Recent content by jingthing

Wait till the crack threads start! God help us when FW updates get going.

If flown at 45deg it would be kinda hard not to have them in the frame with the camera forward, i guess only possible in sport mode, Gives those long distance flyers something to battle against those head winds :-)

I have an ipad air 2 i use for the phantom, infact it stays in the case with the phantom and only comes out for flying or charging, I,m an android guy, dont know nuffin about apple, only thing i had to search was how to stop apps running in the background, seems to work ok and the screen is...

Same here... just a tight fit not allowing for the sticks to be adjusted out, even worse with one of those rubber condoms from ali express on the remote.

internets really acting up here at the moment, government seems to be trying to emulate north korea, will try a vpn over hk

i cant even get the page to open safari could not open the page because the server stopped responding i never had anything apple before, any other way to do it?

safari could not open the page because the server stopped responding :( ipad air2 ios9

Myself and many others fly hang gliders on days with no thermal activity doing ridge runs often at very low altitude with no instruments apart from a gimbal compass at most, using only dynamic lift, jumping ridge to ridge we can pull speeds over 70kmh and still have a good enough glide angle to...

But you are only talking about light aircraft, others fly lower and often faster.

Most the places i fly have long grass, i can always find a small bare patch to take off from but the chances of some long strands hitting the props on landing are too risky, hand catching is just easy, i just bring it down to just above head height and give the leg a couple of nudges to make...

As i have posted previously, commercial aircraft, light aircraft, helicopters are not the only others sharing this airspace, Microlights, hanggliders, paragliders, sailplanes also use it, As a glider pilot i use airspace from tree tops to way above cloud base, We have the required licenses...

I bought the alloy gimbal protector ..ribbon saver part from aliexpress, arrived after just a few days and fitted perfect, was surprised how it looks like an original part of the phantom, Also ordered the petal shaped camera hood and carbon fiber gimbal gaurd from another seller, camera hood...

I remember at one time in europe a reflective ball was used to keep birds away, the idea being their own reflection was enough, not suggesting a ball of any kind but just covering part of the shell.

I worry about losing the possibility to use this amazing camera platform as intended, being very new to this hobby i came on this forum for the information and knowledge needed which it gave in abundance, i cringed somewhat on seeing images of phantoms punched up through cloud base along with...

Which area of greece do you live? I lived in the mani 14 years, snake eagles were a wonderful spectator sport for me especially before sundown, watching them glide low level across my land following every contour then over the wall down the dirt track to catch a snake soaking the last of the...