Quadcopters
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I am. I raced 1/8 buggies out at a track in East Aurora many years back when I'd come home for a few weeks in the summer. Fields is the only place that had nitro and parts for me.Holy crap...the guys at Field's are almost like family to me. Been blowing thousands there every year since 2000...
Are you a former WNY'er?
Brother - I live in E.A.! If you ever find yourself back here, we need to herf. @8ball too!
ChefBoyRG54
BoM Sept '14 & BoY 2014
Cool@ChefBoyRG54 : I've been flying RC for many years now, although a younger friend of mine is the guy with all the quad stuff. PM me before you go spending a fortune on one. This kid I know is an expert (and quite frankly, a flippin' genuis). He flies at quadcoper contests and everything... he'll put you on the right track.
Strongly recommend you visit the beginner quadcopter section at RCgroups.com :
http://www.rcgroups.com/multirotor-beginner-940/
I will this evening thanks
I will be this fall. Probably staying in Franklinville I'll let you know. Sorry for the hijack Ryan.
ChefBoyRG54
BoM Sept '14 & BoY 2014
I fully appreciate a good hijack
ChefBoyRG54
BoM Sept '14 & BoY 2014
The clean out is overdueI have a feeling that there will be NO humi clean out sale, and that Ryan WILL have his toy by month's end
But it's become less a question of if and more a question of which. Now that the wife fully disagrees it has become a must happen
Ahh! A man of wisdom, that must enjoy sleeping on the couch
ChefBoyRG54
BoM Sept '14 & BoY 2014
You old school sucker. She's tried that one, told her just because she's pissed I'm not sleeping like shitAhh! A man of wisdom, that must enjoy sleeping on the couch
Which leads to your next point...don't worry, I'm a sex camel like Ray Baronne
Jfire
BoM 9/9' 9/11' 8/12'
Probably fly it....
Hello
Did someone say Franklinville ? Live 20 mins away and play golf there.
Ryan, co-worker's father just bought one but doubt it was as serious as this one. He is enjoying it so far, and when I heard that it made me take a quick look on Amazon. They do look pretty cool and if now you and this thread cause me to buy one - you're breaking it to my wife !
Go for it
I have 3 friends that own quadcopters, drones whatever you'd like to call it. 2 of them usually never fly it anymore because it's always crashing, most likely because they suck at flying it or just being plain stupid. They complain it's alot of money at times to fix it, so they don't use it anymore.
Another friend and fellow very well respected photographer I know, uses it at emergency scenes for aerial photography. Which actually is pretty badass, since you can learn a lot from it from a fire department point of view.
Hopefully, you won't be doing this or have a neighbor who isn't afraid to pull out a shotgun and shoot the son of a gun out of the sky.....
Another friend and fellow very well respected photographer I know, uses it at emergency scenes for aerial photography. Which actually is pretty badass, since you can learn a lot from it from a fire department point of view.
Hopefully, you won't be doing this or have a neighbor who isn't afraid to pull out a shotgun and shoot the son of a gun out of the sky.....
Just a tidbit of information: there's a huge difference between "drones" (autonomous, generally military, frequently armed) and "RC multi-rotors" (flown from a transmitter for sport or commercial / camera purposes). Unfortunately, the latter category is sometimes filled with nitwits who think it's okay to spy on neighbors. Like any other technology, it can be abused -- but these are definitely not drones. Source: me...I've been flying R/C since 2000.
Like any other technology, it can be abused -- but these are definitely not drones. Source: me...I've been flying R/C since 2000.
It is always better to ask for forgiveness than permission. I thought you had been married long enough to realize the intricate details of buying things your wife disapproves of.
ChefBoyRG54
BoM Sept '14 & BoY 2014
It's a fun game to try to justify it to get until she agrees. Hasn't worked yet but I told her I'm definitely buying one
Lots of fun to play with. For my senior design in mech engineering me and friend built a rc hybrid helicopter using a arduino uno micro controller to program it do do different uav task. We then did the same with his quad but it's mostly just fun to fly. It did do some cool security things though if you want to program them to fly over your property and shit.
ChefBoyRG54
BoM Sept '14 & BoY 2014
rasshat: oh shizz chef, you talk all that shyte now its time to pay
chef: why you bothering me dick?
rasshat: bothering u? how pretentious...
chef: jeez, go bother someone else
rasshat: ok...buh bye...9410810200986373451603
chef: why you bothering me dick?
rasshat: bothering u? how pretentious...
chef: jeez, go bother someone else
rasshat: ok...buh bye...9410810200986373451603