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- Apr 2, 2014
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First of all, I am humbled. You guys are good, very good. I've watched so many videos and you all made it look easy. It's not. Part of the problem was I couldn't see a thing on my Samsung Galaxy S4 due to glare. Gotta do something about that. Has anyone applied a non-glare screen protector? I found a nice one on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Tech-Armor-Anti-G ... B00BT7RCEK but some folks complain that high def pics and videos don't look good. Not too worried about that if everything is still clearly viewable. So, anyway, I couldn't see the screen to adjust the camera so it's pointing too low throughout this short video, well, at least the flying part.
I take off, head down the field maybe 30 feet off the ground, decide to do a left-roll, if that's what you call it, misjudged the distance required and promptly landed in a tree! A young man walking his dog saw my plight, went home and got a ladder and climbed the tree, handing me my now three-rotor aircraft. Well, 3 1/2 rotor, anyway. This was very kind of him and I'm extremely grateful. His name is Todd and while he was up there another man named Todd came over to help. I'm sure next time they see me in the field they will head the other direction.
So, the whole time I'm waiting for the first Todd to come back with the ladder, my + is spinning it's rotors, apparently against some branches. I couldn't figure out how to shut it down while up a tree. I finally flipped both switches to their lowest position and lowered the left stick and that did it. I was worried it might have burned out the motor(s). But, once back in my hands, new rotor in place, all was right with the world.
I learned a lot in this one lesson. I then flew much better for three more short flights before returning home, my pride in my back pocket... When Colin or someone tells you, as a new pilot, easy on the sticks, believe it.
I edited this in Windows Live Movie Maker and there are some compression artifacts but here's the embarassing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GNWLdK ... e=youtu.be
I take off, head down the field maybe 30 feet off the ground, decide to do a left-roll, if that's what you call it, misjudged the distance required and promptly landed in a tree! A young man walking his dog saw my plight, went home and got a ladder and climbed the tree, handing me my now three-rotor aircraft. Well, 3 1/2 rotor, anyway. This was very kind of him and I'm extremely grateful. His name is Todd and while he was up there another man named Todd came over to help. I'm sure next time they see me in the field they will head the other direction.
So, the whole time I'm waiting for the first Todd to come back with the ladder, my + is spinning it's rotors, apparently against some branches. I couldn't figure out how to shut it down while up a tree. I finally flipped both switches to their lowest position and lowered the left stick and that did it. I was worried it might have burned out the motor(s). But, once back in my hands, new rotor in place, all was right with the world.
I learned a lot in this one lesson. I then flew much better for three more short flights before returning home, my pride in my back pocket... When Colin or someone tells you, as a new pilot, easy on the sticks, believe it.
I edited this in Windows Live Movie Maker and there are some compression artifacts but here's the embarassing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GNWLdK ... e=youtu.be