Recent content by MS Coast

Well, good thing. Adjusting the controls while bouncing along the trail with one hand on the handlebars while reaching over your shoulder and into the backpack for the sticks with the other might have been a mite difficult. This P(not)IC technique may be something you don't want to display on a...

Look for "Disable sideways flight" in the Fly app settings.

"Start to rise" isn't very descriptive. Does it actually climb and continue to climb? How fast does it climb? How long does the climb continue? Did it stop climbing on its own, or did you have to command a descent? One of the generous folks on the forum would probably be willing to look at the...

On his cell phone, maybe. A small helicopter wouldn't have radar or other means of detecting a drone. It's unlikely the pilot had any idea that you were there, unless he noticed a person on the cliff in the classic "two hands on the sticks, staring at the controller" drone operator posture...

There's a separate forum devoted to the Neo. The level of activity is very much lower than here. https://neopilots.com/

Were you the person who reported all those formations of SUV-sized drones with blinking lights cavorting over New Jersey a few months ago?

What US companies produce drones similar DJI's?

It's not the amount that's significant, it's the source of the payments. The man imposing tariffs continues to fastate that the US has and is collecting tariffs from other countries.

There's no free ride or storybook magic with any energy source. When I hiked up that hill and realized that the surrounding area was clear cut, I thought it looked horrible, too. It took a lot of the fun out of photographing the place. But that area around the towers looks exactly like the areas...

Reducing carbon emissions is a purely political goal? Human activity has not adversely affected our climate? Nope. I don't argue religious faith or those two highly politicized and emotional topics. I'm off to clear some brush and then fly a drone.

(I was an engineer for several decades, too, working with energy systems. The Electric Power Research Institute was my primary client.) You're rebutting things that were not said. No one said wind farms were a panacea. No one said that other conventional energy sources weren't still needed. No...

Very nice video. I was there a few weeks ago during the open hours when drones weren't allowed, so I had to be content with a flight from the farm we were on nearby. Your video is a wonderful second look at the Wallace Monument and a fine reminder of our time in Sterling. You chose a great day...

There have been enormous improvements in battery technology and photovoltaic solar panel efficiency. Batteries have become so efficient, lightweight, and affordable that there are nearly 60 million cars and trucks are operating on battery power. Silicon PV cell efficiency has improved from about...

Thanks. So, it wasn't found at a school. It was three pounds, not 50 pounds. No teacher was involved. It was found by three boys, not two girls. No mention of evidence that a burglary of a dispensary was involved. No mention of an arrest threat to the woman. Police picked up the marijuana...

And yet, there are tens of thousands of them producing power all around the world, and more being installed daily. Here in the US, there are more than 73,000 installations with 153 gigawatts of generating capacity. They produce a little more than 10% of our electricity. Worldwide generation...