Recent content by joeltd

Norad is launching a pair of radar blimps "for testing" from Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD that loiter at 10,000 feet with a scanning range of 300 miles "meant to hunt down illegal drones over our nation's capital": http://www.wdel.com/story.php?id=64891...

Re: In UK, TGI Fridays using UAV's indoors to get patrons ". Well, that didn't take long: http://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2014/50/bn-drone-disaster-at-tgifridays-2014-12-12-bk_2014_50.html If I'm reading the article correctly, the smaller drone (hubsan x4 style?) is the one responsible...

Well, hughsnews - don't thank me yet... To answer your first question: If by "vertical" you mean "so your lens is pointing straight down" (satellite style view at the earth) YES. Just remove the one knuckle and mount it like this: But I went back and re-read your post and realized you're...

hughsnews, if you're looking for a prefab solution I've had good luck with these mounts from vectormount (no affiliation, just a happy customer): http://tinyurl.com/lsey6rj Price is kinda steep for such a small part, but they work well and are nicely made. I use them to strap a Sony RX100 to...