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  1. Tommy Molnar

    X-Star premium pretty much an expensive paper weight now?

    This was an interesting discussion. I haven't flown my X-Star Premium for YEARS, due mainly to health stuff that took me out of town for several years. Drat! But now I want to blow the dust off and see if any of my five batteries might still be rechargeable. I've never bothered with any software...
  2. Tommy Molnar

    The following UAS registration will expire within 30 days.

    I haven't flown my 'pumpkin' in years, mostly because of medical reasons that took me out of town. I'm not even sure if my batteries are still good (all five of them!). The whole "big brother" aspect of this latest development bothers me too. I know, I know, it's all about safety, and doing what...
  3. Tommy Molnar

    The following UAS registration will expire within 30 days.

    I got this email today and am in a quandary as to what to do about it. My aging drone hasn't been flown in years. I live in northern NV and when I did fly, it was always out in the desert. I'm thinking of not renewing my current registration. I, of course, do not have any remote ID capability...
  4. Tommy Molnar

    Can the FAA mail a ticket to a drone pilot if not caught on the spot by local law enforcement?

    I've been watching this guy's videos for years. Goes by the name "Dirty Bird". His older videos were spectacular, all done with software that allowed him to program the entire flight. Then launch and forget about it until the drong came back. He was using DJI stuff.
  5. Tommy Molnar

    So, now what

    Even Microsoft supports old operating systems longer than Autel supports older drones. I'm pretty sure Autel's biggest business is their automobile diagnostic scanners. However, as another poster said, I would never buy another DJI product. I'll give up 'droning' before I do that...
  6. Tommy Molnar

    Xstar battery in this site

    Can't find anything about them. I looked on Amazon and there were no battery offerings for our beloved X-Star Premiums. I DID find something here - Autel Robotics - X-Star Battery - The Drone Co. It showed a price of $115.
  7. Tommy Molnar

    SiriusXM Radio

    I got mine decades ago when there was both XM and Sirius. I chose XM. As an OTR trucker, it was a "life changing experience". I no longer listened to stations that went away over the next hill. I could listen to a channel FOREVER! Now I'm retired and I still listen to satellite. I have it in...
  8. Tommy Molnar

    The Navy Is Assembling a Hacker Team to Fight Off Small Drones

    Remember, the Naval Underwater Warfare School is in Hawthorne, Nevada.
  9. Tommy Molnar

    Sun shield for controller?

    Oh yeah, foam board sounds about right. I got the idea from another pilot who made one much smaller. He liked the size of mine better and went on to 'build' a second one - much larger. They are a bit unwieldy, but get the job done.
  10. Tommy Molnar

    Sun shield for controller?

    I think I posted this pic over a year ago - or more. I wanted a sun shade for my XSP and didn't find anything commercially that I liked (or wanted to pay for). So, I looked around my shop and found an old political poster made of some sort of plastic and cardboard stuff (there must be a name for...
  11. Tommy Molnar

    Removal of a truck in the ice

    I gotta say, when I was a kid we used to drive up to Wisconsin (from Chicago) where my folks had a little w/e cabin on a freezing cold Saturday - and drive out onto the nearby frozen lake. Like "Tufargon" said, we'd get the 62 Chevy going as fast as we could, then lock the steering wheel right...
  12. Tommy Molnar

    The hills have graves. Anyone see the fresh grave in the back?

    Just started seeing this ad about a week ago. More good "press" for drones.
  13. Tommy Molnar

    The hills have graves. Anyone see the fresh grave in the back?

    I'll bet there's a Geocache somewhere near there too . . .
  14. Tommy Molnar

    Arizona Desert Snowstorm 2/ 22-23 /2019

    Like HiloHawaiian, I'll be hanging onto my now aging (ha) XSP until it falls apart from old age - like me. I'm still as amazed and dazed by what it can do today, as I was when it first arrived.