Good grief. What ever happened to caving for the fun of caving and why do we need all the technology BS. Only about .01% of anyone actually gives a damn what covers do. Who needs drones? And all this GPS crap. I don't even use a cell phone. On my way!
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 7:11 PM, Charles Goldsmith via Texascavers < texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > DJI announced a proximity camera module for their Matrice quad, > https://developer.dji.com/guidance/ If this thing wasn't so expensive, > I'd look at getting it, maybe if I hit the lotto! :) > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Greg Passmore via Texascavers < > texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > >> We use heavy lift drones for professional cinematography. The cameras >> weigh 30-50 pounds, so the drones tend to be large and fly with severe >> control latency (due to their mass). You can do just about anything with >> drones if you can afford to wreck them and not rain debris onto bystanders >> below. That being said, we have seen a lot of serious injuries from the >> larger copters (over 100 stitches into a pilots face) and serious financial >> losses (over $100k for high en rigs). Even small drones can hurt people >> and break formations. So … my only real comment here is please be >> careful. Even toy drones with prop guards can dislodge things or hurt if >> they fall onto you. Big drones are damn dangerous and if you are on a cave >> trip where large drones are in use, keep a safe distance and stay out from >> under it. >> >> Greg >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > -- Charlie Loving
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