Recent content by Dangerly

Well, you're wrong about being wrong, because you're right! :)

Just to clarify, the whole context of this thread is the future, so we're not talking about present-day technology. You might argue we'll never get there, but that's a different argument I think.

You're right. An example would better explain it. I like to swoop through open barns with FPV at high speed. When you're entering the barn at high speed, there's no way to tell whether there's an open exit in the back. If I know ahead of time and I know the area is clear of hazards, I can do...

I expect AI will get much safer than a human who is limited to visual line of sight from operator to drone. What I want is the ability to fly FPV manually with an AI acting as a safety shield, preventing the drone from crashing into anything no matter what I do, and still letting me get within...

Which link is it that seems broken? I've had quite a few interesting conversations with AI lately.

Your comment got me thinking what it means to me. I've always defined an FPV pilot as anyone who flies a drone in manual mode with goggles.

I agree. We have plenty of examples of technology initially funded by Congress for our military, which eventually had civilian and consumer applications. Gemini summarizes these uses: GPS (Global Positioning System): Originally created for precision targeting and navigation by the U.S...

Can a drone pace a formula one car around a track? If you're like me, you'll find this a lot of fun.

Something I do quite often for friends is fly the Avata up maybe 200 feet, well within VLOS, and then hand the Integra goggles to folks with head tracking turned on. I just keep the Avata parked in place while they look around. I've gone through a few batteries just doing this for folks. It's a...

Soon enough we will all be watching AI generated drone video, and no one but pixel nerd experts will care or be able to tell the difference from real world drone video. Within the next 18 months we'll see the first successful, photorealistic Hollywood-level movie generated 100% by AI. And then...

Yesterday OpenAI announced Sora, which leap frogged everyone else in generating very realistic looking video 100% through prompt-generated AI. It produced this drone shot of Bug Sur, a shot I've long wanted to capture, but for those pesky drone laws that prevent me from flying there. I am in...

I was just doing some research on whether to buy the RC2 and saw this thread. My aging Samsung Note 20 Ultra pumps out 1500 nits of brightness compared with the modest 700 nits of the RC2. I have zero problems seeing my Samsung in the bright sun at the beach. I do have to take off my sunglasses...

I would love to have a drone partner like this one day: Sky Dance For creating cinematic video, I couldn't imagine a more powerful type of tool. I wonder if AI-powered drones will ever be safe and smart enough to do something like this?

Wow, I can't even imagine... In case anyone else was looking for this story too: RC Helicopter Accident Kills Teen

A group of 15 Republican lawmakers wrote a letter to our Defense Secretary saying that a recent tear down of a DJI drone found U.S. manufactured components. They wrote that: I think their overall attitude was summed up well by Representative Elise Stefanik who wrote: That's a new argument I...