[TowerTalk] Seeking info on Using Drones to put wires in trees

[K5CG]

I used my Mavic Pro for Winter Field Day, and at home several times, to pull a fishing line messenger over the trees to pull up a paracord follower to then raise a dipole. 

I use a three foot length of 1mm dacron cord with a small hasp hanging down from the bottom to keep the fishing line away from the props as I fly it out away from the fishing rod. 

The Mavic is supremely stable and easy to fly. It will lift about 2 pounds and it's on sale this Xmas at Costco for $899. I didn't buy it for this application but realized it could be used for this type of thing after the fact. 

73 
Danny 
K5CG 

> From: "Mickey Baker" <fishflorida at gmail.com>
> To: "Henry Pollock - K4TMC" <kilo4tmc at gmail.com>
> Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2017 6:21:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Seeking info on Using Drones to put wires in trees

> This is the problem with light drones and light lines - wind.

> Once a gust lofts the line into a prop, flight ceases.

> Actually a heavier drone and a heavier line works best, but you must have a
> mechanism to take up tight line and control rates of descent carefully
> rather than having it loft into the props. My best efforts at this have
> been with twine with a 1 oz fishing weight guided through a wire tie loop
> at the end of a 2' bamboo stick. It takes two crew - line hander and pilot.

> Having tried this, I prefer the pneumatic tennis ball launcher method to
> place lines in trees.

> 73,

> Mickey N4MB

> On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 2:51 PM, Henry Pollock - K4TMC <kilo4tmc at gmail.com>
> wrote:

> > For those of you who have used drones to get wires in or over trees, I am
> > wondering if the cheaper units (less than $100) are adequate to lift a 10 -
> > 15 lb test fishing line over a tree. Since these unit have flight times of
> > 10 minutes or less, I could envision the weight of the dead drone being the
> > drop weight to get the line end back to ground.

> > Or, am I just dreaming...and should throw out all of those cost-saving
> > holiday flyers from the box stores; and be thinking about a more expensive
> > unit?

> > 73,
> > Henry - K4TMC
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