Recent content by Treffin

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    Drone spotted at 1700 feet in Dallas

    Has anyone here ever been in the cockpit of a "jet" while in flight? I have flown right seat in a number of jets...mostly Citations. At normal cruising speed --or even while decelerating to drop below the 10k deck- it would be next to impossible to "see" at drone, much less identify it's make...
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    Trackimo installed

    BTW: The H2O service mentioned above uses a t n t towers/cellsites. They don't have their own towers in the US but have an agreement setup to use existing GSM towers/service. Half the time my H2O card shows up as a Cingular service connection. And of course it's a prepaid card so if you...
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    P2v+ recovered 4 months later...

    In May 2015 after installing a DBS ITElite antenna on my P2v+ controller I flew an ill-fated test flight on a somewhat breezy afternoon. In hindsight --where most thorough thinking takes place- I should've planned a bit better and at least chosen some alternate landing locations along my...
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    How Old are you and what Phantom Do you have?

    52 I own 2 P2v+ and 3 I-1s. I've decided that DJI --even with their screwy scheduling of new model releases- is safer than the stock market. (Incidentally one of the I-1s is as of yet still missing since June as a flyaway in New Orleans. The other 4 units are safely sitting in my home office.)
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    ITELITE Antenna Owners Thread: 4 MILES WITH P3P (page 31)

    Will the same order link/page work for getting the Inspire antenna or will there be a different page entirely? I ordered and installed one for my p2v+ and it worked "too well" on the first test flight. (Flew the bird past the point of no return and lost contact shortly thereafter. Point of no...