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    What Are You Listening To Right Now?

    YUP! In those days I still lived in Cleveland, Ohio and one of the local radio stations would put on concerts in the Cleveland Stadium called the "World Series of Rock" and my high school sweetheart (who later became my wife of 45 yrs) would go and camp out on the infield for the weekend and...
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    What Are You Listening To Right Now?

    Hey Snerd Great choice of music. love Alice,Alvin and all the other late 60'S early 70's band. Sad day today, Glenn Fry passed away. Loved the Eagles and saw them many times in concert.
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    What are your cheap(er) Phantom alternates?

    I am using an MJX X101 as a trainer. It is lightweight so when it crashes, nothing happens to it. It also has camera capabilities, but I have not installed it on the air craft yet. I am more interested in learning to fly it first. It is a cheap alternative as a trainer at $52.00 on Amazon...
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    Phantom wrap

    I have been considering putting a wrap on my P3P. I put a wrap on my Polaris RZR last summer and figured if I can put one on the RZR I can certainly put one on the drone. After all I was pretty sure there were not 72 pieces to deal with! I found one on Amazon that I liked after evaluating what I...
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    Worth buying a tablet for Phantom3?

    I cannot weigh in on using a phone, but I do have a dedicated mini i pad 2 with GPS and phone. It turned out that when my wife renewed her phone at Verizon, for an extra 10 bucks I got the i pad. I did not take a phone contract on it, so it is strictly an i pad. Couldn't pass it up! So i use...
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    The Ultimate P3 Prop Balancer

    I really want to return to fly again, since we are still knee deep in snow here. It was 85 miles round trip! It will be my turn for lunch. Weather permitting tomorrow i might try the POI over the antique tractor surrounded by undisturbed snow. That should look pretty cool. By the way, the...
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    Naming your drone.

    For the last 14 yrs, my first love has been treasure hunting ghost towns in New Mexico. I plan to use my P3 to scout the area thus eliminating a 1/2 mile hike up the side of a mesa to find out there is nothing there. I named it "Hunter 1" and it is also why my screen name is "Trashpicker"...
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    The Ultimate P3 Prop Balancer

    WOW! Guys,I was over at Gregg's house the other day for some flight training and pizza and he was showing me all the parts and explaining how it will work. As a Mechanical Engineer I understood and thought it was a great idea. I am amazed that he got it all together in such a short time. Great...