Recent content by Vonov

She's also a great argument for birth control, abortion (although when I look at her, I wonder if someone made an attempt)...

Agreed, Steve...

THANK YOU for the tip on the AirMap app, and agree much more useful than B4UFly...but since when has the govt. done anything well except waste money?

Rotating wall cloud, lower right of picture...

Your instincts are good...I've lived on the Iliinois prairie, and seeing a sky like that, especially when it turns green, would have me looking for a nice deep basement...:eek:

It sounds a great deal like what the military began using in the early Eighties in their tactical radios, (think it was called SINCGARS, or some such) which were frequency-agile, having the benefit of being much more difficult to eavesdrop/intercept, and also less susceptible to enemy jamming...

So I'm understanding that TX/RX communication is all proprietary, based on the manufacturer of the hardware, and there isn't any "open source" programming software that would allow RC hardware to be controlled, (using a REALLY loose analogy here, lol) the way desktop PC's began running software...

(Oops, inadvertently engaged caps lock...) Okay, I guess my line of thinking is this: Modern digital controllers are basically (computerized) transceivers programmed to output a digital signal on a certain bandwidth of the electromagnetic spectrum...I would think that as long as one can get the...

to control other R/C aircraft? If so, how would you bind them? The ST-16 seems such a capable piece of kit, it would be a shame not to utilize its full potential... Just askin'...

I seem to recall a magnetic ring sensor connected to part of the RS module being attached w/ Velcro...perhaps that component has come loose?

Benign "neglect"on the part of the FAA, as far as not going after the shooter, would last about as long as it would take for some criminal to shoot down a UAV owned by some law enforcement agency conducting surveillance or simply conducting some sort of infrastructure survey/inspection...

The terrorists ARE already doing so...

(Raises hand...) Guilty as charged... As said above, use Version 1.28 firmware (D/L from link posted above)to recover from lockout, and follow instructions precisely . I had same issue, and it was all a result of failure to follow instructions.

For those who understand, no explanation is necessary; for those who do not, none will ever suffice. A population able to defend themselves from their government are citizens; those without said ability are merely subjects.

Always a good thing if your wife understands and shares your passion for things that interest you...