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Hhank970 replied to the thread Best drone for measuring accuracy of steel beams on construction site?.Wouldn't an elevator shaft have door-openings on each floor? Wouldn't such openings afford easy access to the interior of the shaft over most of its height for the purposes of determining clearances for elevator installation? There have to be...
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Hhank970 replied to the thread Long range fliers - share your tips of flying long range?.Anyone can fly as far as environmental conditions, drone characteristics, battery charge, and their own poor judgment allow. But they can't violate the laws of physics. In this instance, neither arithmetic nor mathematics have anything to do...
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Hhank970 reacted to Felix le Chat's post in the thread Are stricter drone laws on the way? with
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A couple of remarks in this thread have piqued my interest. Firstly - the suggestion that a new airspace layer be created to cater for commercial drone use. This is already well past the drawing board stage in the U.K with 'drone super-highway'... -
Hhank970 replied to the thread Long range fliers - share your tips of flying long range?.Simple physics: gaining altitude incrementally doesn't save energy when compared with gaining altitude in one continuous ascension. In both instances, the same amount of work is involved, and the same expenditure of energy (battery output) is...
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Hhank970 replied to the thread 400' AGL over natural feature/"structure".Of course, folks are free to call geographic features whatever they want. There's a little rise behind my home that we call Gazebo Hill. But such informal names won't ever appear on official maps unless someone petitions the Board on Geographic...