News Raspberry Pi-based Kiosk Display Shares Weather, FAA Advisories for Drones

[Admin]

Avoid bad weather conditions or any FAA advisories that might inhibit your flight plans.

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[bit_user]

I don't get the point of this. Why wouldn't you just load up those apps on your phone or a laptop PC?

 

[SkyHorseTech]

I don't get the point of this. Why wouldn't you just load up those apps on your phone or a laptop PC?

We built this for a local college droneport to be posted outside under a weatherproof enclosure where there are multiple drone pilots flying. Definitely agree each pilot should check the FAA advisories and weather on their own apps, this is more of a cool-factor, proof-of-concept, fun-to-create concept. It falls somewhere between a RaPi marble sorter and automated corn shucker on the scale of real-world usefulness