I have seen a number of posts where people have become disorientated and their phantom has drifted away from them until its impossible to tell which way its facing. I developed 2 techniques for myself to recover from this situation and I have practiced them many many times in the simulator. It should work if all else fails.
For the first 3 minutes of the video I show you how you can use the camera hanging underneath your phantom as a useful visual clue for orientation. From 3 minutes onwards I demonstrate both techniques for recovery if you lose orientation in the sky.
Its clearer if you can watch in HD as I send the phantom out quite far to demonstrate.
This video is aimed at new flyers, I am not trying to teach anyone to suck eggs.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdoV_Xhk-7s[/youtube]
For the first 3 minutes of the video I show you how you can use the camera hanging underneath your phantom as a useful visual clue for orientation. From 3 minutes onwards I demonstrate both techniques for recovery if you lose orientation in the sky.
Its clearer if you can watch in HD as I send the phantom out quite far to demonstrate.
This video is aimed at new flyers, I am not trying to teach anyone to suck eggs.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdoV_Xhk-7s[/youtube]