I'm thinking about re-enrolling in the #AMA (Academy of Model Aeronautics) and joining a local #RC#club.
There aren't any RC #airfield's [sic.] particularly close to me, but not too far away, either. All I really want to do is dink around with a little park flyer, but people are way too scared of even the most pedestrian #UAV's [sic.] these days, and you really need some kind of air field to fly in, whether a formal one, or just a literal field out in the boonies.
@RL_Dane Oh! You fly? We fly in a pair of adjacent baseball diamonds. It's plenty of space for smaller planes, especially the sub 250g ones. Honestly you can't fly them much further and still see them anyway. Plenty of the FliteTest mini planes are the right size for small fields or large backyards. The "UMX" planes Horizon Hobby makes are plenty suitable too.
In the U.S. at least, you can still fly larger UAVs if you pass a safety test, which I think is pretty easy.
I love flying larger planes -- my first one was a Dynam Hawk Sky (clone of the EasyStar and very similar to the original Bixler plane). It was a large, glidey beauty, and lots of fun to fly, even w/o gyros
@RL_Dane That Scout does look like a nice relaxing plane to fly though. I nearly bought the one at the local shop. :) Weather has been awful for flying here so far sadly. Pick two of: windy, rainy, muddy, > 90F, < 40F, etc. :( I did get to fly my seaplanes last weekend though. :D
@RL_Dane I'm in Minnesota, and yeah... the US rules are turning into a bit of a mess. Remote ID is coming in September to spoil all the fun, though I can't say I've talked to anyone that intends to follow the rules. Heck, even Horizon Hobby has just been ignoring them. Manufacturers have been required to integrate RID since last September, and yet not a single one of their products do...
Ah, ok. I figured you were in Europe because you used grams XD
Yeah, although I love their videos, folks like Team Black Sheep really ruin it for everyone, although they were quite safe and restrained compared to some of the bonehead drone antics out there.
I really wish the FAA would distinguish between hovering and non-hovering UAVs. At least they're not as draconian as Canada or especially NZ (poor xjet).
I saw the writing on the wall about a decade ago. I knew that drones were going to ruin the hobby for "the rest of us," and they honestly kinda have. :P
@RL_Dane Oh, hehe. I've never measured anything in ounces in my life and have no intuition for how much it is. >_<
Yeah... I mean I kinda cringe when people do "risky" things with planes/drones too, but there's this thing in the back of my head that I should be 10x more worried that they probably drove a giant metal machine within feet (or meters!) of other people to get to their flight location. 😬
Yeah, I know. It's all perception. We can do everything BUT pay attention while driving two tons of steel down the road at 70mph, but ONE guy pulls something stupid with a drone and we gotta regulate the hobby to death.
Meanwhile that one little hobby enjoyed by a vocal few is killing thousands of people (and children) every year... eh, let's not go there. XD
Also, have you ever FPVed? Closest thing you can get to being a bird! I have a few (terrible quality) videos on the tubesite, but this is probably my favorite. It was the perfect evening for FPV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoVFcrFMHvo
Nice! I've flown with a little 808 camera before, but never FPV. That equipment was always pretty pricey, although I haven't looked into it in some time.
Honestly, I always just enjoyed the third person view in this case, although looking at the footage after the fact was kinda fun, too.
@RL_Dane Probably only 25% of my flying is FPV because it's more effort/setup, but it's very satisfying. You can weave between trees, follow other planes, or my favorite: bird's eye view from a float plane. :D
@RL_Dane Yet another thing I’ve “been meaning to check out”, but haven’t gotten around to. I’m one of those dirty ad blockers, but I suppose my videos have ads on them. >_<
@RL_Dane@slembcke Is there a way to figure out which instance has this feature, because there are admins, who disabled this feature and you have to download it manually from youtube.
@RL_Dane@utopify_org The tubesite has been getting pretty litigious about video downloading lately. I wouldn't be surprised if the peertube instances are just trying to cover their butts. "Stealing" content is one thing, but hosting it afterwards is certainly much riskier.
@slembcke@RL_Dane I thought there was a loop hole, that if you don't agree to the term of youtube, you can download videos. So a peertube instances technically can't agree to those terms.
In general, if another person downloads your video, who isn't a youtube member (did not agree to the terms), it is legal to download.
Publishing those again is another thing, but like I said, if there is a factor, which can identify the creator (the owner of the videos and who has the rights), it is not a problem anymore.
@utopify_org@RL_Dane TOSs and EULAs are often not legally enforceable, but that doesn’t stop armies of lawyers from making them though. “By using this service you agree to the terms” sound familiar?It also doesn’t stop google from deleting your account if they don’t like you. If you store your whole life on their servers that could be catastrophic. (Though that’s a mistake for another discussion…)
Yeah. Too often, all they have to do is drag you to court indefinitely and they can do whatever they want, even if they have zero legal authority to do so.
Excellent shoulder cat, btw. I keep meaning to complement you on that :D
My furson will tolerate being a shoulder cat (bazooka-style), but he doesn't do it voluntarily. And he definitely hates the lamb-carry around-the-neck style, so I don't even try it anymore.
Ha, that's great! Wow, Tigger is 19!! That's a very senior Tigger!
Hobbes is 16. He doesn't jump up onto the bed as effortlessly as before, and he definitely looks like an old man when coming down the stairs, but he's still my little furry guy. 😻
@RL_Dane Yeah, I'd say he's still doing great except for the past 2 weeks. :( Got a follow up appointment in a couple hours actually. I think he just needs his insulin increased, but the vet wanted to take things slow. It's hard to see him look so old. :(
I haven't flown an #RCPlane in eight years, and I miss it. I have a little #drone, but that does NOT count. RC Planes are majestic and elegant. Drones are just Space Invaders in the air. ZERO feeling of flight. :P
Ah, cool. I think a motorglider would be crazy fun. My old Hawk Sky really straddled the line between motorglider and trainer. It did not want to come down. XD
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