texascavers Digest 3 Apr 2014 03:23:36 - Issue 1957
Topics (messages 23645 through 23658):
drones
23645 by: Mixon Bill
23647 by: Louise Power
Re: Cave Entrance Photography with a Drone
23646 by: Don Arburn
23648 by: Lotus
23649 by: Albach
23650 by: Pete Lindsley
23651 by: Greg Passmore
23652 by: Gary Moss
legally flying drones
23653 by: Mixon Bill
Re: Rolling Oaks Preserve Work Day THANKS!
23654 by: ellie watson
UT Grotto Meeting April 2nd
23655 by: Andrea Croskrey
Paper deadline approaching: International Workshop on Ice Caves
23656 by: George Veni
Austin area housing
23657 by: Terry Holsinger
Karst Field Studies Course Announcement Summer 2014
23658 by: George Veni
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That company that sells gizmos in the malls, I forget the name, has a
drone quadracopter including a video camera that sells for $199, I
think. You control it from an iPad or iPhone. No doubt limited range
and endurance, but cheap enough to try out. Problem in a cave would be
lighting for the camera, I imagine. That would also apply to more
expensive versions of the same sort of thing; at best an added light
would reduce the endurance.
--Mixon
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The other problem I see right off the bat is not having sufficient control to
keep from running into delicate formations. On the plus side is having the
ability to see if hard-to-navigate new passages go anywhere.
--Louise
From: bmixon...@austin.rr.com
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:23:38 -0500
Subject: [Texascavers] drones
That company that sells gizmos in the malls, I forget the name, has a
drone quadracopter including a video camera that sells for $199, I
think. You control it from an iPad or iPhone. No doubt limited range
and endurance, but cheap enough to try out. Problem in a cave would be
lighting for the camera, I imagine. That would also apply to more
expensive versions of the same sort of thing; at best an added light
would reduce the endurance.
--Mixon
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Try it.
Sent cellularly.
-Don
On Mar 31, 2014, at 10:57 AM, Stefan Creaser stefan.crea...@arm.com wrote:
It is easier to ask for forgiveness than ask for permission ;-)
From: Arburn Don [mailto:donarb...@me.com]
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2014 10:49 AM
To: TSA Cavers
Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Cave Entrance Photography with a Drone
I keep waiting for someone to ask permission to do this in Punkin
On Mar 31, 2014, at 10:33 AM, Preston Forsythe wrote:
Has anyone out there used radio controlled model drones with a Go-Pro video
camera to photograph big pits and/or big cave rooms?
I have looked into this a little and a Quad-drone with four electric engines,
around 16 inches in diameter, 12 minute flight time, costs around $450. The
camera is another $400 or so. A Quad-drone with a 30 minute flight time cost
about $900.
In Huntsville, AL there is a RC Hobby store that is loaded with this stuff.
The store is on Meridian St., 1/2 mile north of Lee High School where the NSS
sessions will be during the July convention.
The latest Outside magazine sparked this interest.
Preston in Browder, KY
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