Recent content by FredMurtz

Thanks for the help, I'll give it a whirl

I had the bearing (direction) of where it landed but was off by almost 1/4 mile in distance. There was another witness to when it went down in the bottom of the canyon and he had it landing in the same spot that I said it went. It was found half way up the ridge. When I last saw it the P1 it...

It was an older gentleman who lived at the house who called me. He wouldnt take the reward so I convinced him that $50 would treat his gardener's family to a nice meal and he finally agreed. I never met the gardener to thank him. The link to the long saga. I gave up after about 20 searches and...

Some of you may remember I lost my P1 back in Oct 2014. A gardener found it and I got it back. It was laying in some tall hedges and got wet from rain. The Go Pro and Zenmuse 3D gimbal work, the issue is the P1 motors. I can do the GPS dance and the PI goes through the warm up sequence and all...

Been hunting 50 years flybynight and Ive had coyotes circle me a couple times, just to check me out. Never said the coyotes went off to attack the dog walker, they just took off in his direction so I yelled to let him know they were headed his direction since he had a small dog. Not sure where...

GoPro didnt work at first. Took the battery out and plugged in USB charger and got it to power up. Put the battery back in and it's charging now. What a relief on that. The Phantom goes through the warm up sequence and locks onto more than 6 sats and I get the flashing green light but it will...

Today the phone rang and I almost let it go to voicemail. The elderly man asked me if I had i lost a drone. Thud!! I fell out of my chair. Yes! YES I DID!!!. 6 months later my phantom is home. Nothing busted up on initial inspection. Rust on the screws and Zenmuse 3D gimbal. Charging a battery...

Just an update, no good news to report. I went back to the area I lost it after weeks of looking, just to try again and nothing. No phone calls, nothing. It's either buried in some deep landscaping or the one homeowner who didnt like drones flying over his house snaked it before I could get down...

Yeah I had mine marked with my cell number with a laundry marker. What's maddening is I was looking at trackers for just in case and lost it the next day. I saw it go into low battery and where it landed among some houses after it drifted away from the field where I was flying but I never found...

Single person? 2 people on the engine? You're being a ridiculous troll now or do you have vision issues? Is this any better? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji3Hii_ ... e=youtu.be just curious to the rest here, would homeowners cover this guy or what would happen if there was a crash? Do you...

One part of video there are probably 40 people on the sidewalks and 8? people on the engine. Drone comes down it may not be straight down. That street is usually crowded, I would think 40+ people make a crowd. Mostly kids by the way. But what the hell, fly away.

Maybe I misread this group, the past threads I've read here condemned flying over crowds. Looks like that has changed. Got it. Riddle me this though, when professional stunt pilots fly at airshows, why do they do it away from the crowd? I'll hang up and listen now.

From the videos I've seen of some mishaps, looks more like a lot of stitches. One guy that goofed on a hand catch got chopped up pretty good. Should I post the video? I had one crash when first learning when my Phantom crashed on a baseball field and cartwheeled a few feet. Chewed the props up...

I've lost a Phantom so yeah, it can happen at any time. Does the guy even have prop guards on? I thought it was pretty much a no go to fly over crowds? Is the the TGIF mistletoe drone in the restaurant okay then?

One idiot flew over hundreds of people at the Redlands CHristmas parade last week. This one is over the famous YUcaipa neighborhood with the synchornized lights. The street is packed with people every night. http://youtu.be/dIDDPcxBBKk