Hey Thanks!
I liked your quote at bottom the best. I need to remember it.
I knew I might be headed for trouble as I was between power lines & within 50 feet of a transformer but gave it a go anyway. About 30 seconds into the flight all was well. Then a left bank developed instantly to a right bank with the lever hard over to the left. I adjusted as needed. Then it wouldn't back up so I could land but kept going forward slowly. Fortunately forward was straight into the lady's soft lawn grass where I landed. Fortunately down was actually down! Close!
Like I told Ty, do you think a Bind after something like that did any good? I doubt it myself but for safety's sake, I did one anyway. Still haven't flown it yet.
I just saw a new post from another guy about his experience with power lines. Thank you all for your help and the drone videos!
Bill Cat.
I liked your quote at bottom the best. I need to remember it.
I knew I might be headed for trouble as I was between power lines & within 50 feet of a transformer but gave it a go anyway. About 30 seconds into the flight all was well. Then a left bank developed instantly to a right bank with the lever hard over to the left. I adjusted as needed. Then it wouldn't back up so I could land but kept going forward slowly. Fortunately forward was straight into the lady's soft lawn grass where I landed. Fortunately down was actually down! Close!
Like I told Ty, do you think a Bind after something like that did any good? I doubt it myself but for safety's sake, I did one anyway. Still haven't flown it yet.
I just saw a new post from another guy about his experience with power lines. Thank you all for your help and the drone videos!
Bill Cat.
This is not over my head, it's right up my alley. To spare the long boring technical explanation, bottom line is you can fly an unlimited amount of UAVs in close proximity without any interference whatsoever. China set a world's record using 1300 UAVs to put on a stunning choreographed night time aerial display.
Power lines should always be a concern, though most of the time they shouldn't create a problem -as long as you don't hit one! All power lines create an electromagnetic field as current flows through them. How far that field extends from the lines and how much it interferes with a UAV depends on many variables within the grid, voltage carried, number of lines, transformers etc., how much energy the lines are transmitting can be difficult to predict. Flying in the proximity of power lines is a case where extre
This is not over my head, it's right up my alley. To spare the long boring technical explanation, bottom line is you can fly an unlimited amount of UAVs in close proximity without any interference whatsoever. China set a world's record using 1300 UAVs to put on a stunning choreographed night time aerial display.
Power lines should always be a concern, though most of the time they shouldn't create a problem -as long as you don't hit one! All power lines create an electromagnetic field as current flows through them. How far that field extends from the lines and how much it interferes with a UAV depends on many variables within the grid, voltage carried, number of lines, transformers etc., how much energy the lines are transmitting can be difficult to predict. Flying in the proximity of power lines is a case where extreme caution and common sense should dictate.
To bad there isn't anything "Common" about "Common Sense"!
me caution and common sense should dictate.
To bad there isn't anything "Common" about "Common Sense"!