Sounds good, I had planned to bring it to get aerial footage, much like I did at TSA.
On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Kurt L. Menking via Texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > Charles, > > Bring it to TCR this year. There is a cavy looking lead high up in the cliff > that the owner has seen coyotes coming and going. He wants us to check it > out. We could do the drone first, then try to reach it from above. > > Kurt > > -----Original Message----- > From: Texascavers [mailto:texascavers-boun...@texascavers.com] On Behalf Of > Charles Goldsmith via Texascavers > Sent: Monday, April 27, 2015 12:35 PM > To: Cavetex > Subject: [Texascavers] Drone flying and caves > > I had a couple of people approach me about drones and caving this weekend at > the TSA convention. I did not get names from people, and anytime there is > alcohol involved, I'm not going to remember who. > > If you are interested in drone flying and more specifically if you have a > trip or project that can benefit from me assisting with my drone, contact me > off-list. I'll gladly assist as I can for any projects. > > Where I can see the drone helping is with ridge walking, checking out high > leads in caves (that have enough room for the drone to maneuver) and also > checking out leads on cliff faces. It can potentially be used to check out > pits before dropping into one, depending on the size/nature of the pit. > > While it does pretty good in wind, that's a factor that has to be taken into > account, as well as obstacles. We'll also have to keep it away from any > bats, since it's a bit noisy and we don't want to disturb them. It might be > useful in scaring off other varmits to move them away from an entrance > (snakes, etc). > > Charles Goldsmith > wo...@justfamily.org > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com > | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
