Drones At Bonneville

[DRW]

Dang,,, I was just going to write that on my reply, Seem a Very Light Weight Tether would work great, And to go
farther on that Tether Idea, If it had and kind of spring loading, It would snap back to the ground in its starting place soon as it reached a distance set as "Far Enough Away"
Again, Just Ideas,,  But Nothing Is More True Than "Safety First"
But anyone that hasnt seen how nice it looks watching from a drone has to see it..
I hope someone a bit more savy than I will post one for all to look at..

[gkabbt]

Has also been done at Wilmington.

Picture attached is from April 2013.

I only saw this drone flying behind the starting line in the staging area.

Gregg

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Is that red oval around the drone some kind of safety requirement?  Like a buffer in case it bonks someone on the head?   Or is is just a pigment of the imagination of the photographer?  I like the concept -- makes it easy to spot.

[BHR301]

Jon, how about a red circle drawn on the picture to make it easy to find the drone.

Bill

[robfrey]

Drones have come a long way over the last couple of years. We have one for Area 52 this year.
We intend to put it twenty feet over the track and drive under it at high speed but not top speed. Yes, anything could happen but I have a lot of confidence in the new GPS based nav system on the latest generation of drones. You just put them in the sky and they stay there. Once positioned, you can set the controller down and get a bite to eat or whatever while it is still recording.
All that being said, it's only us that will be hurt if the thing would go astray at area 52. I like area 52, we make our own rules. We are such REBELS! LOL.

[tallguy]

"Area 52"??     Please explain.

Is that a secret location?

[robfrey]

"Area 52"??     Please explain.

Is that a secret location?

Never! You would have to be a member of the secret society and go through the blood imitation and all. LOL.

[Bob Drury]

  One more thing.  If I happen to have my car in Impound or in line for a back up run (or any other for that matter) and something falls from the sky and cracks my windshield, the owner of that device better have a chartered jet warming up at Wendover International Airport because if I find the Son of a B*tch first, I guarantee He will need new dentures at the very least...................... Bob

[gkabbt]

Is that red oval around the drone some kind of safety requirement?  Like a buffer in case it bonks someone on the head?  Or is is just a pigment of the imagination of the photographer?  I like the concept -- makes it easy to spot.

Jon, Ya got it all wrong. It's not pigment of the imagination.....It's the filament of my magnation!!!!!
Maybe this one is better.        

Happy Easter,
Gregg

[tauruck]

That's inglorious!!!

[Stainless1]

Now there is an idea...  maybe the drones should have a big yellow caution banner to tow around so they can easily be seen. 
  

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Grantham, I declare that word a foul.  You are fined with a loss of two points and a head of hair.  Magnation COULD be considered a bastard child of the root "magnate" -- but I think it's a stretch too far and therefore must disallow it.

Sorry, Glendanna.  Wanna try again?

Happy Easter.  April Fools Day is less than a week away.  I thought you all might like the reminder so you can get your shopping done early.

[distributorguy]

A member of our team is a professional photographer and asked if he could bring a drone to 2016.  After talking to a few different people, I believe the general answer was no, at least not anywhere near the race course.  this is 2nd hand information and I may have it wrong, but filming cars on the course was enormously discouraged via drone.  They'd allow him on the side of the course at any place he chooses, but not with a drone. 

[robfrey]

I'm more interested getting a couple of aerial shots  of our pit while crew is working on car maybe from fifteen feet off the ground. As long as we keep in the designated airspace above our pit, would that be permitted?

[Glen]

Several years ago Gordon Hoyt was on a run in his Modified roadster and a chopper was doing a photoshoot and got a little close to the roadster and it spun. Hoyt said the prop wash caused the spin.