Recent content by samtex

Sure would like to see some footage of spotting sharks.

Check out Zilker Park for a group that flies on the 2nd Sat of each month. A lot of useful discussion also among the flyers.!

Have you met the group of flyers at Zilker on 2nd Saturday of each month?

Suggest that you add an item to your preflight checklist as to check the date/time the app is set. May I ask that when you unloaded from sd card to your computer does the metadata showa time stamp that reflects the 2 hour difference?

A pre-flight checklist is useful. Having a box with everything also helps as well as a notebook recording of battery charging.

At what elevation? Great image!

I prepared an HTML File on an external drive recording outings as flight numbers to keep track of my outings as to the time and place of each outing with any flight plan (or purpose of the outing.) Sometimes I may record maneuvers attempted and what I need to focus on to learn from the...

When I started my first flight a couple of years back I had an excellent tutor who covered the flight and safety basics. His advice was to always fly with a plan. So call it a flight plan or purpose if you like. With a plan, you are having a learning experience and for me each outing is a...

I noticed two charging modes on the Yx IBC. 100% charging batteries to full and 60% storage charging mode for long-term storage. This should extend the life of batteries. Right?

Is there any restriction in photos or videos of images using the gimbal hood? I have also been considering Night Time Strobe and a smart battery charger. The manual for the Mini 2, it mentions that the batteries should take approximately four hours to fully charge. 70 minutes looks like a winner.

I missed something in this tread, but can you engage the motors or is the battery exhausted? I have viewed many videos on fishing with a drone. Why cannot such a concept be used to retrieve your drone with a hook of sorts if the rescue drone is larger than the one being retrieved? (Just a...

A lot of eye-catching views. Thanks for sharing. BTW what are you using for the video editor? The style of the intro captions is well done. I wonder how I could manage that in Davinci Resolve.

You have an eye for excellent composition! Great images.

Not a cloud was visible in the sky. I am sometimes fascinated by the combination of cloud shapes and reflections from sunsets.

How about "QUAD" "Drone" contains a connotation of a flight on a mission to spy or blow up something. Respond with ACDC or Quad and whoever questions you may be somewhat perplexed unless you say Quadcopter or Aerial Controlled Deployable Camera. Why is it when your camera is elevated high...