Recent content by ekai

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    2 Policemen come up to me......

    This is news to me. Where did you hear this? Flying over military installations is certainly restricted but photography at public rail stations is absolutely allowed.
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    How to fix a vibrating / shaking / crazy P2V+ camera gimbal

    Re: How to fix a vibrating / shaking / crazy P2V+ camera gim Thank you for posting this! The gimbal freakout dance happened to me after having to check my rig as luggage on a recent flight. The baggage handlers tossed it around pretty good and this is what was waiting for me when I powered it...
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    iPhone flight tracking - Experiment #3

    Quick question: Did you happen to upgrade to 3.16 before you ran your 'experiment'? I've seen some videos of people achieving much higher altitudes (accidentally, of course!) and am wondering if maybe the new firmware has a 'governor' function built-in to limit hight to 900 feet.
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    Tarot gimbal in stock at hobby-king

    How was your experience? Any hiccups in assembling and did it work right away? Just curious, as I'm about to pull the trigger on ordering one.
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    GadgetSalon gimbal ?

    I haven't decided yet, just trying to get a sense of how good some of these other gimbals are. Main thing for me is I'm trying to get one delivered to me in California by next week at the latest. The GadgetSalon ships from a US distributor whereas the Tarot and others seem to only be available...
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    GadgetSalon gimbal ?

    Hey all. I've been researching gimbals and am grateful for all those posts on people's experiences with the Zenmuse, Tarot and Arris. Just curious if anyone has tried the GadgetSalon gimbal? I can't seem to find any reviews for it. One thing that scares me is the exposed controller board on the...