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Old 11-22-2017, 02:39 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
Pringles can slung under a drone.
I've had my eye on one of those too. My preference is to build one, but at the rate I complete projects, I'd just have a box of parts until something better comes out.

Slickdeals listed a drone with most of the latest bells and whistles for $350.

What I really want to get into is powered paragliding. My parents already have a barn to store it in, and the land to take off and land.

I like your Pringles can idea though. Perhaps I should start by making my own antenna to get proof of feasibility with a faint signal, and spend real money only when it will improve results. I've got a coat-hanger TV antenna I built out of parts laying around, and it works pretty darn well. It needs a little beefing up to pull in signals in Silverton though.

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