, and do you have any tips for drone newcomers?
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    Re: QOTW: Do you own a drone?

    NO, want one but costs same as a healthy kidney

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    Re: QOTW: Do you own a drone?

    No, because you can only shoot them once, and that gets to be an expensive hobby. I find it far cheaper to shoot down my neighbors' drones. The reaction is far more entertaining as well.

    Well, I guess if you consider that my tax money has paid at least a little bit on the thousands or so that are used by the US government, I guess you could say I own at least a small piece of the action, although I'm guessing that claiming ownership may just be fraught with its own set of perils... so we'll just stick with no.

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    Re: QOTW: Do you own a drone?

    No; and besides for photography, I cannot see the point in buying one.

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    Re: QOTW: Do you own a drone?

    I've got the kind that only has one horizontal rotor... does that count?

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    Re: QOTW: Do you own a drone?

    Nope. I'm not one for expensive toys.
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    Re: QOTW: Do you own a drone?

    No - Too costly, I like GuldoLS's plan though!

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    Re: QOTW: Do you own a drone?

    Quote Originally Posted by CustardInc View Post
    I've got the kind that only has one horizontal rotor... does that count?
    No because you need skill to operate it, which isn't part of the whole drone paradigm.

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    Re: QOTW: Do you own a drone?

    Quote Originally Posted by Brian224 View Post
    No because you need skill to operate it, which isn't part of the whole drone paradigm.
    I'm been in the process of building a Quadcopter for about a year now! I'm a slow builder!

    With advances in solid state electronics which go to make up a autopilot to both guide & maintain level flight,
    the skill has moved from being a proper pilot to being able to put one together & set up the electronics etc.
    Even this skill is reduced and when an off the shelf drone is purchased until a major crash!
    Quadcopter type drones would be impossible to fly without autopilot & don't require a runway!

    One of these days my Quadcopter will take to the skies! Just ordered some radio control equipment for it off Ebay.

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    Re: QOTW: Do you own a drone?

    I thought you meant


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    Re: QOTW: Do you own a drone?

    No use for one other than chasing the odd cat off the lawn.

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    Re: QOTW: Do you own a drone?

    My uncle does to shoot videos. Likes to disturb the peace when going out to the countryside. It's ok, crazy expensive, does produce some nice shots but I'm content with a simple handheld.

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    Re: QOTW: Do you own a drone?

    No ... do not own one.
    I do think it should be legal to own (without a license) a small missile battery placed in your property so that you can shoot them (drones) down ... and seagulls to.
    Actually if you were allowed to have a gunship drone for the purposes of shooting down seagulls then i would be in favour of drones ... until all the seagulls are wiped out.

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    Re: QOTW: Do you own a drone?

    Picked up a Bebop in Hong Kong airport when they were on special offer!



    I've been hacking up some new software for controlling it a bit better, mainly smoothing actions, but not had time to finish that.
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    Re: QOTW: Do you own a drone?

    No. And it seem I'll never get one becuase "unmanned aircraft weighing less than 20kg shouldn't be flown within 50 metres of a person, vessel or structure or within 150 metres of a congested area."

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    Re: QOTW: Do you own a drone?

    I own a Hubsan X4 Mini Quadcopter and that migth not be a drone but its fun to play with and isnt that expensive

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