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In airline operations, Icing conditions exist when OAT (on the ground) or TAT (in-flight) is 10°C or below, and any of the following exist: • visible moisture (clouds, fog with visibility of one statute mile (1600 m) or less, rain, snow, sleet, ice crystals, and so on) is...

The thing is you, likely, wouldn't have "seen it when it crashed". If it had been in VLOS, it wouldn't have been in the fog in icing conditions, which likely caused the crash. As an airline pilot, we are required to put on engine anti ice whenever the temp is +10C or below and vis is below...

Thanks for sharing

Might have left the car running, which may have drowned out the props. Or other local noise, traffic, lawnmower, etc.

FYI, I was once (and never again) on our HOA board. Lots of work for the 2% of busybodies who complain constantly. We had a covenant which said no fences forward of the back edge of a home. Of course, one family fenced in their side yard to the front edge of the home. Neighbor complained...

Great, just for enjoyable viewing. Beautiful work.

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Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.

Unfortunately, I am unable to do much to repair. I am 70, and have a medical condition which causes my hands to shake. It is called Essential Tremor. Slowly getting worse with age. (Think Katherine Hepburn) in her later years. Not as bad as hers, yet. But tearing into something like the...

Ok, here is the big season finale. Or should I make it a cliff hanger?? I put in a newly charged up battery, and it started up. Everything looked good on the controller. GPS mode engaged. Camera came on line. But it would not start rotors manually, or in auto takeoff. ESC error. Status...

In this case, into the woods on their very large farm. Wouldn't have tried it if any possibility of down range issues.

I thought that might get some views. And it is true. But there is more to the story, and I am looking for advice, and predictions. First of all, it was MY Drone!. And second of all, it was stuck high in a tree. It was the only way to break it loose. I won't go into all the details, but...

If self education is your primary goal, you might start with learning that flying so close that a lady thinks she can hit your drone with a rock, may not be a good idea. The next person may succeed, and there is no way you can be certain that they would pay for the damage, even if they should...

Talking to a rock? NO. But I have been married for 46 years. Does that count?