Twenty-first century technology rubs shoulders with sixteenth century architecture

impressive field of solar panels, beautiful place !! Thanks for share

Dis you stop off to top,your batteries up. Nice video.

AlanHd Posted at 2017-12-19 11:33
Dis you stop off to top,your batteries up. Nice video.

Thanks!   Did you not notice the wire trailing from the drone to the last solar panel?  
That solar array provides a high proportion of the energy needs for the entire village, via the National Grid.

Nice video!

The new lights up the old!   Good job!

ALABAMA Posted at 2017-12-19 13:25
The new lights up the old!   Good job!

Thanks AL. Did you notice the team of workers keeping the grass short around the panels?  There's a flock of sheep scattered about, free-grazing.

Blériot53 Posted at 2017-12-19 14:15
Thanks AL. Did you notice the team of workers keeping the grass short around the panels?  There's a flock of sheep scattered about, free-grazing.

Can you please tell me what 'du plessis' means in English.

Geebax Posted at 2017-12-19 15:20
Can you please tell me what 'du plessis' means in English.

Du Plessis crops up in several place names in France, and appears to be an old French family name ( like for example De Maupassant or Du Barry) rather than having a literal translation.
Du or De (dependent on context) means, literally "of the" or "of"  ( John O'Groats in Scotland is a Celtic example of this, perhaps)  Our friend Mr Google isn't particularly enlightening.One source I found refers to Old French  for a fence of woven branches, but even when I quiz some of the old timers in the bars around here all I get are Gallic shrugs, followed by comments of " Isn't it your round?"  

Blériot53 Posted at 2017-12-19 15:58
Du Plessis crops up in several place names in France, and appears to be an old French family name ( like for example De Maupassant or Du Barry) rather than having a literal translation.
Du or De (dependent on context) means, literally "of the" or "of"  ( John O'Groats in Scotland is a Celtic example of this, perhaps)  Our friend Mr Google isn't particularly enlightening.One source I found refers to Old French  for a fence of woven branches, but even when I quiz some of the old timers in the bars around here all I get are Gallic shrugs, followed by comments of " Isn't it your round?"

Hah, the locals seem to be focussing quite properly on the business at hand. The reason I ask is that a customer of mine had an address of 'le petit plessis', so possibly meaning 'a small fence'.

Nice flying! Thank you for sharing.

strong contract ! the modern and the tradition

Nice video

Bracco Posted at 2017-12-19 22:38
Nice video

Thanks everyone for your nice comments. I particularly enjoyed this one on a fine, sunny (though cold) day. It was a hand-flown mission rather than a pre-programmed Waypoints mission. And I think Eric's terrific music lends it an extra dimension
www.soundimage.org

Blériot53 Posted at 2017-12-19 23:25
Thanks everyone for your nice comments. I particularly enjoyed this one on a fine, sunny (though cold) day. It was a hand-flown mission rather than a pre-programmed Waypoints mission. And I think Eric's terrific music lends it an extra dimension
www.soundimage.org

Aloha Roger,

     Nice all around!  Keep it up.  The flight by hand works well for you.

Aloha and Drone On!

Great place to fly Blériot53 but I noticed an absence of solar panels on residences
I guess that as you were in stealth mode the ducks didn't notice you.Nice job as usual.

sky wombat Posted at 2017-12-20 02:39
Great place to fly Blériot53 but I noticed an absence of solar panels on residences
I guess that as you were in stealth mode the ducks didn't notice you.Nice job as usual.

Yeah the cloaking device on the Phantom appears to work.  In flight, it's invisible to all animate objects

Pretty countryside.  Nice vid.

TomHTx Posted at 2017-12-20 04:45
Pretty countryside.  Nice vid.

Thanks. It's peaceful with a mild climate - and much less wet than the UK!

Cetacean Posted at 2017-12-20 01:47
Aloha Roger,

     Nice all around!  Keep it up.  The flight by hand works well for you.

Thanks Ken. Weather here is wildly windy and wet at the moment.  The forecast indicates that I'll be grounded for the next week or so

Blériot53 Posted at 2017-12-30 13:13
Thanks Ken. Weather here is wildly windy and wet at the moment.  The forecast indicates that I'll be grounded for the next week or so

Aloha Roger,

     My weather just cleared up.  I plan on flying in a little bit today.  Strange weather lately.  If I want to fly, bad weather.  If I am busy with important things, beautiful flying weather!  Ahhh!!!!

Aloha and Drone On!

Now thats a lot of solar panels.

DAFlys Posted at 1-9 02:43
Now thats a lot of solar panels.

My word that's a long time ago! Did you see just the stills, or did you find the video?

Blériot53 Posted at 1-9 07:29
My word that's a long time ago! Did you see just the stills, or did you find the video?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU3EBwQ1mdA

I watched the video.   

DAFlys Posted at 1-9 08:18
I watched the video.

The output from that field of panels is sufficient to supply the village beyond the view. And the grass around them is kept short by a flock of sheep grazing.

Blériot53 Posted at 1-9 08:30
The output from that field of panels is sufficient to supply the village beyond the view. And the grass around them is kept short by a flock of sheep grazing.

Do they wash the panels regularly.?

DAFlys Posted at 1-9 09:08
Do they wash the panels regularly.?

Who? The sheep?
No the rain takes care of that.

Blériot53 Posted at 1-9 09:54
Who? The sheep?
No the rain takes care of that.

Some solar farms have a little cart that goes round and they wash the panels to keep them efficient.

DAFlys Posted at 1-9 10:35
Some solar farms have a little cart that goes round and they wash the panels to keep them efficient.

Any relation to Wall-E  ?  

Blériot53 Posted at 1-9 12:14
Any relation to Wall-E  ?

Heres an example -

DAFlys Posted at 1-10 00:35
Heres an example - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S13rGAWOlno

Custom-built by the looks of it.  Maybe they do at Fougerolles, too. Our drive-by's would have to co-incide with the machine's visit to site to be sure.

Blériot53 Posted at 1-10 00:47
Custom-built by the looks of it.  Maybe they do at Fougerolles, too. Our drive-by's would have to co-incide with the machine's visit to site to be sure.

It would be great to catch one in action.

That's a lot of Solar panels.

DroneJunkieQc Posted at 1-16 13:46
That's a lot of Solar panels.

Sufficient to supply the village in the distance.

Absolutely enough power lol