Hudson Valley New York

WoodstockNick · Jun 24, 2018

johnsctt78 said:
state farm offers full coverage insurance, i pay 60 for the yr, 0 deductable and will replace if lost or crashed, i have a mavik pro and 2 phantom 3's on it, and my apple ipad mini 4 and all support equiptment, feel free to contact me if you wan

Good to know. Who’s the agent?
I heard some don’t want to do a drone policy.
I’m willing to drive to the office and show the drone to the agent if he feels more comfortable that way. $60 is a deal. DJI makes you send the old drone back for their coverage. Not possible if you crash it into the Hudson.

johnsctt78 · Jun 24, 2018

WoodstockNick said:
Good to know. Who’s the agent?
I heard some don’t want to do a drone policy.
I’m willing to drive to the office and show the drone to the agent if he feels more comfortable that way. $60 is a deal. DJI makes you send the old drone back for their coverage. Not possible if you crash it into the Hudson.

hi there
you can call or stop in,here is the info,mention john as a referral :").besides my drones i have my nd filters,tab holder,all batteries,ipad mini 4 etc, everything on it, its called the personal articles policy

gjmphoto · Jul 6, 2018

I checked with Airmap and B4UFly at the bottom of the trail and it seemed that Anthony's Nose was notification needed, but in a fly-zone. Has anyone flown from the top of the trail? Beautiful view of the bridge below and the Hudson stretching out in both directions.

FT212 · Jul 17, 2018

Just got the Mav Air a week ago. Went to Donohue memorial park in Cornwall was great. I'm from Town of Newburgh.

28mm · Aug 29, 2018

FT212 said:
Just got the Mav Air a week ago. Went to Donohue memorial park in Cornwall was great. I'm from Town of Newburgh.

Great Thread!

My gf lives in Peekskill and I'm looking for places around there and really anywhere to fly.

This looks like a great place to fly. There seems to be a heliport in the area. I'll try to call them and see how that goes!

juanblack · Aug 29, 2018

moltenmetal1 said:
located in hopewell junction, ny.. i build custom quadcopters, multi-rotors and am always looking for cool places to fly.

Hey, are you still building quadcopters? Do you do repairs?

gjmphoto · Oct 1, 2018

Just flew Bannerman's Castle on Pollepel Island. Interesting place with an interesting history. Anybody fly there?
Here are a couple of the shots I'm working on:

johnsctt78 · Oct 8, 2018

from Tillson lake yesterday in Gardiner ny and the Esopus Meadows Lighthouse,im flying my mavic pros,nephew had his p4 there in last pic
quick youtube vid from lighthouse and tillson lake

FT212 · Oct 9, 2018

gjmphoto said:
Just flew Bannerman's Castle on Pollepel Island. Interesting place with an interesting history. Anybody fly there?
Here are a couple of the shots I'm working on:
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That's sweet. Where did u take off from. Me and my friend were going to go there today.

johnsctt78 · Oct 9, 2018

find Bannerman's Castle on Google maps, look just south of the island on the shore and you'll find a train "station"- (it's really just a set of stairs and a small platform) called, "Breakneck Ridge". To get to the southbound platform, you need to go over a pedestrian bridge. To get to that bridge, you need to walk up an unpaved trail from Route 9D. Don't actually cross the bridge, keep going up the trail and you'll quickly come to an observation deck overlooking the island! There's even a sign that gives you a history of the island. I was shocked when I came to this - and it was empty empty empty. Completely private place to launch and fly from

direction credit goes to gjmphoto

gjmphoto · Oct 9, 2018

FT212 said:
That's sweet. Where did u take off from. Me and my friend were going to go there today.

johnsctt78's got the spot right in my words! This is the view from the deck and the location on Google Map 3D
- Gary

johnsctt78 · Oct 9, 2018

gjmphoto said:
johnsctt78's got the spot right in my words! This is the view from the deck and the location on Google Map 3D
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im gonna try to get there in the late afternoon one day this week gjmphoto

FT212 · Oct 10, 2018

gjmphoto said:
johnsctt78's got the spot right in my words! This is the view from the deck and the location on Google Map 3D
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Sorry I was just amazed by the shots!°

FT212 · Oct 10, 2018

FT212 said:
Sorry I was just amazed by the shots!°

I'm going there today and tomorrow with my air and p4pv2

gjmphoto · Oct 10, 2018

FT212 said:
I'm going there today and tomorrow with my air and p4pv2

I'd love to see yours!

Word of warning:
I started to drop down closer to the island to get closer shots of the buildings. I was on the far side of the castle, lowering down to the dock on the back side when I got attacked by a bird. My gimbal jumped and then I saw something that looked like a finger come across my view (at 100', I knew it wasn't a finger!). So I went straight up as quickly as possible and the RTH'd. The MPP was fine, but I did find a feather stuck in the gimbal assembly.

I tell you this in case the reason I got attacked was a nest over by the dock. If you're going to fly low there, beware just in case that's what was going on.

- Gary

gjmphoto · Oct 10, 2018

Since you guys are locals...where else have you found interesting things to fly around?

For me, it's been a lot of TappanZee bridge, Sleepy Hollow Lighthouse, and Tarrytown Reservoir. Here are some of the shots of those places:

johnsctt78 · Oct 11, 2018

gjmphoto said:
Just flew Bannerman's Castle on Pollepel Island. Interesting place with an interesting history. Anybody fly there?
Here are a couple of the shots I'm working on:
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they are some good pics gjmphoto, im gonna try for tommorrow to do a run, im thinking stay about 150 feet up to avoid any birds you mentioned

gjmphoto · Oct 11, 2018

johnsctt78 said:
they are some good pics gjmphoto, im gonna try for tommorrow to do a run, im thinking stay about 150 feet up to avoid any birds you mentioned

I can't promise you that the problem was really a nest...I'm just surmising that it could have been. If that's the case, then just stay away from the back dock. There are plenty of great places to drop down and shoot close. Do it on the south side of the island and you will have VLOS from the platform. I plan to go back and do that - I just lost my nerve immediately after the attack, knew I had good shots and video already, and just figured I wouldn't push my luck at that moment. Don't hold yourself back.

johnsctt78 · Oct 11, 2018

some areas that are good Esopus meadows lighthouse off river road heading towards port ewen,44-55 at base of minniwaski,ollie park in walden,the moodna viaduct south of new windsor,highland waterfront park for some real closeup vids of passing cargo ships,high falls waterfall just outside of rosendale,there are others toox
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highland waterfront: ollie park walden: moodna viaduct vid is not retouched yet :

johnsctt78 · Oct 11, 2018

gjmphoto said:
I can't promise you that the problem was really a nest...I'm just surmising that it could have been. If that's the case, then just stay away from the back dock. There are plenty of great places to drop down and shoot close. Do it on the south side of the island and you will have VLOS from the platform. I plan to go back and do that - I just lost my nerve immediately after the attack, knew I had good shots and video already, and just figured I wouldn't push my luck at that moment. Don't hold yourself back.

when i was filming the wallkill river last fall i had a flock of canadian geese fly right thru me,but they did not hit me,ill find the footage and post it,one thing i do use is anti collision strobes,red,green,white on the aircraft same as full scale,maybe that kept them off the mavic pro,but they were within 2 feet of my mav