Good morning!!!!

[toppop52]

87, index is 97.
Tropical storm warnings and a hurricane watch for us. Center storm on current path will pass about 15 miles west. That means we are on the northeast quadrant, likely giving us the higher winds. Heaviest rain is predicted just west of us but so close it’s hard to tell. Wind prediction is 40-50 with 65+ gusts.
I hope they’re wrong.

 

[ronjhall]

Drew, glad you have your key.

My playing with Drone taught me a lesson this morning. When operating drone close by I would watch drone not iPhone/iPad screen. I have been using screen more and more lately. There was a message saying that controller went into payload mode. This limits height and distance using the newer iPhones helped. But made message smaller. I now am learning to use screen while flying drone. Reason I was getting message was weight of propeller guards. Took them off. Can now fly out well over my needs. Back to using iPad Mini 2.

 

[sodamo]

68°F and .22 inches rain.

Have to post our mail in primary ballots today, so a trip to PO. Hawaii has gone to total mail in voting. Already controversy in that each County has a limited number of drop off spots and Honolulu opened theirs a few days earlier than other counties. I thought the signature verification a bit hokey in that the signature card was just a bare postcard with signature exposed. I placed ours in an envelope so probably disqualified, but of course don’t know that. Our old local polling place was also thought of as social.

Zoom Happy Hour this afternoon, the social highlight of our COVID existence.

Prayers for all
Be safe
Have a great day

 

[toppop52]

Drew, glad you have your key.

My playing with Drone taught me a lesson this morning. When operating drone close by I would watch drone not iPhone/iPad screen. I have been using screen more and more lately. There was a message saying that controller went into payload mode. This limits height and distance. using the newer iPhones helped. But made message smaller. I now am leaning to use screen while flying drone. Reason I was getting message was weight of propeller guards. Took them off. Can now fly out well over my needs. Back to using iPad Mini 2.

My son was on a roof inspection a couple of weeks ago after work, near dark and a tree ate his mid size drone. He was trying to get in for a tight shot and got a little too close when a gust of wind pushed it into the tree. It crashed on a sidewalk between two large grassy areas, it will require major repair or replacement he says. He had his little foldable back up that he finished the job with. I never knew folding drones existed.

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Ron, that Ian of London YouTube drone guru recommends always flying within visual range of the drone, and watching the drone, not the screen. That puts the k-bosh on a lot of stunts people pull with them, but I'd rather follow his advise and get it back every time.

FWIW, I had an anxious moment the other day when I fired up the Mini inside to check out one of the Fly app's menus. The drone didn't have a GPS lock and it was dark enough the camera couldn't see the ground, and it was flying itself straight into the bigscreen TV. ullinghair: Mashed both the down and back levers and got it landed without further excitement, but next time I try to fly inside it'll have the propeller guards installed!

Sorry about your boy's drone, Randy. Most of DJI's new drones fold up pretty small now; did I understand correctly that he has a Mini? It folds into a package about the size of your fist. I you go over to the DJI website to look, be careful you don't come home with one.:laughing:

 

[sodamo]

No wipers, RNG. I won’t be joy riding in the rain and just negotiating between house and gate shouldn’t be a problem as long as I can look to the side. Heck, at least it won’t be blowing in my face anymore

AGS exercise setting pretty straight forward, pick day, interval, start & stop times. Don’t look now as OpticsRE is in maintenance mode.

 

[pennwalk]

I read in a video where some late model police cars have the ability to heat up the interior to 135 degrees, which allegedly kills off the coronavirus bug.
Maybe, but high temps are rarely good for electronics so wonder what the tradeoff is there.

If I recall correctly the article I read said that cars are designed to be unharmed by higher temperatures than that, which they can sustain sitting out in the sun.

About the covid19. I watched a Doctor's talk about the disease. She said in 99 percent of cases there is a temperature above 99 degrees so no temperature is good.

Chris

 

[sodamo]

Glad you found the key Drew
Frustrating when I’m looking for something that actually looks different or different color than my mental image.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

I have another project done! The park bench turned out very well, already put into its place. Wifey is happy.
Some pics of the final assembly and the finished bench out by the pond.

 

[daugen]

very nice Ted!
Every time I see your landscape I want to send you some water...
as the rain comes down here, storm is coming in
But then we need arid areas too...