Capt Pepper Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 (edited) I want to talk about a hobby with EVERYONE today, that is becoming quite popular and very affordable to get into. Quadcopter drone piloting. I never thought about seeing how many other pilots are on here until last night when I was on Patrol and I mentioned drones. To my surprise, Sweed actual (I think it was him) had confirmed that he too flew. We got to talking about them, then another APD officers joined our patrol and conversation. I just want to see how many pilots we have, and to see what everyone's running or getting! Currently I have 2 1/2 drones, with another right around the corner. I started droning with a Sky viper 950HD video drone, and was recently gifted one after my buddy obtained a few to many drones for the space he had available. The Sky viper's primary mission for me was a SUPER CHEAP trainer while I learned the basics of drone flight (its harder than it looks..). Much to my surprise the viper is actually quite the durable little thing. I've rammed it into the mechanic shop at our distribution center so many times lol. It still keep working perfectly. I recently bought a Syma X5C which was uh.... Short lived at best as the wind grabbed it and threw it atop a 25' tall building. Currently the drone I am looking to purchase though, is the Traxxas Aton. I do however, plan on buying parts kits in the near future as well and trying to build my own speed build. Hopefully there are some experienced drone builders on here that could give me some pointers on do's and dont's for building your own! The link below is just a clip I found of a super speed drone that makes me laugh as it zoom's by ridiculously fast. I think some people will get a kick out of it. Edited February 1, 2016 by Capt Pepper James Anderson and SheriffJohnBeard like this Link to comment
Relic Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 My wife almost bought me one on Christmas, but I'd rather wait and get one that has more flight and recording time. It looks fun, and my hobby is metal detecting so it's good to get a birds eye view of places to look for old foundations, roads, trenches, ect. I'll be joining you soon. Until then i'm a pretty good APD drone pilot. Capt Pepper, Bersabee, Sky and 1 other like this Link to comment
FozzyBear Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 here my ingame drone Greg(Defender373), Bersabee and Capt Pepper like this Link to comment
Capt Pepper Posted February 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 7 minutes ago, Relic said: My wife almost bought me one on Christmas, but I'd rather wait and get one that has more flight and recording time. It looks fun, and my hobby is metal detecting so it's good to get a birds eye view of places to look for old foundations, roads, trenches, ect. I'll be joining you soon. Until then i'm a pretty good APD drone pilot. Let me know if you need any advice on live feed drones. I have a few buddies who do Dronography and have been giving me lessons on the different models. Link to comment
Capt Pepper Posted February 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 9 minutes ago, FozzyBear said: here my ingame drone Lol, I can barely fly the in game drone. My drones on real life though, oooooh yeah! I make them things scream Link to comment
Murmurs Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 23 minutes ago, Relic said: My wife almost bought me one on Christmas, but I'd rather wait and get one that has more flight and recording time. It looks fun, and my hobby is metal detecting so it's good to get a birds eye view of places to look for old foundations, roads, trenches, ect. I'll be joining you soon. Until then i'm a pretty good APD drone pilot. Put a GPR on that bad boy Capt Pepper likes this Link to comment
Ozadu Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 I chased a bear with a drone once Capt Pepper, TiLLeR and Relic like this Link to comment
Emma Posted February 1, 2016 Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 1 hour ago, FozzyBear said: here my ingame drone More people need to have access to the Darter, not enough people use it. If there was a training of some sort that would grant it to a few players, sign me up. My weapon handling skills are terrible, so I usually sit back and record the map locations and mark where officers are killed so they can be revived. I also mark enemies when given enough information. If I could use this, I would be doing so every fight. I can't shoot, but I can call out and spot... So if any higher-ups or admins read this, here's my suggestion Link to comment
Capt Pepper Posted February 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2016 I am talking about real life drones, not in game drones. Link to comment
Capt Pepper Posted February 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 16 hours ago, Relic said: My wife almost bought me one on Christmas, but I'd rather wait and get one that has more flight and recording time. It looks fun, and my hobby is metal detecting so it's good to get a birds eye view of places to look for old foundations, roads, trenches, ect. I'll be joining you soon. Until then i'm a pretty good APD drone pilot. Found out the Traxxas / Latrax Alias drone just recently dropped in price. I have done extensive reviews on this model after flying my buddies. This is a really high quality quad and actually has a beginner mode for new flyers. Thought you may be interested in checking this out. https://latrax.com/products/alias Link to comment
Sheriff Rick Grimes Posted February 2, 2016 Report Share Posted February 2, 2016 At first I thought you were talking about drones that are used to blow terrorist to smithereens Link to comment
Capt Pepper Posted February 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 I could only wish that we're the case. Though I have been drawing up plans for a sparkler bomb igniting and dropping drone for shits and giggles. After just a little research I found out its actually simple. All it takes is a little bit of rewiring of the the unit, and reprogramming the controller. Once I am done, I can bombs terrorists (any random target I make lol) from the comfort of my truck. Link to comment
Sheriff Rick Grimes Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 10 hours ago, Capt Pepper said: I could only wish that we're the case. Though I have been drawing up plans for a sparkler bomb igniting and dropping drone for shits and giggles. After just a little research I found out its actually simple. All it takes is a little bit of rewiring of the the unit, and reprogramming the controller. Once I am done, I can bombs terrorists (any random target I make lol) from the comfort of my truck. I bet the ATF would be on your ass so fast Link to comment
Capt Pepper Posted February 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2016 11 hours ago, Sheriff Rick Grimes said: I bet the ATF would be on your ass so fast Lol, it'd be worth it. Besides sparkler bombs aren't really illegal. At least not that I know of. Like I said, I really just want to do it for shits and giggles. I am sure I could make a pretty cool youtube series out of it. That is, if it hasn't been done already. Link to comment
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