[Tyler]

4th of July
3 July 2017, 5:00 am



Source: xkcd.com

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Drones and fireworks.

[Freddy]

Amazing how well they can control them.

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Amazing how well they can control them.

I've spent the past few months learning how to build and fly racing drones. The best path to learning is to first buy a radio controller (Taranis QX7 is currently the recommended model, but any radio controller or game controller can be used) and then practice using a drone flight simulator (I'm using https://thedroneracingleague.com/ but there are several good free and paid simulators to choose from). It took me many hours of practice over several weeks before I could fly a simple course without crashing every few seconds. It's as difficult as learning to play a musical instrument, but once muscle memory starts to take over it becomes easy and fun.

This is the kind of flying that we can aspire to...

https://youtu.be/SkRxcFfxn90?t=3m49s

[Freddy]

I might get into it at some point, it does appeal to me a lot, especially getting a camera on there.

That guy's flying was exceptional, the dog seemed to enjoy it too