Before retirement on the city fire dept, I have gotten cats, kids and remote
control helicopters out of trees.. and the helicopter was the only one that
did not fight back
KO4XJ
John
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From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Big
Don
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 8:56 PM
To: w1tjl@arrl.net
Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Quadcopter
CAUTION: From years of bitter yourhful experience with model airplanes and
also kites, what you really bad don't want to do is get your copter stuck
way way up in a tree snarled with bunch of monofilament that, say, snagged
in a prop during a control perturbation and/or wind gust.......GL 73, Don
N7EF
On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 9:10 PM, Tom LeClerc W1TJL <wb1cby@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just finished having my stepson build one for me with a line release.
> Just got it last week and have not tried it yet. Still want to be more
> adept at flying it... Tomorrow though I'll (weather permitting) send it
up
> with my Mobius camera to take some pics of my horizon at say 100 to 150
> ft... Since it is new to me baby steps. Cost too much to crash it for no
> reason... LOL
>
> 73, Tom W1TJL
>
>
> On 10/4/2014 12:17 PM, Lew Sayre wrote:
>
>> Has anybody here devised a way to use a quadcopter with some sort of
>> release relay to put a light line over a tall tree for a wire antenna?
>> I've used a pneumatic gun in the past with great success but wonder if
the
>> quadcopter might be a bit more accurate way to get maximum height out of
>> the tree.
>> Thanks,
>> 73 and I remain,
>> Lew W7EW
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