Recent content by Brit in NB

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    FAA Regulations

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    Deciding a safe altitude for a Litchi Flyby mission

    Just tried Henry's Camera online - price is $220, though postage is free. Same price if I pick it up at a store.
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    Deciding a safe altitude for a Litchi Flyby mission

    Just checked it out - FANTASTIC !!! Just what I was looking for - many thanks to all those who read and gave suggestions, much appreciated.
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    Deciding a safe altitude for a Litchi Flyby mission

    Thanks a lot for that advice - I will certainly check it out. I love working with Google Earth.
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    Deciding a safe altitude for a Litchi Flyby mission

    Tell me about it !!! Looking to buy spare batteries for my P3P - and lowest price I can find here in Canada is about $215 each - quite expensive I think
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    Deciding a safe altitude for a Litchi Flyby mission

    Thanks for the links. I think I'll go with the BESTEK converter at $30 Canadian, the Anabee charger is almost $62 Canadian. We are certainly being gouged here in Canada at the moment with the current exchange rate !!
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    Deciding a safe altitude for a Litchi Flyby mission

    Thanks for those suggestions. I would certainly do that if I was planning to fly only the one mission in a day but my schedule will require probably three or four castles or abbeys per day, quite a lot of travelling. I shall have four batteries but not sure how fast they recharge in the car. Any...
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    Deciding a safe altitude for a Litchi Flyby mission

    Thanks a lot - that looks as if it will be a good starting point. Probably need to add a safe margin but that's always a good idea anyway.
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    Deciding a safe altitude for a Litchi Flyby mission

    I am planning a Flyby of a castle in Ireland for later this year using Litchi mission. I have discovered that the castle itself is 90 feet high BUT it sits on an elevated mound and I will have to start the mission from much lower ground about 200m away. I cannot visit the site in advance because...
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    Changing Weather

    Hi Still on the learning curve with my new P3P. Not yet ventured out of my back garden - well maybe strayed a little over my neighbours but they are fine with that. I'm not really into video ( yet ) - my intention is to take aerial photos for my two books on Abbeys and Castles of Ireland...
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    Greetings from Canada (New Brunswick)

    Just saying hello to all the members of this forum. I've had my P3P for about two weeks now but with temperatures of about -5 and a foot of snow on the ground I've been reluctant to get airborne. At least it gave me time to read all the manuals, watch endless videos of how to fly ( and how NOT...