Recent content by 23tony

I fly mainly on my property & road. I set to 40m to avoid the power lines and trees with a little extra to spare.

Around NC lately, just wait a couple days for the next thunderstorm to wash it down...

Sorry, unfortunately I only get a chance to get on the forum every couple days. Replied. We'll work it out :)

That's not a bad idea, just whatever you do, DO NOT call 911!!! Go to the station in person and tell the story. You might get someone willing to help out.

If you still need help, this is what I do for a living - PM me.

I tried starting out with some cheap TOYS, under $150, with the reasoning that I would "move up" after learning the basics. Not a one of them was easily controllable. Even a simple hover was nearly impossible, no matter how much I adjusted them. The were NOT fun. My Mini has given me no such...

Cool stuff, thank you for sharing!

I think if you were to check in, the Doctor would be OUT. And she's not holding a football either...

Thanks for the input - I didn't even think of it being the card. It's an older one, so very well might be too slow to keep up.

When I try to record video, it just stops recording after 10-15 seconds. At first I thought it was a hard limit but the length was different every time. Any ideas what I might be doing wrong? I'm trying to get a video flying the length of my private road. So far I can only get a tiny bit of it.

I've been reading this thread trying to think of ANY hobby that doesn't end up getting really expensive. I can't think of any. SCUBA, shooting sports, motorcycles or cars, music, video/filmmaking, gardening, any of those you could easily drop $thousands into. Even scrapbooking can get expensive.

Just curious - what constitutes "long range"?

Way OT from this thread: I take it from your question they're different places. Newcastle upon Tyne is where the ale is from, right? Where's the other?

I got some really good looks at one when I was at March AFB (California). One time before an air show it was flying a large circle around the nearby city - The direction of the sound was more than 90 degrees from where it actually was - and it was going slow. Speed was listed as "Mach 3+". I...

I usually use RTH to get it quickly back to the general area and the override it to land, but when I've let it run the full RTH, it's been typically within about 3 feet (one meter) of the takeoff point. I figure that's pretty good. Never checked the altitude though, I'll try to remember that...