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This is just too funny! ROFL

https://player.vimeo.com/video/143780501

Drone drops like a rock! And it has app for your phone! Select and press the button. Drone drops.

I want one!

Bruneaux

A company that claims they can detect and control errant drones within a perimeter (airports).

Maybe that is the answer.

http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/20/skysaf ... ng-drones/

Bruneaux

We need to fight for our right to practice our hobby. Bob B. Exactly, that is why drones have to stop flying in the same airspace as real aircraft. We have to fight against those who are putting other people in danger. I just saw a video today of a guy going to 1200m high, right on the approach to ...

Or, we could use passenger jets to ram them and knock them out of the the sky. Since people still don't get it.

http://www.today.com/video/drone-strike ... 8251203771

I, personally, prefer the suppressed shotgun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIXwQVFt8Ho

Kilrah wrote:There are 28 different hardware IDs. A single piece of hardware (e.g. using one hardware ID) can send any number of different data types.

That answer is as vague as the question though...

Thanks. I have those numbers.

Maybe it was Mike B.

Bruneaux

Kilrah, When you had posted this original thread I thought I saw a post that gave some 'practical' (do not exceed) numbers about the max number of SPort ID's and and the max number of DataID's. Do remember that post or those numbers? Of course the type of telemetry device will have different numbers...

@ShowMaster

Sorry to here it. Not much to say that has not been said.

I just saw another YouTube video of multi-rotor (drone) aircraft flying up to 3300ft in January.

Morons. God help us!

Bruneaux

Remember that you don't want to be "that guy"!

I bet the FAA is going to make him the poster child (ie. smacked with fines!). "Don't be this guy!" And you know what, I'm fine with that. He deserves to get the fines.

Unfortunately all Federal Parks are now "No Drone" zones. Even a simple park flyer will get in trouble. Sad. Next it will be State and City parks. The only winner is the company that is making the signs. We fly at a State park and have signs that indicate that the area is (maybe was) dedic...

Let us not forget that there were other situations that caught the FAA's eyes. With FPV equipment people were flying airplanes WAY to high and WAY to far ( 5 miles?!?!). I remember someone that launched an airplane from the top of the Dubai Tower and filmed the FPV flight. So, in a way, FPV was the ...

If you fly near an airport it is normal the they apply the 400ft limit, and I do understand why they worry so much about the model flying over that altitude. Many people that are in the hobby have no idea of what is being up there and how dangerous it could be an aircraft meeting a model. Just look...

A lot or most AMA RC fields are at and/or within the 5 mile restricted area for flying RC's. I understand it cost $75 to join/register with AMA and there is no AMA RC fields near me anyway, so that's out anyway. Is the FFA making things worse as there is already Laws on the book for this ? :?: Bob ...

Will the AMA pay the $27K fine for members the FAA can now impose for certain violations, altitude being one of them? The airport almost shut down our field Thursday and indicated that if the 400ft rule is not adhered to, they may! The fields been there 50 years! I'm going with FAA trumps AMA and w...

Just don't be that person. Register, get that AMA card and fly according to the AMA rules. So true. ;) João I was pretty upset with the FAA until I read the info from the AMA. Being limited to 400ft is not acceptable with non-powered sailplanes. I also must comment about the wording of things,thoug...

Check in with the AMA's website and the comments. http://www.modelaircraft.org/aboutama/gov.aspx As always, the 99.9% of people will not get in trouble, even if they totally ignore it all. But when some does something donkey stupid and hits something or someone then I bet the FAA will smack them wit...

That is what I get out of it.

However, the placement of this guideline on the FAA website is intended as an educational piece and more specifically intended for those operating outside of AMA’s safety program.

NOTICE! From AMA headquaters RE: Flying OVER 400 ft and the FAA rules and website From the AMA Web site: Q: Am I permitted to fly above 400 feet? What if I had to check a box saying otherwise on the federal registration website? A: Yes. AMA members who abide by the AMA Safety Code, which permits fli...

I see the MACI in Ireland have obtained temporary exemption from their members needing to register with the IAA. Mike. Mike, I can only hope the the AMA can get an exemption from the FAA for AMA members. But I fear that the all of the parks and open places will be put on the 'ban' list because of t...

The AMA has suggested waiting until the last moment. That is good advice because if the numbers of people that register are HUGE the the FAA will declare a HUGE victory. I believe the AMA has something in the works. I think an appeal to the supreme court because there is a law that says the FAA can'...

As far as un-powered gliders: I think that I'll just have to have rather generous eye. Those clouds look about 400 ft. high, right? I'll stay under that.

Vario, sure\, I have one, but it's not hooked up to an altimeter.
Bruneaux

The 1000ft ceiling is much more realistic. Unless within 5 miles of an airport (controlled).

Bruneaux

I'm with Mike B. We have been flying gliders safely for decades and it seems that the FAA ignored us. 400 ft is not even a good launch altitude, let alone thermaling room. Now the glider clubs will have to make a decision to either ignore the 400ft rule or disband the club. I also doubt that the tur...

Mike, A1 and A2 are an interesting problem. I thought I saw some docs that indicated that it is possible to send a command to turn off A1 in the receiver. Can't remember where it was. So A1 will collide with the receivers A1. There is only the one Data ID for A1 and A2 as where A3 and A4 have 15 Dat...

Kilrah,

I went back and checked my documentation and I think had it wrong, I thought it was 1/1000's but I think it is 1/100's.

Full range should be 330, correct ( 3.3 *100 )?

I just want to make certain that I have it correct so I can correct it later if there is an eeprom update.

Bruneaux

Kilrah,

That is what I was seeing ( downloaded and compiled 2.09). A difference between the A1/A2 and A3/A4 behavior.

When will 2.09 be released? My Companion has not notified me version 2.09 for downloading.

Bruneaux

Kilrah,

But A3 and A4 will have the built-in offest if version 2.09, correct?

Bruneaux

Ahhh,

Saw filter. Limiting the data to 255 and adding an offset to make the range of the units 165 - 333.

That would do it!

Bruneaux

Kilrah, So the strange massaging of data here: else if (appId >= A3_FIRST_ID && appId <= A3_LAST_ID) { frskyData.analog[TELEM_ANA_A3].set((SPORT_DATA_U32(packet)*255+165)/330, UNIT_VOLTS); } else if (appId >= A4_FIRST_ID && appId <= A4_LAST_ID) { frskyData.analog[TELEM_ANA_A4].set((S...

Kilrah, So the strange massaging of data here: else if (appId >= A3_FIRST_ID && appId <= A3_LAST_ID) { frskyData.analog[TELEM_ANA_A3].set((SPORT_DATA_U32(packet)*255+165)/330, UNIT_VOLTS); } else if (appId >= A4_FIRST_ID && appId <= A4_LAST_ID) { frskyData.analog[TELEM_ANA_A4].set((S...