Thursday, July 20, 2017

another bump...

Nearly 3 months in and just when I think "the bucket" has had its last dying breath - someone new finds it.  This morning it was the Ukraine.  This is the second time it has made the rounds there.  88,92,73,0,B
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Patricia said...

Well JW I am not from the Ukraine but from Texas...have one of the 5 acre tracts In cedar springs area by the Mahan's the two brothers Ron & Don are good" witch you bought your first 20 acres from i believe what they are saying "no say no pay"and I agree!

Ootoillo,

July 21, 2017 at 12:03 AM
Patricia said...

Oh by the Christmas mountains Terry Ervin was hard to deal with..

July 21, 2017 at 12:13 AM
remmij said...

John, have you checked Amazon for the new Mavic mini-hellfire accessory yet?
not the punch/capacity of a full sized Reaper*, but still might be handy at the lab
for road etiquette violators and to avenge Manny…
the launch/reset button looks a little sketchy/clunky, but I'm sure it will be fine…
Mavic accessory — button batteries not included (fwiw: Predators are less than Reapers)
"How much does a Military Drone cost to make?
*$12,548,710.60. — the cost, per drone, of 10 MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft the Air Force announced Monday that it is buying. Drones are a lot of things, but cheap ain't necessarily one of them.Nov 6, 2012"

"Price/Unit Cost: In FY 2015, the average unit cost of Hellfire missiles (All-Up Round) purchased by the Army and Air Force is $99,600 (per All-Up Round). "
… since the Mavic is smaller I'm guessing the costs would be too - the mini Hellfire round probably is sub 5 figures?? less than 10k…

good thing you aren't inspecting power lines out there… you'd need more viral movies…(DJI base product plus)

July 21, 2017 at 1:02 PM
John Wells said...

I think I will pass on using it as a weapon. Companies are starting to come out with a means to drop a small payload though...https://dronefishing.com/store/ This one is quite clever because doesn't require an additional remote. It is activated by turning on an led on one of the forward arms with the existing DJI remote - a function that is easily programmed into one of the function buttons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMlaw0B2eMU I have been researching it today and I am certain I could build one for much less than their price.

July 21, 2017 at 3:48 PM

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