DRONE WARS - CAPTAINS BLOG - PT2
After mastering flying up and down I decided to read the instructions for my second test flight and try to master turning left and right. . I made my way to the park waded through the mud to a solitary position for take off. Hmmm! Seems a little windy I thought.
The drone was all flashing lights and electronic bleeping sounds and was soon (much too soon) 20m high. My assessment of the wind proved correct as it was at least 80m away down wind in no time. Still I can still practice turning left and right and pushed the joy stick to the left. It veered left but was still climbing!
Of course it was heading for a tree, it's speed being wind assisted,
something I hadn't bargained for. Abort! Abort I panicked and went about
the one skill I had down to a fine art - Crashing. I was just about to
put the drone into land mode (basically turning the engines off) when I
noticed a Scotty dog under my flight path.
What! who put that there! Captain Kirk never had problems like these! If only I had phasers I could zap the canine terror and stop him from running off with my state of the art bone in it's mouth.
My only other option was to climb and fly over the tree. I gave it full throttle to climb. I could hear Scotties voice in my head "We cannae not make it, She cannea go any faster!" "Speak English yer tartan skirt wearing tranny! Nicola Sturgeon's not running this ship (yet)
To my surprise the Drone cleared the tree easily but was now far too high for my liking. It had to keep going because now it was high above four kids sitting on a bench. They all looked skywards. It was a case of out of the frying pan into the pond because that was where it was heading.
I could clear the pond easily but it would then be out of range and site and then there was the car park to contend with. Bugger! back to option 1 CRASH!
I fell out of the sky and luckily missed people by a good 10m I quickly retrieved it and escaped under silent reproachful eyes of the park dwellers.
Better go , too many people. I got my car and made my way home only for a woman driver to pull out in front of me!! Good God! Out of control Drones and women drivers, it's a jungle out there!
Captains Blog
No. Of Flights 5
No. Of crashes 5
No. Of Photos 0
No. Controlled flights - Answer your own stupid questions!
What! who put that there! Captain Kirk never had problems like these! If only I had phasers I could zap the canine terror and stop him from running off with my state of the art bone in it's mouth.
My only other option was to climb and fly over the tree. I gave it full throttle to climb. I could hear Scotties voice in my head "We cannae not make it, She cannea go any faster!" "Speak English yer tartan skirt wearing tranny! Nicola Sturgeon's not running this ship (yet)
To my surprise the Drone cleared the tree easily but was now far too high for my liking. It had to keep going because now it was high above four kids sitting on a bench. They all looked skywards. It was a case of out of the frying pan into the pond because that was where it was heading.
I could clear the pond easily but it would then be out of range and site and then there was the car park to contend with. Bugger! back to option 1 CRASH!
I fell out of the sky and luckily missed people by a good 10m I quickly retrieved it and escaped under silent reproachful eyes of the park dwellers.
Better go , too many people. I got my car and made my way home only for a woman driver to pull out in front of me!! Good God! Out of control Drones and women drivers, it's a jungle out there!
Captains Blog
No. Of Flights 5
No. Of crashes 5
No. Of Photos 0
No. Controlled flights - Answer your own stupid questions!
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