Privacy groups warn that flying plate readers could expand surveillance far beyond roadside cameras.

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      Those 12 dollar ones are less than 100 grams and are using WiFi and would not really put a dent in that drone. Maybe you fan fly it at the props of the survalience drone, but I doubt you can even reach the altitude the survalience drones where meant to run on. Micro drones are actually the best to learn on because they’re so light its much harder to crash them. Once you are over 100-250 grams the force of the impact of a crash is much higher.

      You need a 5 inch frame, something that can use 4s, or 6s batteries that pull more amps. and you’re gonna want fpv if youre doing dog fights. A decent 5 inch frame you build yourself is around 400 with the camera, transmitter, flight controller, motors, props, battery, etc. The radio and fpv head set you can get for maybe 200, but you really want spend around 600 for those. Youre gonna be over the 250 gram flight limit before you gotta start doing legal shit, but fuck the FAA.

      That and most of the “real” drones that arent just some bullshit dji consumer friendly drone don’t fly easily. You get horizon, level, and acro. Acro is the mode you will actually use to fly, and you want at minimum a good 10-20 hours to be proficient enough to just hover/puts around without crashing. I’d say hitting another moving target is some where between 40-80 hours.

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        8 hours ago

        How accurate is that one drone simulator, Liftoff, I think? It bills itself as being accurate to life physics.

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          I’m pretty sure I’ve heard of people who do drone stuff in Ukraine saying good things about it. It’s not real life, but it’s reasonably close I think, but without risking hardware.

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        14 hours ago

        But a small 100g drone can carry quite a bit of high tensile strength string… Let’s see the big drone fly without it’s propellers.