Recent content by Simon The Impaler

Your insurance company would be able to help with any INSURANCE requirements, but to ENSURE no helicopter is brought down by a drone, follow the rules/guidelines and be observant. Of course, accidents do happen, but in this case it's mostly down to us to be sensible and vigilant to keep them to...

Fair enough, I only bought the iPad as am a semi-Apple fanboy, already running a MacBook Pro- was a Billy Shite fan for years before a mate suggested a MacBook Pro, and I have never looked back. I looked at the iPad mini too, but the previous version was very old, slow, and still stupid money...

My display of choice (can't really justify the high price of CrystalSky) is 9.7" iPad Pro, picked up a mint condition used one for GBP 300 ($370 US). Not as bright as some later devices, but works well and doubles up for other uses of course. It just fits in the display mount of the Inspire...

Hi m00se, Did you manage to get another controller? If not, I have a second one that I never use. The cooling fan inside buzzes sometimes, but otherwise it's in perfect working order. I am based in UK, so postage to Spain won't be a king's ransom!! I think all the Inspire 1 controllers are the...

Thanks, will check all that next time I fly 'her'. Yes, a very small amount of vertical play, and a tiny bit of lateral play too when you rock the motors. All exactly the same, so either even wear or normal. Will monitor to see if it changes. S

Thanks Donnie Frank and Mr Editor, that's good to know! If I can pick up an X5 for a song, may well give it a shot :cool: I have noticed there is a little play in all my motor bearings, so that's something else I need to look at- couldn't find any replacement bearing kits, even though I've seen...

Yeah, looked at that, but the V2 motors are uprated to take the extra mass of the X5 camera, so would probably cause premature failure in the V1 motors. ?

I've had the I1 v1 for just over a year now (bought used) and in hindsight, wish I'd been able to pick up the v2 for its camera upgrade possibilities if nothing else. Sure, the I2 might be "all things to all men & women", but it's still very expensive, even used. I think they'll be spares...

Nice turbines :-) Yep, Cambs- much like Essex, not much in the way of scenery, but we do get some really big skies!!

Thanks dude, simple but fascinating devices for sure! Even better when they're just around the corner :cool:

The i1 controller will only charge devices up to a certain power. I use a 9.7" iPad Pro, and it doesn't charge. Have tried an LG G6 test phone (5.5" display) that I use for work out of interest, and that one does charge from the controller. Maybe try and fix one of those Li-Po battery packs to...

From memory, as I sold my unit some months ago: Press the deep cycle red button briefly BEFORE dropping the battery in. The unit won't deep cycle a battery that has more than about a 30% charge in it, but instead will continue with regular charging. Might be lower (or higher) than 30%, but if...

Check the contacts on the gimbal mounting plate. I had the same problem with mine when I first bought it, and some of the contacts were slightly bent out of shape. Installed a new gimbal mount and it's been perfect ever since.

Thanks Aerial, now I have a proper title for that short film- Lysergic Acid Diethylamide! ;-)

A calm evening, so headed out to capture these, less than 5 minutes from where I live... Again, shot on the Inspire 1 with X3 camera. D-log, edited with FCPX