Drones: General Chat Thread

I posted this in the big Fimi thread but I always forget about this dedicated forum!

My first time using the drone in months so I was pretty pleased with this effort, considering the piloting rustiness! 😅

A few shots from the weekend in various locations around Achill Island, Co. Mayo with the Fimi X8 SE.

Enjoy!

Was curious about that big modern looking building in Dublin the other day. And to my horror I found that they actually burning unrecyclable rubbish there, so basically it's like a big firepit wrapped when they burn plastics and other stuff releasing tones of fumes. I checked their web page and surprise surprise - there is no data on what pollutants is being released in vicinity of Dublin on a daily basis. They only show temperature readings from the firepit - wow. I'm not saying I'm against this idea entirely - but if you make huge investment in the middle of the city and deal with unrecyclable waste producing toxic and cancerogenic waste - you should show how it's being dealt with - and showing only temperature reading from the oven is absolute joke.

So my idea is to ask the public as I do - if we can send a drone over those fumes with some kind of sensor that takes reading of those fumes, and see if the city is not breathing anything bad - so they can spend more money on rent.

I'm not aware of those things, just want to ask people what they think, I'm not saying it's very dangerous as it's pretty windy most of the time here, plus those chimneys are pretty high but nevertheless they are still burning plastic and other nasty wastes in the middle of the city - legally and they are getting pay for that. I don't know what type of filters would clean those nasty fumes from all the hazardous chemicals. People are being charged four times for the same product - once you buy your plastic, then to get rid of it, three - for the energy it produces when it's being burned, then four time - when you need to cure your disease from the fumes you breathe.

Well yes - of course it isn't, if I said so - I exaggerated it to stir the topic a bit, as it's so obvious that it's being done indoors that I did it. I just can't believe that what goes our from the chimneys is even ok but if they have proof I'm wrong I will admit I'm wrong. no pressure I didn't thought it through. And from the legal perspective about the drone idea thing - I don't have a clue also. It is just an idea - get independent body to check what is in those fumes, for the sake of the citizens and they wellbeing:>. About landfill thing - well it's a different topic I think. Just imagine now - if it's polluting fumes ok. You get electric car - you don't pay big tax and get other government incentives, just to discover that the power comes from burning plastic, and it does. Imagine how shortsighted this thinking is. Taxes are being paid now, not later, but the idea that electricity one day is going to be sourced from renewables is being imposed by media, but majority - like 80% is generated from burning fossil fuel, and in case of mentioned Poolberg facilities - from burning it's derivatives. I think decision of building it so close to the city had to do with perspective of not loosing much power via the cables.

This has very little to do with drones and we are all aware of the incinerator (we watched the news) rubbish incineration is used widely across europe and is a well understood technology the risks are their remediation are well known.

from a drone point of view it is possible to remove the camera and put a sensor to test the particulate matter they did it with the exhalations from whales so there is your answer, it is possible, so off you go buy a drone buy the appropriate sensor and test it yourself. Get some money together and hire an appropriately qualified drone operator to do it for you and pay for testing. stop clogging up our drone chat thread.

goodbye

was in dunquin during the weekend

Be careful where you fly !

https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1443931090960502785?s=20

most of this years footage not great but not terrible either

wow that is really not bad for 34 quid

What do ye make of the Shahed 136?

Took the drone with me on a recent trip to Maldives and got a few decent shots!

IAA has updated the UAS geographic zones there in the past few weeks. Full review of all areas. Worth checking and reviewing where you fly. An area where I flew near Gormanstown is now a no fly zone whereas it was previously depending on activity there on NOTAMs. It's a pity but it is what it is.