Recent content by RC_G35x

Ug.. Nuclear power facilities are the *safest* form of power generation (per kwh) of almost any method we currently have. It's safer then hydroelectric, its safer then wind, its *way* safer then coal and natural gas, etc etc. If we used a fully closed generation cycle it would also be one of...

But but but, that's not what he's saying. He's saying he worries about a well trained unified force who is in comms with a backline team who is using DJI drones as Arial recon to provide realtime security data and intel to the the interlopers. Of course invading a secure facility is already...

Your right. No trespassing signs have been so successful for decades. I've never seen a kid laugh and jump a fence 5 feet from a no trespassing sign, not once. Same thing goes for those *no concealed weapons* signs. Putting one of those up in your store pretty much *ends* all armed...

Isn't the phantom available with a flir camera? Honestly the utility of a few officers having a flying thermal camera can't be overstated imo. Considering the level of expertise needed to fly it and the cost comparison to a manned aircraft it's flat amazing the capability that can be had for...

Read my whole post, I saved shotguns for the second paragraph. I probably wasn't clear enough in my first paragraph that I was specifically saying that shooting a hovering drone with a pistol or rifle would be extremely difficult. Thabks for the info on pattern spread. The only shotguns I...

Even a hovering drone is going to be an extremely difficult shot at most normal distances (100-200 ft up, a few hundred more feet away) even with a nice optically equipped rifle (due to its size and elevated angle). Second, shooting a rifle at an upward angle is moronic in the extreme, the...

Good grief, responses like this (bleh). NRA is a "testosterone response"? Their a lobby group paid for mostly by individual donations (not corporate donations like is often spouted). Though I personally prefer the GOA (which is most definitely paid for with individual donations). To the OP...

Currently, as long as you fly recreationally and follow the rules for RC aircraft you don't need to register with the FAA at all anymore (Thanks to a legal case recently). Those rules are available online but are mostly common sense. Not near aircraft/airports, not on people's heads, not in no...

Your half right. You want multiple drives (size is immaterial) but you want to duplicate the data so you lose nothing, not jist lose "less" of it. I usually point out to people that drives are super cheap now and there is almost always a "sweet spot" where it makes the most sense to buy...

Oh and to answer the OPs question. If it's windows it should be a pretty easy format job, but best practice would be to go into drive manager and delete all partitions on the drive, then create new ones and format the drive. Then it would be ready for action. Just double and triple check so...

That *is* a server (or more accurately a drive array). My wife runs a wedding photography business so I have a server running Solaris for ZFS with 20-22TB of space on it. Between all 3 PCs we have 55-60TB of space total. I picked up a 8TB external drive on amazon a week ago for 150$, so...

I pointed this issue out in another comment somewhere a few days ago. Their is a *huge* difference between some sort of disable feature that does its best to keep you from taking off in a NFZ (or similar) and a "feature" that takes control of the aircraft. What is going to get DJI in *big*...

I don't believe EX-presidents should get that level of protection. They are *ex* presidents and are no longer required for the continued function of the the government. If someone bad were to happen to them that would be unfortunate, but not a national security issue. The essentially endless...