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Are there any commercial drones that can film an object in motion autonomously? Basically, fly formation with something that moves within its speed and maneuverability capability?

I did a general search and found nothing, which was probably an answer, but... Has there ever been successful litigation of a YouTube poster because a viewer attempted to replicate the video and was "damaged" as a result. I see some of the aviation videos showing difficult but legal maneuvers...

Ever since they got caught using FB Message to browse through a users computer, I have been reluctant to use it. I keep an old iPad with almost nothing on it to occasionally log on. That is inconvenient, and I would like to keep up better. I know Apple made some push to protect its users, but...

I am seriously considering one of these. I plan to go look at one, may take someone with me. I am a helicopter pilot, not a maintenance person though. What should I be looking for in the construction, configuration, etc. that a history of pre-flighting other helicopters (mostly turbine, but some...

Below is a listing for my MG. Since having my back fused I can't do the routine servicing (grease, oil change, etc. Also, very hard to get in and out of it. I am not trying (or willing) to go around the listing dealer but would be happy to make a good deal for it. He wants to keep the listed...

For my Zip code, this person is listed as closest. "Dr. Tigges is a 2014 FMCSA National Registry Certified Medical Examiner, and is qualified to perform CDL/DOT physicals in Tennessee, as well as BAT (Breath Alcohol Testing) and Drug Testing through..." He is a chiropractor. A little offbeat...

A long time ago I bought a car from the owner of the (small) dealership. I offered him an amount plus my trade-in. He told me the price of the car and what he was willing to offer for my car. (This was before window stickers.) I kept offering a difference, and he kept raising the offer on my...

I want to work at recovering my instrument skills. I haven't flow IFR in 10+ years. I want a very basic round dial, always IMC flight sim. Preferably with a stick since I haven't flown a yoke in 10 years and don't see my self doing it anytime soon, except for the 172 that I'll use for flight...

I wanted to fly my Waco Taperwing this morning but I needed fuel. So I flew to the nearest airport. Called for the fuel truck, no answer so I taxied to the self serve pump. Note I am in a black open cockpit biplane and it’s 88 outside, the humidity is high and the sun is hot. Get to the pumps...

My 1929 Waco has an unbaffled 60 gallon fuselage tank. It is 24" deep. The restorer doesn't remember where he got the sender, and it's broken. Nothing on it to help find another. I am perfectly willing to try something else, even if it means changing the fuel gauge. I've wondered if any of the...

What skills are required to generate designs for additive manufacturing? To generate the parts? mechanical engineer or ? Ernie

A reminder that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Guess I have to wait for my C8. https://www.corvetteforum.com/articles/2020-c8-corvette-sold-out-america/ Ernie

I am building an airplane mover. Until I’m satisfied with the design I want to use an automotive starter. Eventually the plan is a golf cart motor and controller. Looking for ideas on where to find a suitable 12V controller, fwd, rev and speed.

Well maybe. When I see one and get in it; after it’s been on the road for six months. I read the thread, I’ve read about Teslas, I have a perfect C7. I still want a C8, so there. :p

So... I upgraded my Mac OS. Everything seemed fine, then I tried to create a new Excel spreadsheet. The text is upside down! Beyond that the lines are in groups bottom to top. Typing in a cell doesn’t mean that’s where it will stay where you put. other incomprehensible behavior. My old...

OK when I learned to use the 24 hour clock, admittedly over 50 years ago, it was written without a colon. It started at 0000 and ended at 2359. If you added seconds, you used the colon. So 2359:59. The leading zero was present from 0000 to 0959 hours. It was spoken with the leading zero...

My wife and I recently applied for CC permits. At the end of the process, you go to a business that does digital finger prints for the state. I had some difficulties, and did not get 10. The operator told me that older people who have handled a lot of paper in their lives tend to erase their...

My Vietnam tour over 50 years ago yielded a lot of funny anecdotes. One of the funniest involved two lost (no lives) H3s (not sure which variants, could have been CH-3C or HH-3C, pretty sure not HH-3E) off the coast of Okinawa. This involved salt encrustation on the turbines. I have been...

I am committed to building a website focused on flying tail draggers. Need a simple drawing program to allow me to illustrate concepts like relative wind, vertical stab/rudder "effective shoreline" and similar. It's been years since I used, it but I remember MS Publisher did some of this...

The latest issue of the IAC magazine sorta indicates that you are supposed to stay positive if you don't have inverted systems. I can't imagine how that works in a contest. In a Cuban eight or slow roll, the engine quits for a very brief time, and at least in my case, starts immediately when...