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Farhan

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Dan Hulme

08:44

amusing

I especially like the little tattoo

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Telkitty

12:24

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Q: What does a drone do when it's out of control range

So I bought a mini drone and received it yesterday. I tried to fly it this morning, and lost control. It flew away. I live in a suburban area with decent sized backyards, there are lawns, but there are also trees and houses, power lines and roads. Searches have been conducted in the neighbourho...

unmanned-aerial-vehicle

is off topic ..

but ..

Q: Will having a history of depression prevent me from flying?

The AOPA website lists four medications as acceptable treatments for depression. I was treated with one of them, but it ended up making things far worse, to the point where I had issues with suicidal ideation. I've since stopped taking it and, while I'm still somewhat depressed, no longer have th...

faa-regulations flight-training medical

isn't?

Q: Can we use MAYDAY or PAN PAN on ground?

Usually we read, on reports, aircraft reporting urgency or emergency during the flight, while airborne. But, is it correct to use these "words" on ground?

emergency phraseology

also deems relevant

wtf

how drone will fly when it's out of range is not about aviation? But depress and what words to use on the ground is?

Dan Hulme

@Telkitty of course issues about getting a licence, and questions that might come up in a radiotelephony exam, are on-topic

Telkitty

167 when searched for word 'drone'

Dan Hulme

I'm pretty sure the motor vehicles site doesn't take questions about remote-controlled cars either

Telkitty

there are commercially available remotely controlled cars?

Dan Hulme

^ this kind of thing

Telkitty

12:34

3 mins ago, by Telkitty

167 when searched for word 'drone'

Not 1, not 2, but 167!!!

Dan Hulme

AFAIK questions about drones can be on-topic. It's only questions about toy/model aircraft that aren't.

We have a community of pilots, air traffic controllers, engineers, aerodynamics experts. I VTCed because I don't think your question is relevant to that community.

Telkitty

rofl

and everyone who flies must have started as an experienced pilot or have a 10 million dollar drone?

Dan Hulme

nope

I'm only a student pilot myself, studying for my PPL

Telkitty

that's what you were saying

drones are just drones

some are simpler some are more sophisticated

Dan Hulme

Please don't put words in my mouth.

You might as well say a rubber band plane is just the same as an airliner, just simpler.

But if someone posted "I lost my rubber band plane" I think that question would get closed too.

Telkitty

12:40

everyone can build a rubber band plane, but not everyone can put up a toy drone

if you can build a toy drone, you probably can build a real helicopter

it's that close so I was told

Dan Hulme

I think you were told by someone who was exaggerating to make a point.

Telkitty

no, it isn't

just a lot more expensive

helicopters can be just toys

you can actually build a kit helicopter

I was seriously looking into it before

only 50k

so I guess it's too cheap for this site?

Dan Hulme

You seriously don't see the difference between that and the Sky Hawkeye?

Telkitty

difference is the price tag, bigger motor, more metal/plastic

anything else?

IT FLIES THE SAME WAY!

By creating a difference in the air pressure

Dan Hulme

wow

Telkitty

12:47

also drones are mostly toys anyways

how many are flying commercial/military drones

Dan Hulme

I don't know. I can see that 7/67 questions tagged unmanned-aerial-vehicle on the site are specifically about military UAVs, and most of the others are about legal issues.

StackExchange

13:25

Q: Meta tags colour change

I seem to notice that the tags on Meta are a different colour (darker) than before. When did that change? I actually like it because I can read the tags better.

discussion tags

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StackExchange

22:20

Q: Voting to close very old questions

Lately I've noticed several older questions (some as many as two years old) that are being flagged as off topic and are in the queue to be closed. I don't understand this? Why would we waste our time on questions that are so far off of the front page that we wouldn't even have to see them if th...