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| Footage from the Hexacopter at the recent San Jose Municipal Rose Garden Volunteer event: http://youtu.be/Fv4M6nA4SPE Comments? Thankfully, it did not crash into the 375 volunteers who pruned ~4,000 in about 2 hours. Pruning ain't "Rocket Science". Come visit us. See the test beds of Weeks, Star, ARGS and AARS. Best Regards, Terry Reilly |
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| I could not open the video. I am hoping the pilot is OK, crashes can be tragic events. The volunteers you said were not hurt, and plants can always be replaced. |
This post was edited by lucille on Tue, Jan 22, 13 at 3:32
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| The vid won't open for me either. It must have been scary though! |
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| Hexacopters are not piloted helicopters but rather small radio-controlled aircrafts made for aerial photography/videography. :-) ~Christopher |
Here is a link that might be useful: Hexacopter
This post was edited by AquaEyes on Tue, Jan 22, 13 at 16:03
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| DIY drones, so to speak. The drone shots were nice but after a while I was ready for something else. I mean if the subject of the movie was shots from drones, fine. But the ostensible subject was rose pruning, right? I would have shown several on the ground "before" and "after" shots of different types of roses, to show the work being done, brief interviews with fun people about pruning--why they were there, etc, perhaps interspersed shots of a growing, increasingly gigantic pile of clippings to show the passage of time, shots of pruning bouquets, maybe--were there pruning bouquets? Perhaps a chorus of "ow!" "eeeiih!" and "%$&$#^", which is the sound of getting scratched and poked by prickles--the normal soundtrack of pruning time, people comparing their scratches and stabs and cuts, Someone handing out band-aids, someone sharpening pruners, etc, etc. Just more variety. Cool though, nice and clear. |
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- Posted by FriendsSJRoseGarden none (My Page) on Tue, Jan 22, 13 at 21:39
| hoovb - You asked for it, here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhDiM4xBChI What do you think? |
Here is a link that might be useful: Pruning 2011
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| Rose gardens.....whatever - but we are eaten up with envy and desire for those little tipping pick-up golfcart thingies!!! |
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- Posted by FriendsSJRoseGarden none (My Page) on Sat, Feb 2, 13 at 22:54
| Just finished planting the test rose beds in the San Jose Municipal Rose Garden. You can see pics of the previous varieties on our website: www.FriendsSJRoseGarden.org. 50+ new varieties being grown for two year to see how they do in the wonderful San Jose climate. You can see the empty beds in the video on the right of the garden. |
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| That pruning video is fantastic and a great bunch of folks all having a good time....I have a ?? tho, do they not have virus problems there? I don't see anyone dipping their pruners in disinfectant (I use alcohol in a can)...between each cut, and worry abt. any virus or whatever spreading.... tell me it ain't so....sally |
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- Posted by FriendsSJRoseGarden none (My Page) on Sun, Feb 3, 13 at 14:56
| Hi Sally, No problem with virus. Would never consider burdening the 375 volunteers to disinfect after each cut or even disinfect their pruners prior to starting. We don't worry about anything spreading at all from pruners. |
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| thanks Sally, I was wondering about the same thing re: dripping their shears in disinfectant. Beautiful film. It has beautiful music. How wonderful to see various people, all different ages, ethnicities, etc., come together for a common cause to create beauty for the community to enjoy. Great lesson here for the world. |
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