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First known drone save.....pretty cool

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carusoam Grand Master

carusoam

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Drones vs. banner Towing planes in the same airspace on the Jersey shore...

We lose a lot of swimmers...

wait... I think I see the banner towing drones on the horizon...

I’m sure they can find a way to work together.

Best regards,

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jkhirsch Proficient

jkhirsch

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On 1/19/2018 at 6:01 PM, carusoam said:

wait... I think I see the banner towing drones on the horizon...

Correction: Banner hovering drones

-(Drone)-...Banner...-(Drone)-   :D

And they will be just above the horizon too ;) because "drones are just swell" and "just above the swell"

Who could possibly need rules for them?

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N201MKTurbo Grand Master

N201MKTurbo

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There was an article in AOPA magazine about getting your Remote Pilots license. As soon as the FAA gets back to work I'll be a certified commercial drone pilot with more stuff written on my license. The whole thing took about 2 hours. Training, written test and license application.

Some day I'll have to fly a drone....

Yetti Grand Master

Yetti

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I keep wondering why is it the government gets all the cool drones.   It seem like it would be pretty easy to build a predator drone out of foam board and hang a paramotor off the back of it.   Probably for about one AMU.   Put a nice camera on it and park it above Houston Class B.  That would be fun.

a flyable plane out of foamboard. no way you say

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNSN6qet1kE

Hank Grand Master

Hank

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RC planes are now quick-built using plastic corrugate folded over the wing spar, and rolled into fuselage tubes. Some use wiffle bats for pre-made fuselages . . . Tail feathers can be sheet corrugate scored on one side to allow movement . . . Foam has been extensively used as a construction material since the early 90s, just add wooden wing spars and fiberglass or carbon fiber strips for selected strengthening.

--signed, Life Member, Academy of Model Aeronautics

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peevee Grand Master

peevee

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3 hours ago, Hank said:

RC planes are now quick-built using plastic corrugate folded over the wing spar, and rolled into fuselage tubes. Some use wiffle bats for pre-made fuselages . . . Tail feathers can be sheet corrugate scored on one side to allow movement . . . Foam has been extensively used as a construction material since the early 90s, just add wooden wing spars and fiberglass or carbon fiber strips for selected strengthening.

--signed, Life Member, Academy of Model Aeronautics

That's no fun, I like the old ways of gluing your fingers together with ca glue while trying to keep everything square on a sheet of drywall on a template with push pins.

Hank Grand Master

Hank

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15 minutes ago, peevee said:

That's no fun, I like the old ways of gluing your fingers together with ca glue while trying to keep everything square on a sheet of drywall on a template with push pins.

That's not old fashioned! Try putting glue on the sticks, then pinning them to an old bullletin board and letting the runny, smelly glue dry overnight . . .

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