Recent content by Chuck Young

  1. Chuck Young

    P3P Gimble and Camera bad

    So the other morning I pulled my P3P out of its storage box in my car to fly. I went to start the bird and I get an error message that the battery is to cold. Take the battery out and put it inside my shirt to warm it up, added a little defrost heat to it from the car and went off to fly...
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    Flotation for your P3

    I am with you Jerry. For the price I would not even consider it, even though I fly over water all the time. Where I live i just take off my porch and within 5 seconds I am over water a hundred feet deep, no chance of recovery if my Phantom sinks. The idea that Adam has is sound but pretty...
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    Flotation for your P3

    That is great @Mal_PV2_Ireland! I actually Totally Agree. The design is crap. I worry about dropping my P3 in the lake that is like 200 feet out in my backyard so I am inclined to keep it from going 200 feet down under water in the loch. I can see some people buying this but to me it is...
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    Flotation for your P3

    Can't wait for the Kickstarter and I don't really like the price so I will be printing the pontoons and the attachment brackets with the 3D printer and will use some carbon fiber arrows I took out of Elk hunting service this past year. Wonder about making it neutrally aerodynamic? And I kind...
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    Flotation for your P3

    It is the Waterstrider. I recently bought a 3D printer so I think I know what I will be printing before my next over water flight! Maybe @Mal_PV2_Ireland could use a set of these. lol
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    To fit prop guards or not ?

    Very important point made by @Reed L I fly my Hubsan all the time to keep coordination on the sticks but if you know you MAY be going in atti, before the lift you should burn one battery just to practice atti. Lots of time when I drop below the tree tops in heavy forested areas the bird will...
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    To fit prop guards or not ?

    I have used prop guards every flight for almost a year. They have saved countless propellers. I fly heavily forested areas and side swiped limbs, tree branches, and land on uneven terrain all the time in highly variable winds. I simply do not fly without them. It would be like running...
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    P3P "follow me" in Go app?

    Samsung note 4. That will take some work. It was sometimes good but awfully bad a lot. In the end I had to go and find it. I got a poor gps message from the go app a couple times. Don't know why.
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    P3P "follow me" in Go app?

    Were a few times I was looking at 70 mph on the sled. Humm.... Gotta love that throttle. A lot of slick ice on the lake, crammed the throttle and got full engine and track speed for throttle setting. The Note 4
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    P3P "follow me" in Go app?

    So Really the first time I have used the follow me. Kind of has a hard target but I think it could be better. Anyone have suggestions?
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    A P3P and a Snomobile walk into a bar...

    So friend sends me this video. He and I are planning to do some flying and sledding up at Rabbit Ears Pass about 20 miles from my house. He sent me this as a stoke video. I could use some suggestions from you's guy's for some flying/shot improving techniques. Will be using a spotter and I...
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    Marking your P3 for registration purposes

    I was in the process of getting an N number for my drone just before the new rules came out. I had gotten all of the stuff together and even reserved my very own personalized N number, planned on putting everything together and submitting over the holidays. But then as Yamamoto had said some...
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    Skier almost hit by falling drone during competition run on TV

    Agree, somehow somewhere somebody is looking to reduce liability. I am simply not seeing it though.
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    Marking your P3 for registration purposes

    So I have my bird similarly marked to the way you have yours. I really don't want my neighbors wondering if I registered so I made it quite obvious that it was. The black on orange quietly screams: I'm REGISTERED