Recent content by Marc85

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    Looking at purchasing a phantom, have a few questions.

    Why not the Phantom 4 though? Collision avoidance would be super nice at height.
  2. M

    Looking at purchasing a phantom, have a few questions.

    Good to know, I was actually looking at the FAA info on UAS today, it should be fairly painless to have restrictions listed. As far as use near an airport is concerned well we wouldn't need to go much higher than the tower anyway so that shouldn't be an issue... if the plane is that low to...
  3. M

    Looking at purchasing a phantom, have a few questions.

    Why not the P3 4k instead of the advanced? I noticed the P3 A operates on a 2.4 Ghz band and the P3 S and 4k operate on 5.8Ghz
  4. M

    Looking at purchasing a phantom, have a few questions.

    That tower climber in your video is dumber than a box of rocks, he's double hooking to the weakest points on the tower...
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    Looking at purchasing a phantom, have a few questions.

    I don't doubt that, especially if you know nothing about the radio waves / antenna types / power output. Like audio RF output diminishes greatly the further away you get depending on the the initial output and focus of the beam. Steer clear of microwave dish paths, large broadcast towers, and...
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    Looking at purchasing a phantom, have a few questions.

    I have a very specific interest in the Phatom series, Cell tower inspections in the U.S. I noticed that the specs said that it has a default altitude ceiling of 120m, can this be increased? We work on towers with heights up to 2000' but at the minimum it we require it to at least reach...