Recent content by schwahman

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    Fri. night at the races

    Ive been thinking about doing something like this but wasn't sure about it.. Watching this video is making me want to even worse.. but I feel I need a gimble for better stabilization.
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    Sculpture Park

    Well hello fellow Iowegian! Funny enough on the walk back, the man putting on 515 alive asked if I would be willing to record the shows from the air. I respectfully declined.
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    Somebody Crashed a Drone into Yellowstone's Hot Springs

    I whole heartedly agree with this. It only takes one moron to ruin it for all of the responsible flyers...
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    Sculpture Park

    I went to the Sculpture Park in our Capital city and flew around. Realizing for steadier shots I am going to need a gimble.. Will be looking for those soon! Here's the video.
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    Filming at Country Music Festival

    Did you have any issues with people throwing things? I was just asked to record a local music festival going on tomorrow.. but am leary that people will try to bringer down.
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    Alternative batteries?

    I read about this battery as well, but the link provided only gave the 20c option.. will be following as well.
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    GPS Locking

    Lonewolf - thank you for this, i will try it when i get home and see what happens. I just thought of this, read somewhere else about updating the firmware. I have yet to plug the phantom into my computer so I will try that tonight as well and see if this resolves.
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    GPS Locking

    Its in GPS I do know that. I swithced to ATTI and it drifts faster. As for light sequence, I let it sit on the ground till i have no read and see the 20 green blinks then the green single after.
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    gain adjusment for vision props on FC40???

    Don't want to hijack the post, but are the self tightening the 9" or are there both? The FC40 I ordered came with the self tightening and I was going to upgrade to the 9" but looking at a few videos, they look to be the same as what others have (granted I haven't pulled a ruler out as I was just...
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    Help With Battery/Charging

    I've never flown till the quad won't lift off the ground.. I read a few times that when the fail safes start to show, to stop and take the batteries out to charge. I didn't think you were supposed to let the batteries get that low as the charger can't charge a fully depleted battery. I did read...
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    GPS Locking

    Thought I would toss this up right quick as I am not sure whats going on. Just got my FC40 on tuesday. Love it, have about 10 flights in so far, no crashes (bought a cheap chinese parrot knock off to practice with before purchasing this) so flying that made this thing a breeze. Start up for me...
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    Many Phantoms were harmed in the making of this video

    This is just a bunch of dickholes with money trying to be "MURICAN" and look like bad asses. (pardon my french)
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    First set of flights in one video

    Yea, it was a moment of lets record and test both the recording and the flying. Gotta know your limits. :) We have a local bike night that I am in contact with the people who put this on to see about getting some footage of guys and gals coming in. As well we have a balloon classic going on...
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    First set of flights in one video

    Just purchased my FC40. LOVE IT! I will be upgrading to the vision 2+ later this year or come tax time!! :D :D :D Here is the footage of me flying around by my apartment. I wasn't going for stability or anything other than just flying around and seeing how well I could fly. Don't be too...
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    Manual

    :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D