If anyone is interested in semi-serious quadcopter/drone operation, the company Autel has its smallest two models on sale for 35 to nearly 50 percent off. I have their model Evo Lite with the extra battery packs, and I’ve been quite happy with it. Their cheapest model in stock is listed at $609 now, the Evo Nano+.
These drones are (well) not wholly Chinese owned, but unfortunately the Chinese have crowded out most other manufacturers in an attempt to corner the global market and to hog all the data. This particular brand offers pro and prosumer products. Think prosumer DeWalt brand power tools versus consumer grade Black & Decker.
My experience with the Evo Lite has been very positive. The drone is very stable even in moderately gusty conditions. It produces good video and still photo imagery.
You can fly these drones with a recreational “small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle” (sUAV) license or the commercial sUAV license. You can get the training videos and take the recreational drone license test all for free from FAA website. The drones are otherwise compliant with FAA drone rules and regs, which is not the case for a lot of the Chinese off-brands. To fly them legally you also have to register them with the FAA for a aircraft serial number that you have to print out and affix to the device. FAA drone registration costs $5 for your whole drone fleet if you’re a recreational remote pilot, or $5 per aircraft if you’re a commercial remote pilot.
I will gladly furnish more details to anyone who hasn’t left at this point to find a mirror and see if that really might be a bit of dried turkey meat lodged in between those back molars.
Because of the role of native Americans in the first Thanksgiving, that observance is far more appropriate for the day after Thanksgiving, than "Black Friday," that orgy of Christmas shopping that stomps all over Thanksgiving,
Black Friday tip, a bit obscure perhaps.
If anyone is interested in semi-serious quadcopter/drone operation, the company Autel has its smallest two models on sale for 35 to nearly 50 percent off. I have their model Evo Lite with the extra battery packs, and I’ve been quite happy with it. Their cheapest model in stock is listed at $609 now, the Evo Nano+.
That model is here:
https://shop.autelrobotics.com/collections/black-friday-cyber-monday-sale-2023/products/drones-evo-nano-plus
These drones are (well) not wholly Chinese owned, but unfortunately the Chinese have crowded out most other manufacturers in an attempt to corner the global market and to hog all the data. This particular brand offers pro and prosumer products. Think prosumer DeWalt brand power tools versus consumer grade Black & Decker.
My experience with the Evo Lite has been very positive. The drone is very stable even in moderately gusty conditions. It produces good video and still photo imagery.
You can fly these drones with a recreational “small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle” (sUAV) license or the commercial sUAV license. You can get the training videos and take the recreational drone license test all for free from FAA website. The drones are otherwise compliant with FAA drone rules and regs, which is not the case for a lot of the Chinese off-brands. To fly them legally you also have to register them with the FAA for a aircraft serial number that you have to print out and affix to the device. FAA drone registration costs $5 for your whole drone fleet if you’re a recreational remote pilot, or $5 per aircraft if you’re a commercial remote pilot.
I will gladly furnish more details to anyone who hasn’t left at this point to find a mirror and see if that really might be a bit of dried turkey meat lodged in between those back molars.
Good morning.
By Act of Congress, today is Native American Heritage Day. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_Heritage_Day)
Because of the role of native Americans in the first Thanksgiving, that observance is far more appropriate for the day after Thanksgiving, than "Black Friday," that orgy of Christmas shopping that stomps all over Thanksgiving,