Author: Henry Pollock - K4TMC <kilo4tmc@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 14:51:20 -0500
For those of you who have used drones to get wires in or over trees, I am wondering if the cheaper units (less than $100) are adequate to lift a 10 - 15 lb test fishing line over a tree. Since these
This is the problem with light drones and light lines - wind. Once a gust lofts the line into a prop, flight ceases. Actually a heavier drone and a heavier line works best, but you must have a mechan
Had a friend try a drone to drop a wire over a tree aside a lake. The drone now resides at the bottom of the lake. Not sure what happened but know for sure that drones fail to operate under water. ..
I used my Mavic Pro for Winter Field Day, and at home several times, to pull a fishing line messenger over the trees to pull up a paracord follower to then raise a dipole. I use a three foot length o