Recent content by hblink93

jbrown630-- Your advice was PERFECT. I was experiencing a 2-4 second video lag. My first troubleshooting step was to wipe my tablet and reauthorize it with a new email account (I did this so all of the baggage--emails, apps, etc.--wouldn't automatically download and bog my tablet down again.)...

Well, I tried my dummy load flight (Concern #2), and I'm not happy with the results. I slung a bunch of washers below my P3A (rigidly, they didn't move, shift or swing) and tried out flying. The P3A with 16 oz of mass below the camera didn't fly very well. I was able to launch and hover, but...

....rats....missed it.

While enticing (especially the "half-cost" part), I think the I1/I2 are just sexy-looking. My "needs" for flight and photography are easily covered by my P3A. Buying the I2 would be like buying a Ferrari--very cool to have, but kinda impractical, too. Instead--I'm spending my money on a...

Anyone flying an Inspire 1 in the Hampton Roads area? I've never seen on up close. If you are flying anytime soon, and don't mind a looky-loo checking out your sUAS, I'd like to meet up with you. I've been flying my P3A for about a year now (3 yrs of quads total), and with the release of the...

I've been giving the stiff propellers argument some thought. I read a candidate-PhD's paper on quadcopter aerodynamics and although it was about a different (but related) flight characteristic, it did make me think of the stresses on the rotor blades during dynamic flight (transitions from...

For what it's worth... Years ago, I was working with RC helis adding heavy components to try to make them fly autonomously (this was 20+ years ago, when "drones" referred to a type of bee. My state of the art computer was a 386...Imagine 5 lbs of mechanical gyros, batteries, and radio serial...

Myself, I don't trust auto takeoff or landing. I take off and quickly get out of ground effect, hover at about 10 ft for a few seconds, then do my flight. Coming home, I fly an "approach" towards me. I try to fly it the same way each time, so I've gotten good at it. When the aircraft is...

No, I don't land on the cooler. (Never tried.) I prefer to catch-land. Much easier to do and safer for the aircraft. Taking off from the cooler is no problem, though.

OK---fair enough. You may be underwhelmed by the pictures, but at least they give you something to look at. In the picture of the open cooler, you'll see that I have 2 batteries on the right side in a smaller cooler, (we have lots of coolers). Those batteries are next to an ice pack to cool...

Here's a best practice I'd like to share with the community: When I am flying for an event for aerial photography, I use a wheeled cooler (beverage cooler with wheels and a handle) as a convenient way to create a mobile home base. I carry my P3A, batteries, and RC in a backpack case and pull...

Just curious...learn anything new about a Nikon Key Mission 360 and H3-3D combination? I know the camera has been released, its features and price...I am wanting to know if anyone has experience mounting the camera on a gimbal and putting it on the P3. I'm worried about the motors, too...

I'm considering adding 360 video/picutres to my hobby. From what I've researched, the fundamental problems (at least the ones people are talking about) are poor image/video quality, and the need to stabilize the 360 camera. I fly a Phantom 3 advanced which is not modified in any way. Right now...

I'm considering adding 360 video/picutres to my hobby. From what I've researched, the fundamental problems (at least the ones people are talking about) are poor image/video quality, and the need to stabilizing the 360 camera. I fly a Phantom 3 advanced which is not modified in any way. Right...

Marknmd-- I agree with your assessment. Floatation is just too big, heavy, and non-aerodynamic to be practical. Syotr (the comment above yours) pointed me toward the "Getterback." I bought one of these and it is coming in the mail. I think I will attach this to the landing gear. It doesn't...