Posts by Haku

Re: What is a drone?

Some people (including me) are of the notion that the term "drone" refers to an autonomous craft which utilises a GPS receiver whilst flying so it can without user interaction hold its position, do waypoint missions, return to launch point and avoid obstacles with the use of proximity sensors, which makes it easy for any newbie to pick up and try to fly and quickly get into trouble if they're not careful - aka just about all of the DJI range

But "quad"/"quadcopter"/"multirotor" is what more describes FPV (first person viewing) racing/freestyle quadcopters where the user has to be in full control all the time as there's no autonomy involved beyond the craft using a gyroscope to hold its angle when you let go of the pitch & roll control - this level of flying usually requires the operator to have spent many hours practicing to get competent.

All you people slinging bad puns around like there's no tomorrow, take a look at yourself, and then make a change.

Re: Take it down

"I was offended" - Steve Hughes

youtube.com/watch?v=ceS_jkKjIgo (2m24s)

"These are all serious and genuine concerns, and the answer has been to deploy very expensive teams of support staff to go and visit this segment of customers to help reassure them and handhold them through the transition."

Somehow I don't think BT will be splurging on a crack team of 'pensioner whisperers' to help ease the minds of those who find technology baffling.

"Warning, costs will go up as well as up."

Yeah that sounds more like BT's m.o.

Re: The Government* response?

"At least a retired Muppet have a future as couch stuffing I cant think of a use for a retired politician!"

Mulch?

Or perhaps fertilizer, considering what most of them are full of.

Re: Killer Drone

You don't need to carry a whole chainsaw to be lethal, a razor blade is enough... to play fruit ninja with a drone:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uoczdon9Vo

In slow-mo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVFrTTHp3bk

Facebook trying to claim they're a conduit like an ISP?

Funny, in the past 20+ years I can't ever remember any of my ISPs injecting adverts into my browser...

Two armadillos?

Re: 250g limit? Hmm.

What sort of drone are you wanting to build, FPV racing/freestyle or GPS based?

The rcgroups.com forums contain a wealth of information and friendly help from members for this sort of thing, which I also post there as Haku.

The sections you might want to look at are Aircraft - Electric - FPV and Aircraft - Electric - Multirotor Drones

Re: What about the El Reg commentardiat?

Good point, frank ly, what constitutes "social media"?

There are many websites dedicated to specific interests / hobbies / jobs etc. which have dedicated forums to their specific subject, and most of them have a "general chat" subsection where any topic within reason can be discussed.

Does that mean there are potentially hundreds of thousands / millions of social media websites?

Re: new icon - a combination of mega fail and nuke it.

An iceberg warning sign icon would suffice.

Re: Loved the article on the BBC

Suddenly people are understanding what it means to blindly click that OK button when accepting terms & conditions.

Much like the organ donor sketch from Monty Python's The Meaning of Life - youtube.com/watch?v=aclS1pGHp8o

Re: Lets not drone on

@BebobWeBop, You're right for two reasons;

1) They're usually bought as a present for someone who's never flown one before - it's virtually impossible to get into flying quadcopters without crashing.

2) Competant quadcopter flyers generally don't buy them from a shop like Maplin which mostly stocks toy grade stuff.

Oh and don't call us flyers "less than adept monkeys", it's a bit rude.

Re: "Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Wizards in Winter"

That was good, I liked the animated mouths going along with the singing.

Whenever I hear Bohemiam Rhapsody I cannot help but think of The Muppets take on that great song - youtube.com/watch?v=tgbNymZ7vqY

Re: *checks YouTube channel stats*

@DontFeedTheTrolls, you're absolutely right, in fact I've never tried to get subscribers to my channel, I just checked one day and went "holy crap, I've got hundreds of subscribers!" then went about the rest of my day like nothing happened :)

Whenever I see someone plead "like and subscribe" on their YT video(s) I get this vibe from them that comes across as "Acknowledge my existance! ACKNOWLEDGE MY EXISTANCE!!!"