Recent content by willkohl

Nah, these CTAF frequencies are individual to each uncontrolled airport, and if you're rural enough not to have a tower there's usually not much going on over these frequencies, save for a few exceptions. If you're not going to announce I'd at least monitor it for traffic. Sent from my iPhone...

Exactly. Mine does the same thing. Perhaps a little ground effect is adding to the perceived unstableness too. Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots mobile app

I'm in a bit of the same position. The community I live in has a private, uncontrolled airport with maybe a flight a day out of it. I'm thinking of just getting a handheld radio and self-announcing on the CTAF frequency every time I fly, as well as monitoring it for any traffic coming in...

I'm curious what will happen if your 24 hour or 3-day authorization expires mid-flight... Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots mobile app

It's a pleasure to meet you too. I told myself that I was going to master ATTI mode flight, maneuvers, all that before I started experimenting with the camera, but I couldn't help myself. About 50% of the time I'm shooting test shots trying to get pan and gimbal pitch perfect. It's tempting to...

Hi everyone. I'm the proud new owner of a P3A that I got about a week ago. Still trying to break it in and feel entirely confident flying it around, and this forum has been an invaluable resource for me, so thanks a bunch! Hopefully going forward I'll be able to contribute just as much as this...