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    I finally did it...Phanvic.

    Michael Landis
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    I finally did it...Phanvic.

    Evidently I can't embed photos from Facebook as images.
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    I finally did it...Phanvic.

    I have been fixing little cracks in my Phantom 3 Advanced (converted to a Pro with 4k camera and firmware) for awhile and finally decided to do the Phanvic conversion. I also modified my remote with the Itelite dbs maxx range antennae to make up for the reduced range reports I have heard about...
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    12-2-17 Point Abbaye

    We attempted to drive to Mount Arvon but ran into icy roads just a few miles from the top. My 2wd truck was not up for the challenge and when I came to a very icy downward slope that I wasn't sure I could make it back up I decided to turn around. As a backup plan we headed to Point Abbaye at...
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    2017 11-10 Sugarloaf Mountain to Hogback Mountain after a snowstorm

    After the snow yesterday and last night we put on our Yaktrax and hiked up Sugarloaf Mountain to take in the view. Michelle and I took some pictures and I flew my drone all the way to Hogback Mountain and back. MJ had fun playing in the snow. It was a great day.
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    Fall colors on a mountaintop.

    Great video. Nice colors. I liked the shots from skimming the treetops and have wanted to try shots like that. Also liked the sunny spots thru the clouds from your video up high above the trees.
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    11-7-17 Lilly Pond Trail

    The sun was out, even if our high temperature for the day was only 30 degrees. I wanted to explore an area that I saw on a satellite map. We parked at the Wetmore Pond lot and hiked the trail towards Hogback Mountain but turned South down the rail-trail until we hit the backside of Wetmore Pond...
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    11-1-17 Songbird Trail

    There isn't a Big Presque Isle, but there is a Presque Isle...actually 2 of them. One is just a few miles from Little Presque and the other is about a 4.5 hour drive SouthEast, North of Alpena, Michigan. I have also been on a Presque Isle in Erie Pennsylvania.
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    11-1-17 Songbird Trail

    Hike and flight along the shore of Lake Superior an the Songbird Trail (and some North Country Trail).
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    10-31-17 Presque Isle

    Before trick or treating I took my wife and son for some lunch and then we visited Presque Isle. I was a little surprised to see the driving loop open after last week's hurricane. We saw a lot of downed trees that had been cleaned up but there were still a lot down in the woods and down some...
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    10-30-17 Beach Flight

    5 days ago we had a nasty wind and rain storm that brought 28 foot waves and 73 mph winds that eroded the entire Southern shoreline of Lake Superior. MJ and I took a walk to see how bad the erosion was along the nearby beach at our friend's house. Last week the beach was about 6 feet wide and...
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    10-29-17 Huron Mountain View, West of Big Bay Michigan

    I figured out the problem that I had with the dark videos. I was sending a lot of time in post trying to lighten my videos up. Turns out that DJI GO was resetting my EV to -2.7 I set it back to 0 and restarted the program and it was back at -2.7 so I reset it again and noted to check it on...
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    10-29-17 Flight down the ridge to Sugarloaf Mountain and back.

    A short hike down the North Country Trail and a short bushwack to a ridge-top view where I flew my drone down the ridge to Sugarloaf Mountain and back. It was chilly and the wind picked up, making flying my drone pretty scary. Almost all of the colorful leaves were blown down in the storm 5 days...
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    10-29-17 Huron Mountain View, West of Big Bay Michigan

    We had 1/2 inch of snow fall and greet us in the morning (on the East side of Marquette, Michigan). I wanted to get some footage so picked a geocache that promised an awesome view. It hadn't been found it 4.37 years but that didn't matter. We found the cache in great shape and the view was as...
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    10-25-17 First snow of the season

    On October 24th we had a terrible wind and rain storm that also brought some snow just West of us. On the morning of the 25th we went for a drive to charge up our electronics, as our power was still out, and have some breakfast at BK. We saw lots of vehicles with snow on them so took a short...