Recent content by Wilkie

This thread reminds me of a show that my parents used to make me watch back in the late 60’s or 70’s. It was called Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom. These guys would routinely take a Bell 47 helicopter and buzz the crap out of a bunch of animals, whether it was deer or elk or whatever. All you...

Looks good Leo! Glad to help. Wilkie

Thanks Leo. I bought a 5-pack of flags on Amazon. Figured I’d use the extras for other things. My wife and son already ‘borrowed ‘ a couple of them. All I did was drill 2 small holes on the gimbal cover and used a zip tie to secure the flag. The picture explains it pretty well I think. And...

Thanks for the welcome Playthru. I bet it’s a little challenging finding useable airspace down in St. Ann-so close to Lambert. I live about 1 mile outside of Spirits airspace so I have a little room to maneuver. These drones are amazing. I’m trying to play around with all the settings and...

Hey guys, I just posted this same pic up in the new guy intro section but I thought I'd start another thread here. I recently acquired an MP Platinum and on my 3rd flight I managed to forget to remove the gimbal lock/cover before powering up the drone. My gimbal lock is a one-piece unit made...

Hello everyone, New guy here from St. Charles, MO, which is a suburb of St. Louis. I actually grew up in central Pennsylvania but moved to Missouri back in '95 to continue my aviation career. I'm a 50 something commercial pilot that grew up flying r/c airplanes and helicopters. I decided to...