Callahan Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 My first attempt using my drone. Interesting results culminating in disaster...for the drone. This is a quikie video I did in 3 hours. I plan to improve on it a lot with more autonomous drone running free and stationary within the next two weeks. You'll see an interesting beach landing that results in....well, take a look. Thanks! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdDog Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 Thats a cool video man! :) Very entertaining! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callahan Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 BirdDoggie....you have no idea how much I appreciate your words. Most people don't realize what goes into a simple video such as that...until they try to do it themselves. That actually took about 4 hours. All of my others take about 3 months working part time. I'll be improving on what you saw, adding much better footage, much better drone work, much better everything. It takes time, weather, fixing drone crashes, computer crashes and last but not least, the actual FINDING of where all the footage and photos are. My thanks too is directed to other videographers who take the time to do videos! Even the crummy ones are nice to look at! :) P.S. The Drone did survive. I should've included my walk in the woods to find it but it was very dark. Lost three props, camera was detached, banged up but, surprisingly...Worked! Thats a cool video man! :) Very entertaining! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdDog Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 :) Awesome!! :) Lucky you are in US, the drone laws down here may prevent you from doing some of those videos! Glad you go the drone back, and yeah, drone Vs tree, doesn't often end well. I have been building drones commercially now for over 13 years, and the tech that is now available is amazing! I hate to think where we will be in the next 5 years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callahan Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 BirdDog....if you've been in commercial drone building that long, you must've gotten started in its infancy. Never met anyone involved that long. Would love to pick your brain. Question: When I went around that copse of trees & started moving away from the drone.....did you notice the backward drone movement? It recovered as you saw & started moving forward toward me. What would cause that backward movement? Temporary loss of signal & searching? As far as rules? I'm 70. Don't care anymore. In fact, I didn't care too much when I was 30. Man, I can't believe what's happened to Aussie Land....kind of like I can't believe what's happened to the U.S......referring to our Democratic Party I mean. A bigger bunch of assinine fools there has never existed. Thanks very much fof your input! :) Awesome!! :)Lucky you are in US, the drone laws down here may prevent you from doing some of those videos! Glad you go the drone back, and yeah, drone Vs tree, doesn't often end well. I have been building drones commercially now for over 13 years, and the tech that is now available is amazing! I hate to think where we will be in the next 5 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callahan Posted June 18, 2018 Author Share Posted June 18, 2018 Well, BirdDog.....I just wrote you a nice email, posted it, it appeared, then I left the page for a minute, returned here and POOF! Gone? Could the P.C. Police be at work? I made a Political statement at the end but could they catch it that quick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callahan Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 Disregard my last. It appeared again (?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdDog Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 AHAHAH! Yeah man. I started in 2006 custom building drones etc, and then in 2014 I gained certification from Civil Aviation Safety Authority to open the first Multirotor RPAS Training School in Australia. It was a very different world back then, and wow, how times have changed. Looking at the video, and not knowing exactly what the Typhoon will do if it loses track, I would say it did just that. It lost you, and was trying to sort itself out. It's strange, as I would have thought if it lost track it would simply stop and hold. But maybe it continues on its way?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callahan Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 BirdDog, times have indeed changed since the 50s & 60s back when you could slap or beat the hell out of somebody (or vice versa) and not worry about getting sued or thrown in jail. My video "Airport Manager Gone Wild" is indicative of our current B.S. times. Watch it if you dare. Not all is lost however as I violated this imbecile's tresspass order 8 or 10 times with no penalty. He was obviously provoking me to hit him so he could slap an assault charge on me. So I guess I was correct about signal loss causing the back steer. Luckily it reingaged & continued toward me. On my roll out I was on the side of those trees. It simply took a shortcut to me & collided with a tree. Thank you for your analysis! I'll keep you informed of any more drone problems but next time it will be HIGHER! AHAHAH! Yeah man. I started in 2006 custom building drones etc, and then in 2014 I gained certification from Civil Aviation Safety Authority to open the first Multirotor RPAS Training School in Australia. It was a very different world back then, and wow, how times have changed.Looking at the video, and not knowing exactly what the Typhoon will do if it loses track, I would say it did just that. It lost you, and was trying to sort itself out. It's strange, as I would have thought if it lost track it would simply stop and hold. But maybe it continues on its way?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdDog Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 OMG!!!! That must have taken some serious self control old mate. You are better than me!! I might have accidentally tripped and used his face to break my fall! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callahan Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 HaHaHa! I think my problem maybe was my age....69. Too old to go to jail. Seriously, I was told by friends (after seeing the video) that the man is seriously deranged & could pull a gun at any moment! They were totally serious. When I was flying my drone at the same place the drone collided a few days ago, he was circling above me about 2,000 feet spying on me. Insanity still posseses him. This is over a year since that video was made! He was fired as the self-appointed County Airport Manager but still retains his local (Airport Subdivision housing area) title of Airport Manager. Everybody ignores him now as a laughing stock. He has not directly approached me since the video however. He knows he does not and never had the support of our local law enforcement nor our FAA Federal Aviation Administration who have yet to file any charges against me for flying two unregistered and illegal ultralights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdDog Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 LOL! So is your bird unregistered? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callahan Posted June 19, 2018 Author Share Posted June 19, 2018 Registered? What's that? Hell No! What for? To pay taxes to support some worthless lot that does nothing but have illegitimate babies to collect income from MY taxes! Hell No. Not me. I did register my pontoon boat about 6 years ago but only because I couldn't outrun our water police. We got police for everything under the sun here. Enough. I consider my two ultralights as exactly that. They WERE ultralight aircraft initially until what? Until, some bureaucratic good for nothing figured out we all had to get registered. I got my first ultralight in 1978, a Pterodactyl piece of crap but I loved flying it. Ultralights are REAL FLYING. Especially the Drifter. I spent a lifetime cooped up in REAL airplanes...what a joke! That isn't flying. You might as well be sitting in a car tooling down the byways! The Drifter, above the clouds, on a beautiful day. THAT, MY FRIEND, IS FLYING! "Drifter Flying by William Catalina" - YouTube....watch the clouds part. LOL! So is your bird unregistered? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdDog Posted June 19, 2018 Share Posted June 19, 2018 Wow! Fair call. That said, my rego for my bird is not what I would call expensive. In fact, it costs me more to register my car than it does my plane, and the licensing and rego structure here means I also benefit from included insurance, so I am happy to pay it. :) I trained up to be able to do my own maintenance legally etc, so that also keeps the costs down. I am happy with where we are at for that side of things. I know some are not, but you can't please everyone right. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callahan Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 I meant to reply earlier Birddoggie, just busy is all. Yes, if you're happy doing it the right way then by all means, more power to you. You're a good example to others. I shouldn't be running my mouth off here either. Bad example to younger pilots. I'll tone it down from now on. I've just been a cowboy all my life. Like some bucking Broncos....hard to tame. I don't really resent rules or authority. What I resent is some fat ass pencil pusher with little or no aircraft experience making up a bunch of rules to justify his position while sitting on his ass and/or an increase in his budget. I'm too old to be told what to do. I have a book out on Amazon titled "Over & Back" by Wild Bill Callahan. Don't buy it. Too damn expensive. Amazon will let you read about 35 pages for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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