Recent content by Joenavy85

yep, hold altitude and evaluate, I learned that with my little quadcopter, I was doing a night flight at it got away from me a ways, I had to hold altitude and carefully check which way I was facing and then get my bearings straight and bring it home. Good save, the first ones always a learning...

The snap switch will be mounted to a gimbal guard, so the switch moving won't be an issue. I've thought of incorporating arduino into the system, but I would rather keep it as simple as possible

That's pretty much what I'll be using for the landing light.

Wouldn't chase the storm with it, it would be used to check parts of the damage path that would be otherwise inaccessible. She wouldn't come out until after the dangerous part of the storm had passed.

Similar to those brackets, but including a brace that connects to the lower part of the gear. It's the same general idea, but both spotlights will be angled down, they'll also be lighter weight, and a lot cheaper. I'm also planning to add a landing light to the bottom to be activated by turning...

Welcome, I grew up in Seaside, so I know your area, many many places to get some great shots.

it's designed to hang a small box on the side, one that unhooks when you land. I plan to use it (if I can get one that fits) to mount an LED spotlight to each side of my phantom, powered by a standalone battery

It's not an actual landing gear, it's a bracket that clips onto both vertical legs on one side, as well as the adjoining horizontal piece. https://www.shapeways.com/product/RBLU67AUA/bracket-ph4-support-for-legs?li=shareProduct

Got my P3A for Christmas (knew it was coming, but had to wait) and have been looking at some of the 3D printed offerings on shapeways that are SAR related (my wife and I are amateur storm chasers and I want to be prepared). I've seen several different pieces I'd like to get that attach to the...