Okay, you nerds....

[mattdm.livejournal.com]

Which one of you is flying a quadcopter ("drone") over Davis Square right now?

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[crschmidt.livejournal.com]

The chances that they're the same are actually getting slimmer all the time :)

I got my quad in March of last year, and at the time, the pilots were mostly from the "good ole boys" club of long-time RC pilots. In the past year, that has changed drastically: at the Head of the Charles, I saw 4 different pilots beyond myself and my friend who were flying, and I didn't even see them all. The Boston Area Multirotor community has gone from 30 people to more than 100; and now when I get stopped on the street and asked about my quad, I don't get asked "what is that", but usually told "Oh yeah, I saw someone flying one of those at ". (Occasionally, the someone they saw flying is me; usually it's not.)

In short: there are a lot of drones in the area, and the number is going to keep going up. (I'm building my second one this weekend :))

[mattdm.livejournal.com]

This one was up quite high. We were sitting on the porch and noticed it, just a dot in the sky. We thought it was a helicopter far way but it was moving oddly; could tell it was a quadcopter through my camera lens, though, with red on two of the arms and green on the others.

PS: for the record, do not mean "you nerds" in a derogatory way. :)