Recent content by Edd Weninger

I have always believed in facts. Show me some. Your "reading between the lines" is what produces all this wild speculation and rumor that feeds on itself. Maybe DJI reads too much stuff on the internet, and that's why they over-reacted to the White House incident. No regulations made them...

Tremendous amount of misinformation here. DJI, in my opinion, has far exceeded what is required by the FAA for operation of UAS and other model aircraft. The official FAA position is here: http://www.faa.gov/uas/publications/model_aircraft_operators/ Note; No reference to No-Fly-Zones for...

Chris, Have a similar recollection flying my 125 Hp Swift out of Grand Canyon Airport with a new girl friend. Flew up in the morning, had lunch and wandered around. Flew out about 4:00 pm. Luckily, the ground drops away flying to the south west, so while we didn't climb, we kept getting higher.

I tested two sets of props to measure maximum vertical thrust achieved by my Phantom 2 Vision at my density altitude. I live at an Airpark (AZ82) located at an elevation of 6,650 feet above sea level. Air at this altitude is considerably less dense than at sea level, and when the air...

I plan to measure the vertical thrust I can achieve at my density altitude with both the carbon props and the Phantom 9450. I didn't have a fresh set of 9450s so have ordered some. Temp today is 74F so the density altitude is only 8,600 ft. When I do the testing, I'll observe the prop blade...

Thanks. I'll do some testing to measure what the vertical thrust is with both prop types. IIRC, going to the carbon props did seem to work better when I first got them. But it was some time ago. Was hoping to get some aerial footage at our upcoming EAA fly-in, but no sense putting shiney...

Has anyone solved the problem of flying at density altitudes of 8,000 - 9,000 feet? I live in central AZ at 6,650 feet above sea level. When it is warm, the density altitude can easily reach 9,000 feet. While the electric motors do not lose efficiency, the props do. So total vertical thrust...