Recent content by Earendil

Thunder, Glad it worked out for you! I totally understand how scary that can be. I had the same situation, exactly. Only difference was my mass turn out to be stage 1a Hodgkins Lymphoma. Good news is that a year and a half later (after chemo and radiation) I am still cancer free. It's...

Pure water is a very poor conductor, however it is difficult to find water so pure that it would cause a potential short. I'd use caution submerging the contacts on a battery.[emoji33]

Shadowmite, I'm nearby in Henderson. I find the South Platte from 120th to the Adam's county fairgrounds is in one of those rare zones in the metro area that is outside of the 5 mile radius of airports and helipads with plenty of open space to fly. Nice to have places close!

Is it possible the aircraft is actually flying straight but the gimbal is off? I saw this with my MPP and a gimbal calibration fixed it. From the video, it looked like everything was fine until the turn was made. When this happens does the aircraft visually look like its flying straight, from...

I'm a fairly new pilot as well but studying for 107, so this is a good one for me to take a shot at. You are below Class B airspace at your location. The Class B floor is 1900 ft above mean sea level. Since your elevation is around 600 ft MSL, you are 1300 ft below the class B airspace...

Just got a MPP at Micro Center (in store only) for $899.

Im about to be a new DJI pilot in the Northeast Denver Metro area. I pulled the trigger on a MPP deal at Micro Center for $899 after months of trying to decide which quad to go with. I've been flying a small cheap quad for a while to get practice flying before getting a nice one. I spent a...