Recent content by Petah

Hi there, yes I sure do.

Wow, lots of interest, thanks. I've been asked for some pictures - see the image below. The 2 Inspire1 V2's are pictured without props, but I do have props for them.

Sorry, should have thought of this. These aircraft are all in Howe, TX (North of Mckinney, Dallas/Ft. Worth area). Payment will be in US$. I can do paypal if you like. Shipping will be whatever shipping costs, will depend on where you want it shipped to.

I had 3 DJI Inspire 1 aircraft/cameras for sale, 2 are now sold. Here's the one that's left: Aircraft 3: DJI Inspire 1 V2 (Black) * Zenmuse X5 Camera includes lens ($1600 value) * Remote Controller * 2 TB48 batteries * 1 TB 47 battery * 1 multi-battery charger (charges 4x TB4x batteries) *...

Hi Jim, Interesting idea, turning into the wind / ATTI mode. I'll try it, thanks. To add my $.02 to the discussion, I have a Mavic 2 Pro, Inspire 1 v1 (spare, camera's broke), Inspire 1 v2 (Zen Z3) and Inspire 1 V2 pro (Zen X5). I've flown the heck out of the I1V2's and the M2P, and here's...

Initial damage assessment is one broken prop, however it's grounded until I can understand why this happened. I've reviewed the logs in airdata and there was no control input that would have caused this, but a bunch of compass errors and flipping from GPS to ATTI and back. I was able to...

Probably excellent advice, DrBob. On this incident I lost about 1.5" of each end of one prop, probably when it hit my leg. CF blades would be much tougher and would do more damage, I'd think. Oddly enough, the ad at the top of this page just now is forT-Motor folding props, which appear to be...

Thanks Forby, I have reported the incident via FAADroneZone.

Golf laser range finder, and Pythagoras.

Hi Board, They say the hard lessons are the ones you remember. I'd not flown this bird in a while (Inspire1 Pro, Zenmuse X5) and decided to take it up to get some video of a school property for a project I'm working on. I parked my Tahoe in a parking space, and set the bird down in the next...

I love this forum, every time I come here I get an education. Something Donny said resonates strongly with me, and that's the advice to overdeliver. I live in rural N. TX and so far I've not run into any losses due to illegal operators. I'm sure the day is coming. In the meantime, I have...

On the FAA - you already know about the alititude part. If you've done the airspace research and are clear that there's no other consideration (such as TFR's, restricted / prohibited airspace, etc) you should be fine there. Regarding the choice of aircraft - I have 3 I1's and a Mavic 2 Pro...

Many thanks, Donnie, for the detailed information. Dude, that’s way beyond the call of duty, so I’m grateful. I’m on vacation just now (only one drone along for company) but I plan on doing some testing when I get home to see if I can use the multiple camera setups I have to experiment some...

Actually, I mean digitally smoother, at least I think I do. I'd read that CMOS cameras struggle when moving laterally to keep up with the changing image, due to the top-to-bottom way the sensor scans the image. Mechanically all 3 gimbals move smoothly in all axes; the resulting video though...

I picked up another Inspire 1 V2, this one with a Zenmuse X3. I went out and flew it (of course), and just left the camera on recording video. I wanted to compare / contrast this with my other 2 drones. The result surprised me. In still images, the Hasselblad wins, least distortion, sharpest...