Recent content by OnTheTrent

For the curious, take your basic magnetic compass and visit power lines. If you get no deflection then you are pretty safe at the distance you are at. I have no explanation as to why some of the fly-away videos seem to occur around power lines. In fact, right when I first got my P2V+ and was...

I use a BB Q5. Do you have the latest BB O/S? If you do you can get Snap installed and Google Maps sort of works. It says you need Play but click on thru and you get to Google Maps. That now works like a charm. . . . I've never tried the find my Phantom feature before but just did. I...

I had a recent job shooting imagery of bridge building project that had both "street grade" power lines and two runs of high voltage. I was extremely cautious and pushed the envelope a bit every flight. With regard to the HV lines...no perceived issues and I got within 150ft of them. For the...

Has anyone been keeping a running list of the PM ideas mentioned in this thread? If so, could it be shared?

This is pretty much the same as a trick my auto mechanic grandfather taught me over 40 years ago. remove props, start motors. press a screw driver tip (one with a hard plastic handle) firmly against the outer most part of the housing (this works for pretty much anything that contains something...

I can't exactly remember what the difference was between the two. However, at the time, the price difference was about $30 and for whatever reason I thought the Defisher would work better for me for the price difference. I know with my version of Corel VideoStudio Pro, it includes a few of the...

I use proDAD Defisher with no problems on a W8 machine. It does a really great job and you can use it for photos too. (And other cameras so as your GoPro.) If you dig deep on the web you should be able to find a coupon or different webpage for a deep discount. proDAD DeFishr 1.067 64Bit...

Are any of you guys on the Facebook group DJI Phantom 2 Vision+ Owners? Some of the flying escapades some do are quite something. Very cool but completely illegal at least in Canada. :)

Is this a straight line distance? If so, how did your Phantom not return home automatically?

I used to scoff at fly-aways too. I'm not so sure now... Today was a holiday Monday in Canada. I was as at the construction site for a new dome field house soon to go up at the edge of a rural community. I'm part of a volunteer group documenting its rising. However for today, other than my son...

G'day everyone. In Trent Hills, Ontario. Has anyone applied for an SFOC? If so, how do you deliver it to TC? .....I found out. You attach your document to a specific email account with a specific Subject. It then enters "the cue."

Capri Insurance in western Canada and Intercity Insurance (Mike King) in Ontario area. The two companies are affiliated. BTW, the killer is in the details. Download TC Staff Instruction Document No: SI 623-100 (2014-12-19). Read them and weep. (My box of Kleenex is next to me now.)

For Canadian pilots...has anyone run into the TC "Small UAV System Statement of Conformity Template"? So much paperwork...wow.

I have and I'm at the keyboard now working on a SFOC. I won't go into it in public in case there are trolls lurking. Send me a PM. That said, I'm stuck on the Appendix F, "Small UAV System Statement of Conformity Template". Really? All this to do aerial inspections of barn silos, residential...

Hi. I was wondering if anyone has a graphic of the dimensions for the P2V+...top, front, side, rear views with measurements. I can't find a thing online.