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Well, both actually so that's good to know. I have USAA as well so I'll check with them. I was under the impression there is "toy" coverage out there though. No overwater flying for me then...thanks.

I think the DJI app is under iPhone apps. I didn't think they had an iPad version of the app.

What other flight insurance options are there? Is there a list of insurance providers that cover R/C aircraft?

Well, ok, between sailing, kiteboarding, and a career in aviation I'm pretty cognizant of the tendency to overestimate winds. I'm certainly as prone to it as anyone else, which is why I looked up the wind speeds after I was done flying to see what I was really dealing with. The nearby weather...

Hmmm, ok, well, it was on a wide open frozen lake with no nearby upwind terrain to disturb the wind flow much so the winds tend to be very straight line, even the gusts. From the nearby weather station at that time: 18.4 mph Gust 34.5 mph The METAR from the airport 11 mi away:251753Z AUTO...

Yep, once the winds got high enough that the drone wouldn't make much headway I called it. There was nothing down wind to hit and I still had the tree line I could move behind to shelter from the wind if I needed to. I also the ATTI card to play as well. The winds weren't shifting at all...

I took my Phantom out last Sunday for the rare warm (well, relatively for us @ 28F) AND nice winter day up here in North Maine. It turned out to be some high wind testing in the process. It was pretty windy when I started but once I got beyond the shelter of the trees and out on the frozen...

Took a flight today at -10F (-23C) for 12 minutes. The wifi extender shut down after 8 minutes and the iPhone made it about another minute or two before it quit in the cold, which was all far longer than my hands and feet lasted. The phantom, camera, and the controller all worked fine. The...

Sorry, already switched to PM...

Is that a AS-350B2?

@Prylar Nope, I have flown down in that area and you're not far off on the flying (same type helo) but I'm in the opposite corner of the country...cold and snowy. Boy I wish I was in LA again.

@ LYM, HA! I want to see a Youtube of that maneuver so bad! As for starting your descents early, descent planning is a big part of learning to fly. As I've heard a number of instructors say, never get anywhere your brain didn't arrive five minutes earlier...

New Phantom pilot here but as a commercial helicopter pilot I felt like I should chime in here with some rotorcraft aerodynamics and why coming straight down, especially trying to do it faster, is a bad idea. I see the term vortex ring state (VRS) used a lot here and in this case it is spot on...

Thanks for all the replies. I've only flown it in cold weather so far so I'll be interested to see what endurance I get when it's warmer. Regardless, two batteries out last my ability to stand around when its in the teens. I have tried the GS mode waypoint from about a 10' hover and it shot...

Ok, just got a Phantom 2 Vision+ V3 this week. I've flown it about six times now but I'm a little restricted since I work at an airport (no fly zone) so after work I'm confined to a large hanger in manual mode. When I finally got to fly it outdoors with GPS and a calibrated compass I was blown...