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Joel Michael
Joel Michael
@jpm@aus.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Today in “I’m not sure that’s even legal to sell to civilians” on AliExpress, it’s a FPV drone fibre optic kit #StraightOuttaShenzen

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005010658684968.html

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005010658684968.html
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noodle
noodle
@noodle@aus.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@jpm

'Is this a pigeon' meme template.  A man looks at a butterfly and asks "Is the red thread?".  The butterfly is labeled (or says) "30km fibre".
'Is this a pigeon' meme template. A man looks at a butterfly and asks "Is the red thread?". The butterfly is labeled (or says) "30km fibre".
'Is this a pigeon' meme template. A man looks at a butterfly and asks "Is the red thread?". The butterfly is labeled (or says) "30km fibre".
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noodle
noodle
@noodle@aus.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@jpm "100K+ similar items sold "

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manu
manu
@c3manu@chaos.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@jpm apparently not to everyone 😅 (i'm living in germany)

sad image saying that unfortunately this article isn't available at my location
sad image saying that unfortunately this article isn't available at my location
sad image saying that unfortunately this article isn't available at my location
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jaseg
jaseg
@jaseg@chaos.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@jpm “JammerPro Store”

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Joel Michael
Joel Michael
@jpm@aus.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@jaseg definitely not completely suspicious at all

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jaseg
jaseg
@jaseg@chaos.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@jpm “PleaseSeizeAtCustoms Pro Store”

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Joel Michael
Joel Michael
@jpm@aus.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@jaseg Russian customs probably have different rules

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jaseg
jaseg
@jaseg@chaos.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@jpm oh lol it’s blocked in Germany it seems:

screenshot of aliexpress showing a “this product isn’t available in your location” error translated to German.
screenshot of aliexpress showing a “this product isn’t available in your location” error translated to German.
screenshot of aliexpress showing a “this product isn’t available in your location” error translated to German.
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Hot Thermite Summer
Hot Thermite Summer
@ThermiteBeGiants@aus.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@jpm “why doesn’t it have a mechanism to rewind the optical fibre?”

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Matt H
Matt H
@MattHatton@aus.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@jpm "Drones must be flown LOS"

Yes, line of string. Perfectly legal.

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Kevin Collas-Arundell
Kevin Collas-Arundell
@kca@eigenmagic.net replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@MattHatton @jpm

One big fibre optic cable is just a big line of sight carrier

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Joel Michael
Joel Michael
@jpm@aus.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@kca @MattHatton exactly

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Bernard Sheppard
Bernard Sheppard
@BernardSheppard@mastodon.au replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@jpm I mean once you take into consideration the cost of the ground end, and the sky end, and the RF converter (isn't that what the ground ends and sky ends are?) it just seems cheap not to go for the 30km spool.

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Liam :fnord:
Liam :fnord:
@liamvhogan@aus.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@jpm my hobby is getting my name on lists and talking to officers of the AFP. Perfect

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Joel Michael
Joel Michael
@jpm@aus.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

I am not a professional droneologist though, maybe @Kels_316 knows?

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Adam
Adam
@Kels_316@aus.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week

@jpm lol

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