How little can I spend on a drone that I can use to check and see when my gutters need to be cleaned? The highest part of the house can be reached with a 28' extension ladder.

Options? Specific suggestions?

(This should be fun)

On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:11:14 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote:

Specific suggestions?

Yeah, drag out the ladder anyway, you'll need it to retrieve the drone.

On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:11:14 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote:

How little can I spend on a drone that I can use to check and see when my gutters need to be cleaned? The highest part of the house can be reached with a 28' extension ladder.

Options? Specific suggestions?

(This should be fun)

Find one that will clean the inspect the gutters then, if necessary, CLEAN them too. If it works well let us know what
one you bought. ;-)

DerbyDad03 wrote:
How little can I spend on a drone that I can use to check
and see
when my gutters need to be cleaned? The highest part of
the house can
be reached with a 28' extension ladder.

Options? Specific suggestions?

(This should be fun)

Mount one of this on a pole and inspect with your cell phone

https://www.amazon.com/Powstro-Endos...e+camera&psc=1

On Monday, August 15, 2016 at 11:46:24 PM UTC-4, Gordon Shumway wrote:
On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:11:14 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote:

How little can I spend on a drone that I can use to check and see when my gutters need to be cleaned? The highest part of the house can be reached with a 28' extension ladder.

Options? Specific suggestions?

(This should be fun)

Find one that will clean the inspect the gutters then, if necessary, CLEAN them too. If it works well let us know what
one you bought. ;-)

Was that English?

On 8/16/2016 5:29 AM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Monday, August 15, 2016 at 11:46:24 PM UTC-4, Gordon Shumway wrote:
On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:11:14 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote:

How little can I spend on a drone that I can use to check and see when my gutters need to be cleaned? The highest part of the house can be reached with a 28' extension ladder.

Options? Specific suggestions?

(This should be fun)

Find one that will clean the inspect the gutters then, if necessary, CLEAN them too. If it works well let us know what
one you bought. ;-)

Was that English?



I think he should just stick with emoticons.

On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:11:14 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

Options? Specific suggestions?

(This should be fun)

http://www.toptenreviews.com/electronics/toys/best-rc-drones/

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-drones,review-2412.html

On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 10:58:25 AM UTC-4, Oren wrote:
On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:11:14 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

Options? Specific suggestions?

(This should be fun)

http://www.toptenreviews.com/electronics/toys/best-rc-drones/

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-drones,review-2412.html

Perhaps you missed my "How little can I spend on a drone" opening
comment. ;-)

Why wouldn't I want something like this? (I have some reasons why I
wouldn't, but I'd like to hear from others.)

https://www.amazon.com/SYMA-Explorer...dp/B00MNG37C2/

"Mike Duffy" wrote in message ...
On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:11:14 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote:

Specific suggestions?

Yeah, drag out the ladder anyway, you'll need it to retrieve the drone.

LOL! Ditto to that. Neighbor kids are always coming over.... can we go in your back yard and get our "drone."

I agree it would be fun. Check out the quadcopters at the neighborhood RC hobby shop and fasten your cell camera to it? I have heard vibration can be a problem.

On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 11:24:24 AM UTC-4, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
"Mike Duffy" wrote in message ...
On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:11:14 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote:

Specific suggestions?

Yeah, drag out the ladder anyway, you'll need it to retrieve the drone.

LOL! Ditto to that. Neighbor kids are always coming over.... can we go in your back yard and get our "drone."

I agree it would be fun. Check out the quadcopters at the neighborhood RC hobby shop and fasten your cell camera to it? I have heard vibration can be a problem.

If I'm going to need a ladder to retrieve the drone, I sure don't want to
send my cell phone up with it. ;-)

"DerbyDad03" wrote in message ...
On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 11:24:24 AM UTC-4, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
"Mike Duffy" wrote in message ...
On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:11:14 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote:

Specific suggestions?

Yeah, drag out the ladder anyway, you'll need it to retrieve the drone.

LOL! Ditto to that. Neighbor kids are always coming over.... can we go in your back yard and get our "drone."

I agree it would be fun. Check out the quadcopters at the neighborhood RC hobby shop and fasten your cell camera to it? I have heard vibration can be a problem.

If I'm going to need a ladder to retrieve the drone, I sure don't want to
send my cell phone up with it. ;-)

Get a quadcopter for $60 and one of those $10 prepaid cell phones. Don't activate the phone - just start the video when you're ready to go and view it later. Cheap "drones" start at $500.

"DerbyDad03" wrote in message ...
On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 10:58:25 AM UTC-4, Oren wrote:
On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:11:14 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

Options? Specific suggestions?

(This should be fun)

http://www.toptenreviews.com/electronics/toys/best-rc-drones/

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-drones,review-2412.html

Perhaps you missed my "How little can I spend on a drone" opening
comment. ;-)

Why wouldn't I want something like this? (I have some reasons why I
wouldn't, but I'd like to hear from others.)

https://www.amazon.com/SYMA-Explorer...dp/B00MNG37C2/

I just saw this -- Perfect for what you're doing.

On Tue, 16 Aug 2016 05:29:18 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote:

On Monday, August 15, 2016 at 11:46:24 PM UTC-4, Gordon Shumway wrote:
On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:11:14 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote:

How little can I spend on a drone that I can use to check and see when my gutters need to be cleaned? The highest part of the house can be reached with a 28' extension ladder.

Options? Specific suggestions?

(This should be fun)

Find one that will clean the inspect the gutters then, if necessary, CLEAN them too. If it works well let us know what
one you bought. ;-)

Was that English?

It was suppose to be:

Find one that will inspect the gutters then, if necessary, CLEAN them too. If it works well let us know what one you
bought. ;-)

On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 11:49:29 AM UTC-4, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
"DerbyDad03" wrote in message ...
On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 11:24:24 AM UTC-4, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
"Mike Duffy" wrote in message ...
On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:11:14 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote:

Specific suggestions?

Yeah, drag out the ladder anyway, you'll need it to retrieve the drone.

LOL! Ditto to that. Neighbor kids are always coming over.... can we go in your back yard and get our "drone."

I agree it would be fun. Check out the quadcopters at the neighborhood RC hobby shop and fasten your cell camera to it? I have heard vibration can be a problem.

If I'm going to need a ladder to retrieve the drone, I sure don't want to
send my cell phone up with it. ;-)

Get a quadcopter for $60 and one of those $10 prepaid cell phones. Don't activate the phone - just start the video when you're ready to go and view it later. Cheap "drones" start at $500.

Well, I guess that's just a matter of semantics.

Technically, a quadcopter *is* a drone...

Stolen without permission from:

http://quadcopterhq.com/is-a-quadcopter-a-drone/

*** Begin Stolen Text ***

Is a quadcopter a drone? Or a UAV?

Technically, yes €“ quadcopters are both drones and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(UAV). But they differ significantly from what most people think of when they
hear the word drone. A drone, or an unmanned aerial vehicle (or UAS €“
unmanned aerial system), is simply an aircraft without a human pilot on board
it. One could make the case that a quadcopter like the Walkera Ladybird is
hardly an €œaircraft€� given its small size, but technically it is. As you
move towards the larger quadcopters, such as the DJI Phantom or the
professional grade videography models, it is easier to conceive of these
quads as aircraft.

*** End Stolen Text ***

On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 12:03:05 PM UTC-4, Gordon Shumway wrote:
On Tue, 16 Aug 2016 05:29:18 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote:

On Monday, August 15, 2016 at 11:46:24 PM UTC-4, Gordon Shumway wrote:
On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:11:14 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote:

How little can I spend on a drone that I can use to check and see when my gutters need to be cleaned? The highest part of the house can be reached with a 28' extension ladder.

Options? Specific suggestions?

(This should be fun)

Find one that will clean the inspect the gutters then, if necessary, CLEAN them too. If it works well let us know what
one you bought. ;-)

Was that English?

It was suppose to be:

Find one that will inspect the gutters then, if necessary, CLEAN them too. If it works well let us know what one you
bought. ;-)

It's been done, but it won't work for my situation. I see how they can be
used to clean out dry leaves, but once things get wet and the tree debris
begins to turn to mush, this technique will either 1) not work at all, or
2) make a real mess.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmIJt8NUosI

"DerbyDad03" wrote in message ...
On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 11:49:29 AM UTC-4, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
"DerbyDad03" wrote in message ...
On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 11:24:24 AM UTC-4, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
"Mike Duffy" wrote in message ...
On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:11:14 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote:

Specific suggestions?

Yeah, drag out the ladder anyway, you'll need it to retrieve the drone.

LOL! Ditto to that. Neighbor kids are always coming over.... can we go in your back yard and get our "drone."

I agree it would be fun. Check out the quadcopters at the neighborhood RC hobby shop and fasten your cell camera to it? I have heard vibration can be a problem.

If I'm going to need a ladder to retrieve the drone, I sure don't want to
send my cell phone up with it. ;-)

Get a quadcopter for $60 and one of those $10 prepaid cell phones. Don't activate the phone - just start the video when you're ready to go and view it later. Cheap "drones" start at $500.

Well, I guess that's just a matter of semantics.

Technically, a quadcopter *is* a drone...

Stolen without permission from:

http://quadcopterhq.com/is-a-quadcopter-a-drone/

*** Begin Stolen Text ***

Is a quadcopter a drone? Or a UAV?

Technically, yes €“ quadcopters are both drones and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(UAV). But they differ significantly from what most people think of when they
hear the word drone. A drone, or an unmanned aerial vehicle (or UAS €“
unmanned aerial system), is simply an aircraft without a human pilot on board
it. One could make the case that a quadcopter like the Walkera Ladybird is
hardly an €œaircraft€� given its small size, but technically it is. As you
move towards the larger quadcopters, such as the DJI Phantom or the
professional grade videography models, it is easier to conceive of these
quads as aircraft.

*** End Stolen Text ***


For scoping out the roof, what about a helium balloon? Can't get much lower cost than that.

"DerbyDad03" wrote in message ...
On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 12:03:05 PM UTC-4, Gordon Shumway wrote:
On Tue, 16 Aug 2016 05:29:18 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote:

On Monday, August 15, 2016 at 11:46:24 PM UTC-4, Gordon Shumway wrote:
On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:11:14 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote:

How little can I spend on a drone that I can use to check and see when my gutters need to be cleaned? The highest part of the house can be reached with a 28' extension ladder.

Options? Specific suggestions?

(This should be fun)

Find one that will clean the inspect the gutters then, if necessary, CLEAN them too. If it works well let us know what
one you bought. ;-)

Was that English?

It was suppose to be:

Find one that will inspect the gutters then, if necessary, CLEAN them too. If it works well let us know what one you
bought. ;-)

It's been done, but it won't work for my situation. I see how they can be
used to clean out dry leaves, but once things get wet and the tree debris
begins to turn to mush, this technique will either 1) not work at all, or
2) make a real mess.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmIJt8NUosI

What connecting a water hose to a downspout, sealing all the others and floating the leaves out?

"Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney" wrote in message ...
"DerbyDad03" wrote in message ...
On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 11:49:29 AM UTC-4, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
"DerbyDad03" wrote in message ...
On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 11:24:24 AM UTC-4, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
"Mike Duffy" wrote in message ...
On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:11:14 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote:

Specific suggestions?

Yeah, drag out the ladder anyway, you'll need it to retrieve the drone.

LOL! Ditto to that. Neighbor kids are always coming over.... can we go in your back yard and get our "drone."

I agree it would be fun. Check out the quadcopters at the neighborhood RC hobby shop and fasten your cell camera to it? I have heard vibration can be a problem.

If I'm going to need a ladder to retrieve the drone, I sure don't want to
send my cell phone up with it. ;-)

Get a quadcopter for $60 and one of those $10 prepaid cell phones. Don't activate the phone - just start the video when you're ready to go and view it later. Cheap "drones" start at $500.

Well, I guess that's just a matter of semantics.

Technically, a quadcopter *is* a drone...

Stolen without permission from:

http://quadcopterhq.com/is-a-quadcopter-a-drone/

*** Begin Stolen Text ***

Is a quadcopter a drone? Or a UAV?

Technically, yes €“ quadcopters are both drones and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(UAV). But they differ significantly from what most people think of when they
hear the word drone. A drone, or an unmanned aerial vehicle (or UAS €“
unmanned aerial system), is simply an aircraft without a human pilot on board
it. One could make the case that a quadcopter like the Walkera Ladybird is
hardly an €œaircraft€� given its small size, but technically it is. As you
move towards the larger quadcopters, such as the DJI Phantom or the
professional grade videography models, it is easier to conceive of these
quads as aircraft.

*** End Stolen Text ***


For scoping out the roof, what about a helium balloon? Can't get much lower cost than that.

Or just attaching a camera to a few lengths of conduit. Although, that eliminates the justification to get a drone.... LOL

On Monday, August 15, 2016 at 11:13:10 PM UTC-4, Mike Duffy wrote:
On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:11:14 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote:

Specific suggestions?

Yeah, drag out the ladder anyway, you'll need it to retrieve the drone.

Spot on. 4-5 months ago I tied a water bottle to a rope to lasso the damn thing off the roof. If you take my approach, be sure to catch it on the way down. Hard landings are not liked.

On Tue, 16 Aug 2016 08:14:31 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

Perhaps you missed my "How little can I spend on a drone" opening
comment. ;-)

Okay. A box of parts would be around three dollars?!

On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 2:20:17 PM UTC-4, Thomas wrote:
On Monday, August 15, 2016 at 11:13:10 PM UTC-4, Mike Duffy wrote:
On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:11:14 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote:

Specific suggestions?

Yeah, drag out the ladder anyway, you'll need it to retrieve the drone.

Spot on. 4-5 months ago I tied a water bottle to a rope to lasso the damn thing off the roof. If you take my approach, be sure to catch it on the way down. Hard landings are not liked.

I'll just buy a rescue drone. ;-)

On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 2:20:17 PM UTC-4, Thomas wrote:
On Monday, August 15, 2016 at 11:13:10 PM UTC-4, Mike Duffy wrote:
On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:11:14 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote:

Specific suggestions?

Yeah, drag out the ladder anyway, you'll need it to retrieve the drone.

Spot on. 4-5 months ago I tied a water bottle to a rope to lasso the damn thing off the roof. If you take my approach, be sure to catch it on the way down. Hard landings are not liked.

How did the drone end up needing to be lassoed?

On Monday, August 15, 2016 at 10:11:18 PM UTC-5, DerbyDad03 wrote:
How little can I spend on a drone that I can use to check and see when my gutters need to be cleaned? The highest part of the house can be reached with a 28' extension ladder.

Options? Specific suggestions?

(This should be fun)

Is this micky?

On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 2:01:54 PM UTC-4, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
"DerbyDad03" wrote in message ...
On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 12:03:05 PM UTC-4, Gordon Shumway wrote:
On Tue, 16 Aug 2016 05:29:18 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote:

On Monday, August 15, 2016 at 11:46:24 PM UTC-4, Gordon Shumway wrote:
On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:11:14 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote:

How little can I spend on a drone that I can use to check and see when my gutters need to be cleaned? The highest part of the house can be reached with a 28' extension ladder.

Options? Specific suggestions?

(This should be fun)

Find one that will clean the inspect the gutters then, if necessary, CLEAN them too. If it works well let us know what
one you bought. ;-)

Was that English?

It was suppose to be:

Find one that will inspect the gutters then, if necessary, CLEAN them too. If it works well let us know what one you
bought. ;-)

It's been done, but it won't work for my situation. I see how they can be
used to clean out dry leaves, but once things get wet and the tree debris
begins to turn to mush, this technique will either 1) not work at all, or
2) make a real mess.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmIJt8NUosI

What connecting a water hose to a downspout, sealing all the others and floating the leaves out?

It won't float the solids out and if it did it would make a huge mess.

Unless you live in a heavily treed area and have to clean your gutters
2-3 times a year, you don't know how much stuff can build up in the
bottom of a gutter.

If I wait too long to clean them, the maple seeds (helicopters) will
germinate in the muck and begin to grow. Sometimes in the fall I have
to run warm water in the hose to melt the ice in the gutters before I
can clean them.

(Let's keep gutter guards out of this discussion. They are worth a thread
of their own.)

On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:11:14 -0700 (PDT)
DerbyDad03 wrote:

How little can I spend on a drone that I can use to check and see
when my gutters need to be cleaned? The highest part of the house can
be reached with a 28' extension ladder.

Options? Specific suggestions?

(This should be fun)

$8/hour in front of Home Depot

DerbyDad03 posted for all of us...



How little can I spend on a drone that I can use to check and see when my gutters need to be cleaned? The highest part of the house can be reached with a 28' extension ladder.

Options? Specific suggestions?

(This should be fun)

Get a system like Gutter Helmut installed.

I see ads in the paper for gutter cleaning for 69 bux. I know it's a come on
but why not take advantage?

--
Tekkie

On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 4:57:51 PM UTC-4, Tekkie® wrote:
DerbyDad03 posted for all of us...



How little can I spend on a drone that I can use to check and see when my gutters need to be cleaned? The highest part of the house can be reached with a 28' extension ladder.

Options? Specific suggestions?

(This should be fun)

Get a system like Gutter Helmut installed.

As I said in a later post, gutters guards deserve a thread of their own.
That is not the solution I asking about.


I see ads in the paper for gutter cleaning for 69 bux. I know it's a come on
but why not take advantage?


Because I am not asking about how to *clean* my gutters, I'm asking about
a method to *check* them. If you were one of those "$69 guys", would you
come *check* my gutters for free whenever I asked?

DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 4:57:51 PM UTC-4, Tekkie®
wrote:
DerbyDad03 posted for all of us...



How little can I spend on a drone that I can use to
check and see
when my gutters need to be cleaned? The highest part of
the house
can be reached with a 28' extension ladder.

Options? Specific suggestions?

(This should be fun)

Get a system like Gutter Helmut installed.

As I said in a later post, gutters guards deserve a thread
of their
own.
That is not the solution I asking about.


I see ads in the paper for gutter cleaning for 69 bux. I
know it's a
come on but why not take advantage?


Because I am not asking about how to *clean* my gutters,
I'm asking
about
a method to *check* them. If you were one of those "$69
guys", would
you
come *check* my gutters for free whenever I asked?

Did you even look at the Endoscope link I provided? I've got
one that's about 6 ft and have found it to be quite handy.

A drone is just a vehicle without a pilot. Or a driver.

What if we had a small tracked vehicle, like a mini version of a military vehicle, and just had it crawl back and forth in the gutters all the time?

It wouldn't need a lot of power to keep a mostly clean gutter completely clean.

Powering through a big clog would take some power but you'd clean them before you started, and never again.

On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 8:57:51 PM UTC-4, ChairMan wrote:
DerbyDad03 wrote:
On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 4:57:51 PM UTC-4, TekkieŽ
wrote:
DerbyDad03 posted for all of us...



How little can I spend on a drone that I can use to
check and see
when my gutters need to be cleaned? The highest part of
the house
can be reached with a 28' extension ladder.

Options? Specific suggestions?

(This should be fun)

Get a system like Gutter Helmut installed.

As I said in a later post, gutters guards deserve a thread
of their
own.
That is not the solution I asking about.


I see ads in the paper for gutter cleaning for 69 bux. I
know it's a
come on but why not take advantage?


Because I am not asking about how to *clean* my gutters,
I'm asking
about
a method to *check* them. If you were one of those "$69
guys", would
you
come *check* my gutters for free whenever I asked?

Did you even look at the Endoscope link I provided? I've got
one that's about 6 ft and have found it to be quite handy.

Yes, I "even" looked at it. Not what I had in mind, but thanks anyway.

On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 9:49:19 PM UTC-4, TimR wrote:
A drone is just a vehicle without a pilot. Or a driver.

What if we had a small tracked vehicle, like a mini version of a military vehicle, and just had it crawl back and forth in the gutters all the time?

It wouldn't need a lot of power to keep a mostly clean gutter completely clean.

Powering through a big clog would take some power but you'd clean them before you started, and never again.

https://www.amazon.com/iRobot-330-Gu.../dp/B00A1590RS

Of course it has to be charged. Nothing is going to work "all the time".

Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
"Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney" wrote in message ...
"DerbyDad03" wrote in message ...
On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 11:49:29 AM UTC-4, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
"DerbyDad03" wrote in message ...
On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 11:24:24 AM UTC-4, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
"Mike Duffy" wrote in message ...
On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:11:14 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote:

Specific suggestions?

Yeah, drag out the ladder anyway, you'll need it to retrieve the drone.

LOL! Ditto to that. Neighbor kids are always coming over.... can we go in your back yard and get our "drone."

I agree it would be fun. Check out the quadcopters at the neighborhood RC hobby shop and fasten your cell camera to it? I have heard vibration can be a problem.

If I'm going to need a ladder to retrieve the drone, I sure don't want to
send my cell phone up with it. ;-)

Get a quadcopter for $60 and one of those $10 prepaid cell phones. Don't activate the phone - just start the video when you're ready to go and view it later. Cheap "drones" start at $500.

Well, I guess that's just a matter of semantics.

Technically, a quadcopter *is* a drone...

Stolen without permission from:

http://quadcopterhq.com/is-a-quadcopter-a-drone/

*** Begin Stolen Text ***

Is a quadcopter a drone? Or a UAV?

Technically, yes €“ quadcopters are both drones and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(UAV). But they differ significantly from what most people think of when they
hear the word drone. A drone, or an unmanned aerial vehicle (or UAS €“
unmanned aerial system), is simply an aircraft without a human pilot on board
it. One could make the case that a quadcopter like the Walkera Ladybird is
hardly an €œaircraft€� given its small size, but technically it is. As you
move towards the larger quadcopters, such as the DJI Phantom or the
professional grade videography models, it is easier to conceive of these
quads as aircraft.

*** End Stolen Text ***


For scoping out the roof, what about a helium balloon? Can't get much lower cost than that.

Or just attaching a camera to a few lengths of conduit. Although, that eliminates the justification to get a drone.... LOL



On a long stick (much cheaper)

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/USB-Bores...AOSwd0BVrLB L

http://tinyurl.com/j5l8eeq

On Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 12:07:28 AM UTC-5, F Murtz wrote:
Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
"Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney" wrote in message ...
"DerbyDad03" wrote in message ...
On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 11:49:29 AM UTC-4, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
"DerbyDad03" wrote in message ...
On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 11:24:24 AM UTC-4, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
"Mike Duffy" wrote in message ...
On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:11:14 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote:

Specific suggestions?

Yeah, drag out the ladder anyway, you'll need it to retrieve the drone.

LOL! Ditto to that. Neighbor kids are always coming over.... can we go in your back yard and get our "drone."

I agree it would be fun. Check out the quadcopters at the neighborhood RC hobby shop and fasten your cell camera to it? I have heard vibration can be a problem.

If I'm going to need a ladder to retrieve the drone, I sure don't want to
send my cell phone up with it. ;-)

Get a quadcopter for $60 and one of those $10 prepaid cell phones. Don't activate the phone - just start the video when you're ready to go and view it later. Cheap "drones" start at $500.

Well, I guess that's just a matter of semantics.

Technically, a quadcopter *is* a drone...

Stolen without permission from:

http://quadcopterhq.com/is-a-quadcopter-a-drone/

*** Begin Stolen Text ***

Is a quadcopter a drone? Or a UAV?

Technically, yes €“ quadcopters are both drones and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(UAV). But they differ significantly from what most people think of when they
hear the word drone. A drone, or an unmanned aerial vehicle (or UAS €“
unmanned aerial system), is simply an aircraft without a human pilot on board
it. One could make the case that a quadcopter like the Walkera Ladybird is
hardly an €œaircraft€� given its small size, but technically it is. As you
move towards the larger quadcopters, such as the DJI Phantom or the
professional grade videography models, it is easier to conceive of these
quads as aircraft.

*** End Stolen Text ***


For scoping out the roof, what about a helium balloon? Can't get much lower cost than that.

Or just attaching a camera to a few lengths of conduit. Although, that eliminates the justification to get a drone.... LOL

On a long stick (much cheaper)

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/USB-Bores...AOSwd0BVrLB L

http://tinyurl.com/j5l8eeq


As much as I like my Aussie cousins, I'd get this one instead. ^_^

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Android-Endo... O8FHAp13odG6g

http://tinyurl.com/zltk3lr

[8~{} Uncle Camera Monster

"F Murtz" wrote in message web.com...
Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
"Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney" wrote in message ...
"DerbyDad03" wrote in message ...
On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 11:49:29 AM UTC-4, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
"DerbyDad03" wrote in message ...
On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 11:24:24 AM UTC-4, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
"Mike Duffy" wrote in message ...
On Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:11:14 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03 wrote:

Specific suggestions?

Yeah, drag out the ladder anyway, you'll need it to retrieve the drone.

LOL! Ditto to that. Neighbor kids are always coming over.... can we go in your back yard and get our "drone."

I agree it would be fun. Check out the quadcopters at the neighborhood RC hobby shop and fasten your cell camera to it? I have heard vibration can be a problem.

If I'm going to need a ladder to retrieve the drone, I sure don't want to
send my cell phone up with it. ;-)

Get a quadcopter for $60 and one of those $10 prepaid cell phones. Don't activate the phone - just start the video when you're ready to go and view it later. Cheap "drones" start at $500.

Well, I guess that's just a matter of semantics.

Technically, a quadcopter *is* a drone...

Stolen without permission from:

http://quadcopterhq.com/is-a-quadcopter-a-drone/

*** Begin Stolen Text ***

Is a quadcopter a drone? Or a UAV?

Technically, yes €“ quadcopters are both drones and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(UAV). But they differ significantly from what most people think of when they
hear the word drone. A drone, or an unmanned aerial vehicle (or UAS €“
unmanned aerial system), is simply an aircraft without a human pilot on board
it. One could make the case that a quadcopter like the Walkera Ladybird is
hardly an €œaircraft€� given its small size, but technically it is. As you
move towards the larger quadcopters, such as the DJI Phantom or the
professional grade videography models, it is easier to conceive of these
quads as aircraft.

*** End Stolen Text ***


For scoping out the roof, what about a helium balloon? Can't get much lower cost than that.

Or just attaching a camera to a few lengths of conduit. Although, that eliminates the justification to get a drone.... LOL



On a long stick (much cheaper)

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/USB-Bores...AOSwd0BVrLB L

http://tinyurl.com/j5l8eeq

Wow, that's a great deal if the video is decent. Have you ever used one?

On Tue, 16 Aug 2016 11:02:59 -0700, "Snuffy \"Hub Cap\" McKinney"
wrote:

The quadcopter is a good idea. I'm sure that's what Dad meant when he
said drone, since a plane won't work.


For scoping out the roof, what about a helium balloon? Can't get much lower cost than that.

Or just attaching a camera to a few lengths of conduit. Although, that eliminates the justification to get a drone.... LOL

I have a 3-section pole that extends to ??18 feet? that I used to
paint the house, and I have an extendable pipe that curves over at the
top that I bought to flush out my gutters, which last summer were
overflowing for the first time since I've been here.** I taped the
pipe to the top end of the pole, taped a camera to the top of the
pipe, and stood about 4 steps up on a ladder, to video the gutters. I
used a USB camera with a 20 foot amplified USB cable, going to my
laptop.

The camera worked but it was spherical and hard to keep in place,
pointed down. Plus the pole was hard to control and didn't always
stay perfectly straight. I could surely get the camera over a
particular place but it was hard to move it slowly down the gutter to
look at all of it. Partly because I was on a ladder, but mostly
because the pole was so long.

Since then I've bought a camera that is not spherical and woudl work
much better, but I guess I've lost interest. For the front, I used
the extendable pole with the extendable pipe, and I succssfully
flushed out the front gutter, so half my incentive is gone.



**In fact when I was up there for various reasons, they never even had
leaves in them, despite all the tall trees only 20 -30 feet from the
house. But I think the cottonwood tree, part of which fell on my
yard and seemed to have some tar-like stuff in it, got in the gutter
and clogged the gutter (not the downspout).

On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 15:07:21 +1000, F Murtz
wrote:

Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:.......


For scoping out the roof, what about a helium balloon? Can't get much lower cost than that.

Or just attaching a camera to a few lengths of conduit. Although, that eliminates the justification to get a drone.... LOL



On a long stick (much cheaper)

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/USB-Bores...AOSwd0BVrLB L

http://tinyurl.com/j5l8eeq

That's a good price and I'm sure it has other uses too, but see my
other post (which I posted before seeing this one) about the
difficulty of controlling a 30 foot pole, plus I wonder about the
optics of this thng. I guess it has something approaching a fisheye
lens

On 08/15/2016 09:11 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
How little can I spend on a drone that I can use to check and see when my gutters need to be cleaned? The highest part of the house can be reached with a 28' extension ladder.

Options? Specific suggestions?

(This should be fun)


Remove the damned trees from your yard and you won't need yearly gutter cleaning.

On Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 4:18:57 AM UTC-4, Micky wrote:
On Tue, 16 Aug 2016 11:02:59 -0700, "Snuffy \"Hub Cap\" McKinney"
wrote:

The quadcopter is a good idea. I'm sure that's what Dad meant when he
said drone, since a plane won't work.

A quadcopter is a drone. I posted the definition earlier in this thread.

On Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at 3:34:16 AM UTC-5, buzzard wrote:
On 08/15/2016 09:11 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
How little can I spend on a drone that I can use to check and see when my gutters need to be cleaned? The highest part of the house can be reached with a 28' extension ladder.

Options? Specific suggestions?

(This should be fun)

Remove the damned trees from your yard and you won't need yearly gutter cleaning.


Buzzard! Is that you?! Where the frak you been man? I don't see you posting in your group or anywhere else anymore. How's things going? o_O

[8~{} Uncle Curious Monster

On Tuesday, August 16, 2016 at 3:12:09 PM UTC-4, DerbyDad03 wrote:
How did the drone end up needing to be lassoed?

I can't fly for ****. I'm pretty sure the drone could not handle bright sunlight. Maybe I had a line-of-sight drone? No idea really.

I bought my first rc plane a few years ago. The shop owner asked if I was advanced enough to fly this model. Of course I am. How hard could it be?
10 seconds in the air and 300 bucks down the drain. WOW.