I know where there's a very nice low mileage 19 right now. But that seller wants cash ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mazin
Rumor has it his very nice 12x36 metal lathe will be available, also.
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I know where there's a very nice low mileage 19 right now. But that seller wants cash ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mazin
Rumor has it his very nice 12x36 metal lathe will be available, also.
Kids were in town for not quite 2 days and left one here. I couldn't take a steady diet of them. Too much sugar and the gooey corn syrupy filling is actually kinda snotty-gross when warmed in the microwave.Quote:
Originally Posted by Otterbatcat
Hmmmmmm hmmmmmmm person B might be calling person A soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
Watched a punk flashlight a camper parked across the street tonight.....twice in a half hour. Guess which house he lives in.
Yeah, I'm watching mother fucker.
If it's not on video then it's a He said, they said. besides use of any force to stop a theft of personal items, especially in a vehicle on the street gets you hammered by the legal system.Quote:
Originally Posted by Otterbatcat
Now if you happened to be coming home at night and used a well placed stream of some form of pepper spray. against someone who came at you.
https://www.amazon.com/SABRE-Red-Pep...4+pepper+spray
https://www.amazon.com/Defense-Techn...4+pepper+spray
Then dialed 911 due to being woke up by screams outside the house.
Not to belabor the point about the drone, but I remembered that I actually have some photos that perfectly illustrate what I was talking about.
What a drone would see
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/K7...=w1632-h918-no
What I would see
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pu...=w1632-h918-no
Depends on the pilot, I know I could get down about 3-4" above that and pan.
What the big companies are doing is actually pretty idiot proof to the point that they almost don't even need a pilot. They give the starting location, then the drone flies a pre-determined square around the property, taking pictures at certain angles. That's what one company is doing anyway. With 4k video and camera, a drone could very easily zoom in enough, with enough resolution to see individual granules from what I understand. Really the only thing that they can't do is shingle manipulation. I think the tech exists for drones to even measure roofs as well. If Eagle View can do it from satellite images, I don't see why a drone couldn't. Along the same lines, it seems like it'd be pretty easy to overlay stuff directly onto video or photos as well. For example you draw a 10x10 test square when looking for hail. If the drone can make measurements, I don't see why a program couldn't overlay the 10x10 square right onto the image (like they do with stuff on the field when you watch football. Then all the photos can stay consistent with what insurance companies require for inspection reports. Could even circle hail impacts and stuff. I think you could make a lot of money if you could write a program like that. A lot of companies are spending millions of dollars to do the same thing though. The industry is still young and you might be able to break into the market running inspections on a contract basis. Some companies are sending their adjusters to become FAA certified or whatever, but a company that does just that and is ready to go for the insurance carriers would be pretty attractive to them I would think. It'd be just like my ladder assist job, but even easier. Just show up, fly around and take pictures, email the report, see you at the next address.
I've actually started studying for the FAA Suas rating but haven't tested yet. The problem with writing the program is I have no coding ability at all. There's a shit load of apps out there for it but I'll I've used is DJI go and Co-pilot (let's you give a camera view to another device). Also one of the downfalls of the Phantom is no zoom, I think the Inspire does zoom though but at a base of $2500+ I haven't gotten to play with one. As far as mapping goes there are a lot of programs out there and some add on hardware (about 3k) to map farms for drainage, over saturation, dry areas and good crop.
If the wind isn't kicking when I get home this evening I'll take some close up shots of my roof to give you an idea how close you can get providing the elements are in the pilots favor.