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That is way cool. Very impressed with the hover starting at 2:05. Did not know a fixed wind craft could so that.

Thanks. What does the more option do? That is the exact same code I pasted but did not choose more. I ask as I have the same issue in posting to facebook and they don't have a "more" option When I post there rather than show up the way your's does I get about a 1" square image that you can click on to play and the rest of the post has text on the right hand side.

YES!!! How did you do that???

Prices for DJI Phantons range from about $500 to $1,500, they have lots of more expensive ones too. You can buy cheaper price and quality from other places. The video is so stable because it uses a 3D gimbal. Basically this computer controlled platform moves exactly the opposite way the bird moves so the camera does not move at all. Its a perfectly stable camera platform. The FAA has not made final rules, and the courts have said they don't actually have authority - but they have made interim rules. You can't use it for stuff like real estate photography but you can use it for artistic pictures of houses. You cannot use it to survey a commercial farm to determine how to water crops, but you can use it on your personal farm for the same purpose. The rulings are arbitrary and will likely not hold up if challenged in court. I believe Texas has ruled that you can use it for real estate. Those doing real estate work, and there are many, just claim they are charging for their time and video editing services. The unit I have is about $1,250 and comes with the gimbal and camera. You can buy another unit with a different gimbal and mount your own GoPro. The quality with the GoPro is a little better but you cannot watch the camera as you are flying without some special add on boards and antenna from a third party. Mine is a package deal ready to roll, sort of like buying a Dell computer. There are many places to buy parts and build your own unique crafts, but you may likely spend more and have issues. Dirtydigz - I'll send you a pm. As for battery upgrades, well who knows. The price of the batteries have dropped once and will probably drop again. They are Lithium Polymer six cell units so it is fairly new technology.

Using Chrome, not IE There are two types of AMA programs one is for clubs but there is another for everywhere else. From their website: Full Membership Program Costs: Age 19-65 - $29 65 & over - $24 Under 19 - Free or $15 with magazine Additional family members - $30 Benefits: $2,500,000 personal liability insurance coverage $25,000 Medical Coverage-AD&D Policy ($10,000 Death Benefit) $1,000 Fire, Theft, and Vandalism coverage Model Aviation monthly magazine Access to members only section of website Ability to fly at thousands of AMA chartered club sites with appropriate club membership Toll free customer service – 1-800-I-Fly-AMA (435-9262) Always comply with the AMA Safety Code. Park Pilot Program *Costs: $29.95Benefits: $500,000 personal liability insurance coverage Park Pilot quarterly magazine Access to the members only section of the website AMA Park Pilot Partner network to help you get started $2.5 million liability coverage is available for owners of AMA-designated Park Flying Sites Toll free customer service – 1-800-I-Fly-AMA (435-9262) Always comply with the AMA Safety Code. * Aircraft must not exceed 2 pounds, 60 mph, and may not be powered with an internal combustion engine

Not very loud as they are electric not gas powered. Only negative is the battery technology, its tough to get enough power in a small space. These new ones get about 25 minutes max flight time per battery, which is double what they got about a year ago.

Jeremy, this unit is GPS controlled and you can set up to 16 waypoints for auto controlled flight so that you can concentrate on camera work only. FAA has been rules to be full of crap by the courts and many people are using these things to make money, I know two personally that are doing it. You can get business insurance but if used as a hobby homeowners covers your liability or you can join AMA for about $80 a year which includes insurance.

Legally? FAA rules say you are not supposed to fly it beyond where you can see it, and you are not supposed to fly it using first person view either where you navigate via the onboard camera you watch on your phone or tablet.. I'm only a novice so I have only gone 200' up but it will actually go about 1,500' up although I think FAA rules want you to stay below 500'. As for distance out of the box it can go about 1/2 a mile away before you lose connection but there are after-market antennas that get you out about 2 miles. Check out dji.com for details.

Now if I could only figure out how to post here so the video box would show not just the link it would be better.

So I got myself a DJI Phantom2 Vision plus, which is a quad copter with a stabilized video camera. Got the guts to take it up to just over 200 feet today and shot this. Not the greatest yet, but I am still learning. http://youtu.be/JhWEcAa1gSo

All of my guns where ever they are are always loaded, until I verify they are not That said, yes at least one in the biometric is ready to rock and roll.

Kinda small for a thumb, or so I have been told

Don't worry, they have a thumb print on the back, so no one else can use it unless they have the same print. They do check those prints whenever you are asked to show you card, don't they? Ha Ha Ha !!!!

If you don't want to do matches, which I agree you should, another option is go to a place like RTSP that has a digital simulator. You can practice all sorts of scenarios and the cost is comparable to shooting with real ammo, ie what you pay is made up for in what you don't spend on ammo.

I remember 29 cent a gallon gas too Prices change, and 6 cents is not a bad price. I too was shocked as I walked in and saw racks of long guns with customers just taking them down and handling them without a sales person and without having an FID on a counter. I was even more shocked to see rows of shelves with ammo with no counter where you could just go out an pick the boxes that you wanted. Just a little different than in New Jermany.

They had American Eagle 38 grain copper-plated HP. A brick of 400 was $23.99, which came out to 6 cents a round.

On my drive back from North Carolina I stopped at a wonderful "Museum" on Route 78 that sells stuff. This place could fit several Home Depots inside, simply amazing. Never been there, but I would say it is worth a trip. They had a rare item on sale, .22LR - lots of it, but limited to one box per customer - so the wife and I each bought one. Here are two crappy iPhone shots: Inside: Outside:

I've never seen one where they pull you over and check papers. The only ones I have seen is where they put out cones and an officer in the road visually checks inspection stickers and only pulls over those that don't have valid ones. They do this on Route 15 in Dover all the time.

Many breeder make this a requirement of the sale, but not all. Their logic is that if they own a certain line they don't want anyone else to be able to make money from that line. Thus, the ones that they don't think will be good show dogs they sell as pets but have this stipulation in the sale.

I guess the question is more what will stop a charging bear rather than what could kill one. Sure if you put a .22 through the eye into the brain it would probably kill and stop the bear - but what are the odds of making that shot. Same goes for a .223 as it is a very small projectile. I asked a cop a number of years ago why he was not going to shoot a bear that was on a neighbor's deck a number of years ago and he said because his 9mm probably would not even go through the thick skin and would likely just piss off the bear. That is why I grabbed the .45 rather than a 9mm. After thinking about this (after the fact) I might have been better with the .357 magnum revolver - but you don't always think things out logically in the panic of the moment. Also, the 9mm and .45cal were loaded, the revolver and the AR-15 were not.

High powered .223 / 5.56 ?????

Only knew about bears cause dog barked and Huskies almost never bark, that is why I went out to check.

We survived the bear "attack" yesterday. I (sasha) was smart enough to run away, but Roxy (on the left) just slowly walked away and went up to the deck where we are hiding under a table now. Please excuse the quality, but our dad only had an iPhone handy to shoot this with

A friend told me RTSP offers very good prices on used guns, but I have no personal experiencing selling.

I would never take a trash can to a bear, that would just be tempting fate . Anyway I hear bears only issue one procedural per shooting position.