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Drones
December 6, 2015 at 1:51 pm
Anyone got a drone yet or experienced flying one?
I was considering getting one for Christmas, there doesn't seem to be a really good middleground for prices on amazon, they tend to be either cheap ones less than £100 that look cheap, or shoot right up to £1000 which I don't want to be spending.
Also I have no idea of the legal implications of using these things yet but I'm sure there's probably loads of privacy and airspace laws that could easily be potentially violated.
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RE: Drones
December 6, 2015 at 2:24 pm
We have a DJI Phantom 2 that we use a GoPro camera with. It's fantastic, but there is quite a learning curve with it. We have crashed it a lot, it's not as simple as it seems. That being said, it's pretty great once you get the hang of it.
I believe ours will not fly in an illegal airspace, it has a GPS on it. We have not tried, but I think that's part of its design.
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RE: Drones
December 6, 2015 at 2:52 pm
I have RC Planes more specifically WW2 Planes.
I will be getting either the lancaster bomber or the B17 some time next year i used to like flying my corsair but someone
turned it on and the elevator broke on it. Sadly i was doing the decals on it walk away and i heard a snap.
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RE: Drones
December 7, 2015 at 9:07 am
I'm thinking of buying a drone for X-mas. An expensive one, with automatic self-flight functions, GPS etc.
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RE: Drones
December 7, 2015 at 9:09 am
(December 7, 2015 at 9:07 am)bennyboy Wrote: I'm thinking of buying a drone for X-mas. An expensive one, with automatic self-flight functions, GPS etc.
How much would you spend?
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RE: Drones
December 7, 2015 at 8:00 pm
Ours was about 2 grand.
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RE: Drones
December 7, 2015 at 8:16 pm
Are you good at hacking?
If so you might be able to get a predator drone...
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RE: Drones
December 7, 2015 at 8:21 pm
I thought this was going to be a thread about bees.
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RE: Drones
December 7, 2015 at 8:36 pm
I might get a RC predator drone with working camera
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