Recent content by Jason C

The drone did not work - on power on a single motor would twitch and that was it. I talked to Best Buy and they let me return it.

He was not already there - he was trimming a tree here in my town so we drove the 10 miles or so to the location.

15 Days In: The Drone Has Been Recovered! A friend of mine called me this morning to tell me that while on a walk he passed a tree trimmer who was doing all his work from within a tree. So I drove over, told him about the situation, showed him my photos, and he told me "not a problem". An...

2200 feet out, 400 feet up, stock antennas. Before I lost it (but not on this flight). In town but over a golf course.

One of the professional tree-trimmers I contacted last week called me back today. "I just got back from being out of town, but I was really hoping you had figured out the situation by now," he told me. I described the situation, and he says without being able to bring mechanical equipment in...

My climber (former tree trimmer until a couple of years ago) was a no-show so I called off most of my helpers but did go out with a buddy this morning just to take a look. Rain last night made for thick mud so we decided it best to hold off and check it out tomorrow or later in the week. Had...

Well, it looks like there is now a flood watch for tomorrow, so the rescue attempt may be delayed.

I've heard that it's surprisingly water-resistant. Will hopefully know for sure soon.

Well I have now.

Currently targeting Saturday for prep and Sunday for the retrieval effort. Fingers crossed.

Wouldn't the tarp just sink in the river? Or am I missing something? Rich you should come down one of these days and I can give you a look in person!

Once it's on the tarp, how do you get it the rest of the way back across the river? Or do you have ropes on both sides the width of the river? Keep in mind though that it's virtually impossible to go along the edge of the river where the drone is above, it's a very steep angle of mud 15 feet...

Tonight was the 348th Expedition to the Lost Drone. No new progress, though the path there has dried somewhat. And I got some good zoom photos.

Rescue video:

Well, I went to home depot and tried two (of the five needed) rigid conduit pipes together and two alone were very heavy without a load and started to have some flex in them. Very doubtful that five will work. And all the PVC had way too much flex in it.