Recent content by NapaEvan

For anyone interested, this is an online story with interviews that HuffPost.com did a few weeks ago about Drone use in general, and they also asked me to participate as the person who used a Quadcopter to document the Napa Quake damage. I new i had to answer the questions carefully and be a...

I keep forgetting to share this story with you all... it is from a few weeks ago... A couple days after filming/posting the Napa Earthquake damage, the tech reporter from the local ABC station called me and wanted to do a story on how my quadcopter footage had helped the local church with...

Re: Lost video - couldn't get it back until drone power-cycl I lost video a couple times, and it was simply because one of the 3 little plugs that connect to the Vision + Camera/gimbal was a little loose. Simple hardware fix: use long tweezers to carefully push the plug down.

Yea i hope the FAA comes up with some basic common sense rules soon. For now, we do have to be careful. Which is why for example you won't see me downtown Napa today flying around these buildings and over a bunch of tourists. I grew up racing Jet Skis in the 90's/early 2000's, and know all...

Yes.? I don't see why not. I am not a licensed pilot, and I was technically a "hobbyist" that day. I gave my footage out to the news stations for free, and my intent was to see how the device could be used as a tool, and essentially use the footage for education purposes.

Frank... Thanks for the reply. I see that there is a company out of Europe making a replacement gimbal that will allow us to use a Go Pro on the Phantom 2 Vision Plus... but not for a few more weeks. That may be the route i will take when possible. And yea, i see i can buy the cables online...

Yesterday I broke my 3rd, yes, 3rd Phantom 2 Vision + gimbal. Hey, i am going for the extreme and cool shots, so i get what i get. I am sure I will be buying another fricking $600 gimbal/camera tomorrow AM so i can have my machine up and running in a few days, but now i have three $600...

Hi there. Evan Kilkus here, the guy who made the Napa Earthquake Quadcopter Video. I am glad you liked the video footage, and noticed that i made sure to be a positive representative of Phantom pilots. It wasn't easy flying to begin with, but what made it stressful was the fact that the media...