{"id":1692,"date":"2024-08-30T21:21:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T04:21:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/efoxley.com\/dope\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2024-08-30T21:21:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T04:21:42","slug":"drones-vs-fireworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/efoxley.com\/dope\/?p=1692","title":{"rendered":"Drones vs Fireworks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Okay &#8211; it&#8217;s freakin&#8217; late August. A neighbor is shooting of fireworks (illegal ones, at that), ugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I sent my drone over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efoxley.com\/dope\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/drone01.png\"><img data-attachment-id=\"1693\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/efoxley.com\/dope\/?attachment_id=1693\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efoxley.com\/dope\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/drone01.png?fit=2587%2C691\" data-orig-size=\"2587,691\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"drone01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efoxley.com\/dope\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/drone01.png?fit=300%2C80\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efoxley.com\/dope\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/drone01.png?fit=1024%2C274\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"274\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efoxley.com\/dope\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/drone01.png?resize=1024%2C274\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efoxley.com\/dope\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/drone01.png?resize=1024%2C274 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efoxley.com\/dope\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/drone01.png?resize=300%2C80 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efoxley.com\/dope\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/drone01.png?resize=768%2C205 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efoxley.com\/dope\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/drone01.png?resize=1536%2C410 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efoxley.com\/dope\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/drone01.png?resize=2048%2C547 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can guess the house from the pic above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, in my giddiness, I failed to record video (only have this pic), but it was <em>brilliant<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I honed in within 50 yards (like I had the thing circle the fire for about 3 minutes) and everyone scrambled. At first, there were roman candles shot at the drone, then they all ran and the fire was out. The signal (looked like the drone was about a mile away from home) started fading but I quickly hit &#8220;home&#8221; and it flew back and landed in the courtyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fireworks stopped. Quiet evening since. Noice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okay &#8211; it&#8217;s freakin&#8217; late August. A neighbor is shooting of fireworks (illegal ones, at that), ugh. So I sent my drone over. You can guess the house from the pic above. Unfortunately, in my giddiness, I failed to record video (only have this pic), but it was brilliant. I honed in within 50 yards [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2toiQ-ri","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":960,"url":"http:\/\/efoxley.com\/dope\/?p=960","url_meta":{"origin":1692,"position":0},"title":"Fireworks via Drone","author":"admin","date":"0707.0505.1414","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been eyeing the Phantom Drone for a few months now ... really would be awesome with the GoPro. 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