San Antonio?

[skypup71]

Any phantom pilots in San Antonio?

 

[FRS]

Hello.. future phantom pilot from San Antonio here. I have mine on order and it should be shipped in the next two weeks. I've got it tricked out ;p Cant wait to fly it. Do you already have one? I'd love to see this baby live before it gets here.

 

[PhantomNoob]

New Braunfels Pilot here. Phantom 2, Zenmuse gimbal, FPV, pretty new to quadcopters but some RC experience.

 

[FRS]

Where did you buy your rig?

 

[PhantomNoob]

Pieced it together, Phantom 2 I bought at Hobby Town in South Austin, the Zenmuse from Amazon, and I drove up to Liberty Hill and bought the FPV parts from UAVdirect. The tech there was a lot of help, and provided me with all the heat shrink tubing, some solder, and detailed instructions on how to install it all myself.

 

[FRS]

I bought mine from dslrpros and can't wait for it to be shipped. I havent even heard of uavdirect ill have to check it out. How quickly did you get comfortable flying it ? I would love to see one in action in the next week if you you'd like to show it off.

 

[PhantomNoob]

I'm still timid with it, and will probably remain so. Always go through all the steps, do my best to keep the craft's orientation with the back to me. I fly boxes, and have been practicing various manuever's to allow me to get the best results from the video, as I wish to use it as a tool for my business. PM me and I'll share my contact info, you're more than welcome to come out and fly mine so you'll have a good idea of what to expect.

 

[skypup71]

Hello.. future phantom pilot from San Antonio here. I have mine on order and it should be shipped in the next two weeks. I've got it tricked out ;p Cant wait to fly it. Do you already have one? I'd love to see this baby live before it gets here.

I returned a PV2 before opening it. Once my account is credited I am thinking of getting the vision plus.

 

[PhantomNoob]

Hello.. future phantom pilot from San Antonio here. I have mine on order and it should be shipped in the next two weeks. I've got it tricked out ;p Cant wait to fly it. Do you already have one? I'd love to see this baby live before it gets here.

I returned a PV2 before opening it. Once my account is credited I am thinking of getting the vision plus.

I'm thinking of adding the vision + to my fleet, also contemplating building either a hex or octo, as I have heavier cameras that I believe would take awesome photos and video.

 

[FRS]

Why are you going that route?

 

[PhantomNoob]

More money than sense? LOL

 

[vjdave]

San Antonio here. I fly a Phantom 2 vision plus. Only had it for a couple of weeks so I have only flown it at the park until I get real comfortable. I have been flying in "phantom vision" mode only. This weekend I plan to change it to NAZA-M mode for the first time now that I feel that I am ready to use the S1 and S2 toggles responsibly.

 

[FRS]

vjdave,

I get mine shipped in on monday. I'll have a p2 sundance kit from DSLRpros. If you go out this weekend you think I can meet up with you and see a phantom fly live? I am super nervous to even unbox mine lol.. scared I'll be one of those noobs that crashes on the first flight. I am on the north side what about you?

 

[vjdave]

vjdave,

I get mine shipped in on monday. I'll have a p2 sundance kit from DSLRpros. If you go out this weekend you think I can meet up with you and see a phantom fly live? I am super nervous to even unbox mine lol.. scared I'll be one of those noobs that crashes on the first flight. I am on the north side what about you?

I have only had 3 flights so far on mine. One flight a weekend for the last 3 weekends. Today I flew in NAZA-M mode for the first time ever and it was very windy today so it was a learning curve for sure! If I helped you it would be the blind leading the blind! Just make sure take time to do all your calibrations for sure

 

[FRS]

Well my first two flights.. one straight into the ground and hit my props(which are safed) then my next flight AT NIGHT (WTF was I thinking) straight into my neighbors tree.. knocked the gimbal off so hope that will go back on pretty easy. It was only at like 5 feet when it dropped. How does the gimbal install work? It seems like the rubber stoppers do something but then do you need a rod of some sort to attach it ?

 

[vjdave]

Well my first two flights.. one straight into the ground and hit my props(which are safed) then my next flight AT NIGHT (WTF was I thinking) straight into my neighbors tree.. knocked the gimbal off so hope that will go back on pretty easy. It was only at like 5 feet when it dropped. How does the gimbal install work? It seems like the rubber stoppers do something but then do you need a rod of some sort to attach it ?

Don't know because I never had to install the gimbal since I haven't luckily had it come off.

 

[jaysan]

I'm in Austin Texas .

 

[FRS]

Jaysan how often do you go flying?

 

[jaysan]

Errr day mayne

I hoped to find some extra parts from you guys .

 

[vjdave]

Errr day mayne

I hoped to find some extra parts from you guys .

I just got mine so no extra parts here. I just bought 2 additional batteries for mine (Now I have 4 batteries) and an extra charger so I can charge two batteries at the same time. Signed up for the beta test of the WI-FI FPV booster for Android devices. I really hope I get picked to test it because I don't get much range on video and would love to fix that