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So are full automatic weapons, but people still get them...

Nice!

Who reads the manual anyway? It's usually written by a Chinese guy that probably had one year of English in their form of Grade School. I don't think Orville and Wilbur had a manual anyways. They probably wrote it later after confirming that the Kittyhawk could fly further than 100 feet.

I want a 5 Megawatt White Noise Generator; the kind that kills the Boombox noise in asswipe driven cars and can fry the engine computer of the tailgating drivers. That would be a dream come true.

With all this dialog, there does not seem to be a conclusive idea as to what to do and what will work. Sounds to me that if you have to spend extra cash to make it work, the cheaper and more effective way is to use you smart cell phone. Then again, the Wright Brothers weren't exactly sure that...

Here's my opinion on this, though I may be all wet. Your tablet doesn't work like a cell phone because it does not have superheterodyne transmitter (TX)/receiver (RX) circuitry. Most tablets work in WiFi only. That is a digital service of very short range and is not a 'telephone'. Don't bring up...

Just saying...

Remember the bigger the battery, the heavier the battery. LiPo and LiON batteries are among the lightest, but are usually designed for the application, keeping in mind that weight must have more power to overcome it. Also the aerodynamics of the aircraft can and will be affected by increasing...

I heard that the road to Hell is paved with many golden opportunities.

Do as you wish until the cops stop you. Then you can find out first hand about it all. I like to verify my facts by looking in the horse's mouth, AKA FAA Web Site before I ASSUME anything. Also check out the AMA Guidelines, See: www.modelaircraft.org.

According to FAA Flight Rules, a 'manned aircraft" cannot fly lower than 500 feet above the highest structure in LOS. PD Chopper or not, Federal Law supersedes Local Law. Also, an "unmanned aircraft (UAS)" cannot fly higher than 400 feet regardless of structure height. If the structure is at or...

I never saw a duck do that, how are we gonna eat that?

I went out to the DroneUp web site. Seems it's more pertinent to those pilots that want an FAA Part 107 Certification, which requires FAA Training -- or -- are Part 107 Certified and want a commercial job using their drone. It's not much use, that I can see, for us FAA UAS Certified Drone...

Today, Wednesday April 18th, Ice is gone and it's 45 degrees F. Up in U.P. Michigan they got 48 inches of snow on the ground. We have early Spring conditions they have South Pole weather. Michigan is weird!

On what planet? Here (Michigan, USA) we are enjoying an ICE STORM with a 1/4 inch ice on the trees and (gulp) power lines.

I am relieved, if I ever have a quad with headless mode, I shall know what to do. At this time my two quads have a mind of their own, especially when Trees and Tall Bushes surround them. This would be called "Mindless Mode"!

OK, so for headless mode to work, the quad must be sitting in front of you when you set headless mode on. It can't be airborne and then have headless mode turned on because it won't have an initial reference point to calculate direction. Is that the gist of it?

I'm correct, or is someone else correct? And, how does that work then for quads that have headless mode but do not have GPS settings ability?

As I have been told by other experienced quad pilots, when in 'headless mode" the quad will fly in the direction you indicate from the control stick, regardless of its orientation in the air in flight. Pulling the control stick back towards you the quad would fly back towards the transmitter...

Anyone try Asian Carp? I understand they are a delicacy and once they stop fighting you to the death, they cook up well. Tough little buggers.