It has two control sticks and a screen.
Posted on 08/05/2009 7:57:45 PM PDT by Chode
This will be a general purpose thread for F1 news and pings that really don't require a thread of their own.
My DJI won’t do 90... Which model do you fly?
not sure the model, it’s was just called FPV Combo and came wi a case, drone, goggles controller and joystick, my favorite way to fly
what are you flying?
Yeah, I’m on my 3rd or 4th drone now... I love the DJI models but I only have a mini because it’s light enough to not have to register with the FAA. It’s a great little drone. Nice camera too.
Mine’s the DJI mini-3 Pro.
yeah, i remember something about needing a license, but, they gotta catch me first... 8^)
Remember, if your drones are GPS capable like mine are, they can find you by geo tracking, right?
yup, but i live in the boondocks...
well, not by the gps but when it transmits to the goggles/joystick sure
do you have a joystick?
I have a controller, yes
the joy stick fly’s like a plane
It has two control sticks and a screen.
https://www.thedrive.com/news/indy-500-tells-f1-theres-legally-only-one-greatest-spectacle-in-racing
This may bother some of you, but the greatest spectacle in racing isn’t the Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix, NASCAR’s Daytona 500, or the 24 Hours of Le Mans. I’ve attended all of them, and the Indy 500 has them beat in terms of atmosphere and pure significance. (Le Mans is the only one that comes close.) But it doesn’t matter how I feel about it, because the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing” slogan is trademarked by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, and has been since 1986.
Despite this, F1, NASCAR, ESPN, and even LL Cool J (yes, really) have all been dropping those same words during recent live TV coverage, marketing material, and in the case of the famous rapper, the opening of the Miami F1 GP—which, by the way, is far from being the greatest spectacle in racing. Indianapolis Motor Speedway management isn’t happy about this, of course, and has had to remind them about their protected trademark.
++ungood...
Zack has always seemed slimy to me...
Not that McLaren has been the ‘most honest F1 Team’ ever:
“McLaren F1 Team Fined $100 Million: “
It was Euros — not US dollars, so bigger...
https://www.autoweek.com/news/a2058376/mclaren-f1-team-fined-100-million-disqualified-2007-season/
https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/68465516
Mohammed Ben Sulayem, president of motorsport’s governing body the FIA, is under investigation for allegedly interfering over a Formula 1 race result.
A whistleblower has told the FIA that Ben Sulayem allegedly intervened to overturn a penalty given to Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso at the 2023 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.
The claim is in a report by an FIA compliance officer to its ethics committee, which has been seen by BBC Sport.
Ben Sulayem and the FIA have not responded to requests for comment.
The allegation made by the whistleblower is that Ben Sulayem called Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa - the FIA’s vice-president for sport for the Middle East and North Africa region, who was in Saudi Arabia for the race in an official capacity - and made it clear he thought Alonso’s penalty should be revoked.
Alonso had been given a 10-second penalty for work done on his car while he was serving a previous five-second penalty.
The report, by compliance officer Paolo Basarri, says the whistleblower reported that Ben Sulayem “pretended the stewards to overturn their decision to issue” the penalty to Alonso.
In Italian, the word “pretendere” means to require or expect.
The ethics committee is expected to take four to six weeks to issue its report.
The penalty in question had dropped Alonso from third place - behind Red Bull drivers Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen - to fourth, also behind Mercedes’ George Russell. Withdrawing it returned him to a podium position.
In addition, BBC Sport has verified the information with several senior figures at high levels in F1 and close to the FIA. None would go on the record, but all said they had the same information.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/68470753
Formula 1: Alpine pair resign after poor start at Bahrain GP
The Alpine team have reorganised their design department in the wake of a poor start to the season and the departure of their technical boss.
Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly qualified on the back row of the grid at the first race of the season in Bahrain and finished 17th and 18th respectively.
Technical director Matt Harman and head of aerodynamics Dirk de Beer have resigned from their roles.
They will be replaced by a new structure under team boss Bruno Famin.
Mirroring the organisation introduced by McLaren early last year, Alpine will now have three technical directors responsible for key areas of design.
Ciaron Pilbeam has been promoted from head of race engineering to technical director responsible for performance.
Engineering will be led by Joe Burnell and aerodynamics by David Wheater.
Famin said in a team statement: “We have decided to make these organisational changes as we can clearly see that we are not where we want nor need to be in terms of performance level and it is time to take another step in terms of organisation and people.
“The new three-pillared structure with three technical directors, each specialising in different areas, will bring better work and collaboration across our technical areas and contribute to delivering performance from the factories to the race track.”
Alpine is the name for Renault’s F1 team, with the French car company choosing to use it to promote its niche lightweight sportscar brand.
After finishing fourth in 2022 they fell to sixth in 2023 and made major changes to their car design philosophy for this season in an attempt to move back up the grid.
They started the season accepting it would take time to learn how to optimise their new car, but its lack of performance last weekend was an unwelcome surprise.
The team’s engine is also known to be the least powerful on the grid. It has fallen behind since an engine development freeze was imposed on F1 in 2022.
This restricts any changes to power-units to those made for reliability reasons.
The other suppliers - Honda, Mercedes and Ferrari - have been able to find performance gains this way, whereas Alpine have failed to exploit the rules as effectively.
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