Biography: confessions of a drone pilot

[Sanford]

Decided to see how high it would go. Got it up about 100', a gust of wind hit it, and off it went, still climbing and out of my control. Shut the controller off, and it still kept climbing, at the mercy of the wind. The last time I saw it, the thing was 50' over our huge hackberry tree, going up and NW.

Don't let it bother you. In one of the Army's early RPV tests at Fort Sill they lost communication. It was supposed to go into a "loiter" (sort of flying in circles) when that happened. Instead it was last seen heading over the horizon in the general direction of Altus. And it cost way more than $20 too.

 

[lkothe]

Dunno Dennis, you couldn't pilot a $20 toy....maybe its time the state looked into your ability to drive your car and those boats.

 

[dennishoddy]

Dunno Dennis, you couldn't pilot a $20 toy....maybe its time the state looked into your ability to drive your car and those boats.

I blame the control system. That's my story and I'm stickin' with it. [emoji41]

 

[Okie4570]

I heard there was a power outage in Ponca City today...............maybe it finally landed in a substation????

 

[Dale00]

I heard there was a power outage in Ponca City today...............maybe it finally landed in a substation????

Dennishoddy self-confessed domestic terrorist

 

[dennishoddy]

Oops......

 

[APeterson]

Don't let it bother you. In one of the Army's early RPV tests at Fort Sill they lost communication. It was supposed to go into a "loiter" (sort of flying in circles) when that happened. Instead it was last seen heading over the horizon in the general direction of Altus. And it cost way more than $20 too.

It actually ended up in a school playground. You see it was set to "Return home" if a loss of communication happened. Unfortunately, 'Home' was still programmed as Afghanistan...

 

[Deer Slayer]

Lmao!!!!!!!!

 

[Oklahomabassin]

I heard there was a power outage in Ponca City today...............maybe it finally landed in a substation????

Nice avatar, good sport!

 

[Sanford]

Don't let it bother you. In one of the Army's early RPV tests at Fort Sill they lost communication. It was supposed to go into a "loiter" (sort of flying in circles) when that happened. Instead it was last seen heading over the horizon in the general direction of Altus. And it cost way more than $20 too.

It actually ended up in a school playground. You see it was set to "Return home" if a loss of communication happened. Unfortunately, 'Home' was still programmed as Afghanistan...

Would've been a good story, but the one I described was way earlier - as I remember it the Soviets were still in Afghanistan at the time.