Winter would be better.
--Don > On Apr 28, 2015, at 3:40 PM, Aimee Beveridge via Texascavers > <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > > I would not recommend flying the drone into Punkin Cave. Its swallow nesting > season. > > From: Charles Goldsmith via Texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com> > To: Cavetex <texascavers@texascavers.com> > Sent: Monday, April 27, 2015 12:34 PM > 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
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