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    Horse-drawn wagons, butt whoopins, and cigars

    Earlier today, in another corner of the internet, I was reminded of the following and thought I'd share it here. At family gatherings, my wife's grandfather used to love telling me stories over a cigar on the back porch. Same stories, every time, but I'm always as polite as can be to my elders...
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    WiFi Speed Over 9000

    So this weekend, I was watching @pdmike Water Tower Video (thread link) and mistakenly thought his video was in 540p instead of 1080p. Turns out it was just youtube doing it's job of auto-selecting an appropriate resolution based on bandwidth (I think). In preparation for my new job, I have...
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    Spork's Journey

    UPDATE 3/22/18 I changed the title of this from Spork's First Build to Spork's Journey because I'll not likely get around to a build for a month or two. The thread has sort of morphed from a build to my new plan of playing with a BNF micro (65mm), learning FPV, and modifying my HS toy quad for...
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    Dinner and a Drone?

    This one had me laughing... https://dronelife.com/2018/01/28/kfc-announces-flyest-meal-ever-dinner-drone/
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    HAM Radio License for FPV

    Hey folks, While reading up on FPV and building drones, I've come across several YT videos where the pilot mentioned getting a HAM radio license because he got into FPV racing. I think one of them was Mr. Steele, but I could be wrong. I also get a few blog articles when I google for it. I've...
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    Another New One

    Hey folks, I'm Mike from Texas. I'm 51, and have been into photography for a while and have always thought about getting into drones but never wanted to stick the crowbar into wallet - only to crash on my first flight. Anyway, I read someones blog that suggested get an inexpensive one to learn...
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