I am planning on using my Phantom 3 Standard to lift an arbor throw weight through a tree in my backyard to pull an amateur radio antenna wire up to height. The weight is 16 oz. Is this weight realistic for the drone to lift? Thanks, kc2pk
Hi and welcome!I am planning on using my Phantom 3 Standard to lift an arbor throw weight through a tree in my backyard to pull an amateur radio antenna wire up to height. The weight is 16 oz. Is this weight realistic for the drone to lift? Thanks, kc2pk
Thanks OM, I need to really thread the needle. I will fly to about 45 feet, then through a fork in the tree and release the weight tied to a yellow Dacron cord which will hopefully then fall unobstructed to the ground. I will then use the cord to pull the 3/8 Dacron with the pully up to the fork, secure at the tree base and hoist the inverted V to the fork etc. etc.KC2PK de WA5TEF. I have used the following procedure to hoist paracord over my house, trees and tower arms. I tape a 12 inch or so wooden dowel to one wide of the landing gear with about six inches sticking out in front. I loop the paracord over this dowel with a small weight such as a socket, and a 3 foot length of colored tape. The separate loop should be loose to allow it to slip off at the right moment. Then I fly the drone up about twice as high as needed, slowly forward it over the tree and once in position rotate the drone 180 degrees. If the cord does not drop simply fly drone backwards until it does. I have used this method probably 20 times with no problems. Just test the drop resistance before flight to be sure it will slide off easily when reedy.
73 and good luck.