Recent content by Olduffer

  1. O

    After you're done facepalming the newbie

    Dang, and here I was ready to go get a patent lawyer-lol
  2. O

    After you're done facepalming the newbie

    Ok, I know you're all shaking your heads at the dumba** stuff people do(and you're quite welcome to quit laughing at any time :roll: ) Once I get ALOT more practice flying, I want to take this thing out on the pontoon and fly around the lake. I know that hitting the water will be curtains for...
  3. O

    Old newbie learning to fly

    Thanks again everyone. I did paint the front prop guards red(looks nice too) and read the post on orientation/flying it back home. Thats awesome info to have and to try. I did successfully get the phantom to link to the computer and the software seemed to work, but I didn't change anything till...
  4. O

    Old newbie learning to fly

    Thank you all so much for your input and ideas. Will try some of them today. Wedeliver, yes you have me beat by 4 years. When I was a young boy, we lived on a farm and was dirt poor. I remember nailing some 2 x 4s together and making a plane, running around the yard like crazy with it pretending...
  5. O

    Old newbie learning to fly

    Thank you for the replies.
  6. O

    Old newbie learning to fly

    Hiya all :D Well, just got my new fc40 this last week, and I've had it out a couple of times, and it was fun! Dang thing takes halfway decent videos too. Now , heres where you all can help an Olduffer like me out-lol. I have 3 questions I need advice / help with. 1. When I take it out quite a...