Charles, What are the dates and location for this years TCR? Others may also want to hear this again. Fritz Holt [email protected] 713-818-2496
Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 27, 2015, at 1:33 PM, Charles Goldsmith via Texascavers > <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > <[email protected]> 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:[email protected]] 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 >> [email protected] >> _______________________________________________ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >> [email protected] | Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers >> _______________________________________________ >> Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com >> [email protected] | Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > [email protected] | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com [email protected] | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
