Aussie/Kiwi P2V Piloteers

goldcoastkiwi · Feb 4, 2014

Hi There.

Just wanted to catch up with Australian or New Zealander piloteers.

There is definitely a great P2V community out there. So I thought we could share our woes and joys about being piloteers from the 'Lands Down Under'! I must send some crazy thanks out to the many piloteers who have posted their advice and failures, experience and joy in regard to this insane pastime/hobby. This has been invaluable to me and NO DOUBT many others in beginning and continuation!

My personal experience has been great and have (thank god) had no issues requiring service or repairs. I read a sh#t load of info on this, and others sites and watched countless videos and absorbed as much as I could before my purchase. I was well informed when I took my first flight but was not prepared for the exhilaration and steep learning curve that was required when I pushed the up stick for the very first time!

I hope you are all enjoying your P2V's and that you continue to do so for a very long time to come!

Regards.

El Rey · Feb 5, 2014

Hey man,

I think there's another Aussie thread somewhere on here.

I'm in Brisbane. Heading up north of Cairns tomorrow and taking the P2V with me
to shoot some video and photos of the Daintree.

Happy, safe flying on the Gold Coast. Look forward to some beach/cliff images from you.

goldcoastkiwi · Feb 5, 2014

El Rey said:
Hey man,

I think there's another Aussie thread somewhere on here.

I'm in Brisbane. Heading up north of Cairns tomorrow and taking the P2V with me
to shoot some video and photos of the Daintree.

Happy, safe flying on the Gold Coast. Look forward to some beach/cliff images from you.

Cheers Dude.

I went out for a fly today but the wind went crazy so I thought discretion was definitely the better part of valour! Although I was really quite impressed with the P2V's capabilities in the gusty conditions, very impressed actually! I only got about 15 minutes flying time, but it was still really great!

Regards.

Klaus · Feb 6, 2014

El Rey said:
Hey man,

I think there's another Aussie thread somewhere on here.

I'm in Brisbane. Heading up north of Cairns tomorrow and taking the P2V with me
to shoot some video and photos of the Daintree.

Happy, safe flying on the Gold Coast. Look forward to some beach/cliff images from you.

There are a Kiwi thread here

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=4961

Klaus · Feb 6, 2014

Hi and Welcome

I'm not a Kiwi but I live in NZ (I'm Danish)

Yes great to hear from other from Down under.

I just had look at your photos. Hopefully it was not taken in Raw?
I'm sorry to say, that the quality of the uploaded photos are really bad.
Have you tried to take photos in Raw with your Vision?
I haven't tried it out myself yet, Im still waiting for my Vision to come back from Hong Kong after a repair

goldcoastkiwi · Feb 6, 2014

Klaus said:
Hi and Welcome

I'm not a Kiwi but I live in NZ (I'm Danish)

Yes great to hear from other from Down under.

I just had look at your photos. Hopefully it was not taken in Raw?
I'm sorry to say, that the quality of the uploaded photos are really bad.
Have you tried to take photos in Raw with your Vision?
I haven't tried it out myself yet, Im still waiting for my Vision to come back from Hong Kong after a repair

G'day.

Yeah I know those pics were ****… I'm trying to figure out the upload system?? Maybe my brain is just not working properly!!

Tips on how to upload decent quality pics please????

Regards.

Driffill · Feb 6, 2014

Aussie phantom flyer from Melbourne here

Klaus · Feb 6, 2014

G'day.
Yeah I know those pics were ****… I'm trying to figure out the upload system?? Maybe my brain is just not working properly!!
Tips on how to upload decent quality pics please????

I'm pretty sure it have nothing to do with any upload systems, but just the quality of the photos in general.
Does they look better before upload?
For me it looks like the crappy JPEGS from the Vision. Are the photos taken as JPEG or Raw?

smaze · Jul 3, 2014

Is there a aussie phantom pilots facebook page ? Easy way to upload pics n vids and give advice

timbertitans · Jul 3, 2014

I live in Feilding, NZ

Got the P2V to help film paintball videos, really keen on buying a gimbal for it as there's not many calm days here!

Looking forward to filming the Battle of Hasting (http://battleofhastings.co.nz/?page_id=44) with the P2V, it's a paintball event at Splash Planet in Hastings (while it's closed over winter), there'll be 200 paintballers shooting from the pirate ship/castle/forts.

riblit · Jul 4, 2014

I'm from Sydney and fly a P2V.

There is a Sydney Phantom group on Facebook. DJI Phantom Fliers Sydney, and a multirotor mob Multirotor Owners Australia that have a bit of everything.