Recent content by Jigsaw43Bravo

Isn't a bird strike, as related to impacting engine function, more a threat to turbine engines (ingestion) than to recips? I cannot see a bird of any type passing through a 4 bladed prop turning at high RPM even being noticed other than possibly some spatter on the windscreen. Short of...

Beautiful shot. We miss fall in Ohio! Our daughter went to U of Findlay.

Worried most of all that camera gimbal was damaged but everything came through ok. Just had to pick out some grass.

Was trying to get a low altitude intro to a steep climb to highlight a panorama of the National Memorial Cemetery at Punchbowl Crater. I've got a few things to learn about sport mode. (This flight was done with the full knowledge of the facility administrators and was coordinated on a day...

80% of the state's population is on Oahu, as are most of the military installations in Hawaii. The island of Oahu is roughly 20 miles x 40 miles, and is home to over 40,000 active duty military personnel of all branches. There are LOTS of helicopter flight ops on Oahu as well, both military and...

Directly below the summit of Diamond Head Crater is Diamond Head Lighthouse. Built in 1899, it is traditionally also the location of the residence of the District Commander of the U.S. Coast Guard. Nice gig if you can get it!

I've been flying my Air 2 all over Oahu for 18 months now. The only restrictions I've encountered were areas clearly marked with signage as "no fly" zones (such as Ford Island), and geofenced areas due to their proximity to airport control zones or military installations. As far as state parks...

Orbiting Mokoliʻi ("Chinaman's Hat"), an island off the east shore of Oahu. It is just offshore of Kualoa Ranch, filming location of numerous film and TV productions Mister Roberts (1955) In Harm’s Way (1965) Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966) The Karate Kid II (1986) Jurassic Park (1993) George...

The one definition of "drone" that sticks in my mind that was not mentioned (though I may have missed it), is the mind-numb, ticket-punching, working-for-a-paycheck, cog-in-the-machine automaton that populates so many large corporation (oh, and especially government service) positions. The human...

Partial orbit of the summit of Koko Crater on the east side of the island of Oahu. Some local landmarks are identified as well.

I was further out (~400'?) than the footage implies - I cropped the video in post using editing sw to give the impression of being much closer.

Still have the "old school" credentials...

Now that I think about it the small green tab is the same color as all of the adhesive sensor covers I remember peeling off. Definitely easy to miss! Thanks for all the feedback!

I seem to remember a posting that said if you enable the camera gimbal to be able to elevate upwards (above horizontal - a feature that is defaulted to "off"), you run the risk of catching reflections of the built in strobes off of the front motor arms and the props themselves. But you would...