Recent content by MrBib2000

My hand catching has become much more enjoyable since I started reaching for the landing gear from below instead of from above. :-0

Thanks for the responses. I have no intention of getting within a few hundred feet of one. Common sense will prevail.

These often fly below 400. How far away is legal?

We have the occasional hot air balloon fly over. What are the legal limits on approaching such a craft for filming? SE USA.

My transition from 250 class to a P3A had one painful lesson. My 250s would stop almost instantly when I released the sticks and assumed the Phantom would also. On my second flight I tried stopping quickly and it over traveled by 20' and hit a tree. Hard. Bent the arm. Moral: the Phantom is...

I bent an arm on my second flight (P3A). I was used to much lighter quads (4 oz) and didn't realize the momentum a 3 lb flying fast had. I tried to stop and it crashed into a tree. Bent one arm enough that the prop hit the body. I just stared at $1000 down the tube. Said, what the hell, took it...