Second Drone SAR training session is Atlanta in June

[RCdancer]

Personally, I'll go anywhere within 500 miles of Shelby, NC and donate my fair share if you decide to lease

Ok. We’re gonna go with the park in Atlanta and $30 to cover facility rental and lunch. Thunderdrones will provide the info. As always, there is no cost for the training.

 

[TKB]

Thanks and ask him if it's OK for me to attend

Appreciate it
TKB

 

[RCdancer]

Thanks and ask him if it's OK for me to attend

Appreciate it
TKB

Of course it’s ok. First come, first serve limited to 20 pilots.

 

[TKB]

If June 8th is still good, give me a time of arrival please and I'll see you there
TKB

 

[RCdancer]

9AM to 4PM on Sat Jun 8th. Thunderdrones still needs to reserve the pavilion on that date.

 

[TKB]

Thanks

TKB

 

[RCdancer]

We're looking into 2 other good areas in the Atlanta area to host this training ...

 

[RCdancer]

We're scouting two beautiful locations in the Atlanta area for the session on June 8 with huge land areas and large lakes. Suitable for bringing the wife and taking a mini vacation with her.

 

[TR Ganey]

Where's that sign up list?

 

[RCdancer]

This is one of the locations we're looking at to host the SAR training in June.

 

[Aviator]

Magnificent!

 

[RCdancer]

Where's that sign up list?

Wait until we lock in the location.

 

[RCdancer]

One of the scenarios in Atlanta that you will be flying is manual orbits to hone your motor skills and eye/hand coordination as well as boost your confidence to precisely control your drone. First you will manually fly orbits around yourself. If you do that well enough, you will then fly the drone out a distance away and manually orbit a designated target. This video demonstrates how to do simply orbits around yourself - something you need to practice before Atlanta. I will eventually be posting a video of me manually orbiting a water town half a mile away at 300 ft AGL.

 

[RCdancer]

Preview of FPV Lake flying - what you will do at the Atlanta session (not at this lake)

 

[Johnny C!]

Big Al pointed me to this thread. I would like
to attend. Let me know where to sign up.

And I'll be happy to donate to help cover the costs.

John

 

[RCdancer]

Big Al pointed me to this thread. I would like
to attend. Let me know where to sign up.

And I'll be happy to donate to help cover the costs.

John

Let us lock in the location first. Still trying to get permission.

Bob

 

[Johnny C!]

Understood!

 

[RCdancer]

DSAR training is locked in for June 8th at Acworth Beach location at Lake Alatoona in north Georgia. The Acworth Beach Location is drone friendly and Rob booked pavilion number 4 for June 8th. There are nearby bathrooms, it is very close to the water, and plenty of parking if we get there early there is a children's play area and also a nice little beach so bring your swimsuits because there is no air conditioning. The beach is a 2 minute walk from the pavilion. I have already reserved it come up and was $100 for the day. They do have electricity hookups. We can have the meeting 1st thing in the morning before it gets too hot and then fly afterwards. Ropb thinks the beach is less then 10 minutes from I-75 .

We will be training grid searches and orbits along with open-water SAR. Training is limited to 20 and please use the signup sheet to register.

June 8, 2019 DSAR Atlanta meeting signup sheet. Search and Rescue and Litchi training $20 admission fee at Acworth Beach, Georgia

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[BigAl07]

DSAR training is locked in for June 8th at Acworth Beach location at Lake Alatoona in north Georgia. The Acworth Beach Location is drone friendly and Rob booked pavilion number 4 for June 8th. There are nearby bathrooms, it is very close to the water, and plenty of parking if we get there early there is a children's play area and also a nice little beach so bring your swimsuits because there is no air conditioning. The beach is a 2 minute walk from the pavilion. I have already reserved it come up and was $100 for the day. They do have electricity hookups. We can have the meeting 1st thing in the morning before it gets too hot and then fly afterwards. Ropb thinks the beach is less then 10 minutes from I-75 .

We will be training grid searches and orbits along with open-water SAR. Training is limited to 20 and please use the signup sheet to register.

June 8, 2019 DSAR Atlanta meeting signup sheet. Search and Rescue and Litchi training $20 admission fee at Acworth Beach, Georgia

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Outstanding!! Well done to all

 

[Aviator]

@RCdancer I had signed up earlier, but went ahead and did it again as the venue had changed.
Thanks to the 3 of you for the heads up and all the work. If there is BBQ, we can plan on bringing some stuff to throw on it and make it an "event"