I've never been to Punkin, is there enough room? I'll gladly bring it down and we can give it a try. Might be some good footage for the TCMA members and/or website.
On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Don Arburn via Texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > At Punkin, through trip. > > > --Don > >> On Apr 27, 2015, at 12:34 PM, Charles Goldsmith via Texascavers >> <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: >> >> 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
