BRASSO Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 (edited) Oh, I loved those Estes rockets. I was in the model rocket club in Jr High...our teacher took us out to the field and set up this huge multi-stage rocket...the thing went about 5 feet in the air, took a 90 degree turn towards us, and chased us all off the field! Thats because you all were naughty and the teacher decided one day to take you all out to a field and kill you all with his newly concocted rocket launcher. Edited June 10, 2014 by BRASSO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skevinp Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 It's not drum corps anymore! Back in the day we used Estes rockets and micro film none of this propeller and video crap! In my day we catapulted a sketch artist into the air with a large rubber band... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perc2100 Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Does anyone else find these pointless? Corps have cleaned drill without them for years and by the looks of it, and set of those things like the Cavies have is an waste of one person's tour fees. If we really want to get down to it, just about everything in drum corps is "pointless." I see this as corps staffers having fun during spring training & coming up with a really cool, creative way to make promo videos (which might mean corps can write them off as business expenses). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdaddy Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Make sure to donate to our annual campaign and put money in the donation jar because we're so desperate for funds! But we can buy multiple drone quadcopters... I have no info on this, but I suspect that the videographer is just a contractor. And I suspect that the drones are the property of the videographer (e.g., maybe they use them for outdoor weddings or other events). And further, I suspect that the videographers are probably not getting paid wedding rates when working with drum corps (so the cost of the drones may not necessarily be passed on to the corps). I assume the drones are only used for promo videos and tour dvds - do we know that they are actually being used to clean drill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
82ryder Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Wow... all we had was a 'repurposed' KFC Chicken bucket tied to a helium balloon. :wink: Being an old still shooter, I am enjoying the images that are being collected by these fancy flying machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garfield Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 If we really want to get down to it, just about everything in drum corps is "pointless." I see this as corps staffers having fun during spring training & coming up with a really cool, creative way to make promo videos (which might mean corps can write them off as business expenses). Tax exempt organizations write off 100% of their expenses. Food, trucks, unis, horns, drums, everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin. Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152468573677641&set=a.93043402640.76624.21330342640&type=1&theater Crown joins the fray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cappybara Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 Maybe I'm late but just today I discovered the Scouts have a drone as well. The DCI facebook page is trying to make #dronewars a thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crownisking Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152468573677641&set=a.93043402640.76624.21330342640&type=1&theater Crown joins the fray I'm a little skeptical about that one. I looks like someone just got on top of a building. That can't be more than 30 feet off the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckH Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I'm a little skeptical about that one. I looks like someone just got on top of a building. That can't be more than 30 feet off the ground. I have the reverse sort of skepticism. Considering the theme of their show, I suspect they're using a classified anti-gravity drone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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