Recent content by N9344H

So I just passed my Part 107 exam, and it wasn't too difficult (88%), but thought I would pass on my experience to others who might be taking it. First, of the 60 questions on my test, I would guess at least half or more were focused on reading the sectional. I was struggling with that only...

Probably not. I have not flown a fixed wing in several years, and all of my people got bored with it. This may just be the catalyst to get that done, though.

Thanks for the feedback. I just took the 107 practice exam ( two or three different ones, in fact) and found them quite easy, generally scoring around 90+. I will be scheduling the real exam in the next few minutes, for sometime later this week. I know it isn't necessary, per se, but may help...

This thought just occurred to me because of this thread. I am a "hobbyist" watercolor painter. I will occasionally do commissions of people's homes here on the lake. Some of these homes are difficult to get a good angle on from the water, so I use my P4 to do it. I have also painted and sold...

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I have a parts bird that was crashed into trees, then bounced of the rocks, in a backward flight. One apparently good battery, good controller, hard backpack case, triple battery charger, one set of brand new props, and tension mount for an ipad air, random bushings and pins, and prop wrench...

The inertia of the bird in rapid deceleration, would, in my uneducated opinion, reverse the Bernoulli effect and create a vacuum on the top side of the wing (propeller) thereby pulling the propeller off. These are minor forces due to the shape of the wing (propeller), admittedly, but enough that...

@normr I have no clue, but I am glad it is not happening to me.:) @ibuk I did another test run. It followed me about ⅔ of a mile away, (3x further than before) then just stopped flying. It was no where near the 200M range limit for Follow-Me. It was maybe 10M away when it put on the brakes...

So I tried my second follow me test this morning only to find the aircraft was very slow, got behind quickly and couldn't recover. Regardless, it came up with some decent footage. I will try again later.

Not unless Follow-Me has it own setting. I can fly a mile and a half and not hit a limit in P-ATTI.

So I have been testing follow me, and I have some questions. First, why can I only get the bird to follow around 20MPH as opposed to the advertised 35MPH? It follows along for a while around 25MPH then slowly gets too far behind to keep up. (Calm clear day with ZERO wind.) Second, when it...

You are welcome.

This was just something I shot and edited quickly. 6am and 31 degrees F.

@eaglegoaltender It is great in the summer, but doesn't suck the rest of the year. Plenty of stripped bass here, or so they say. I fish rarely, but enjoy it. Large mouth, small mouth, brim, crappie. I see them catching them in my front yard, but I don't have the magic potion yet. But to be...

I shot all of this footage today, with my P3S, on a sunless mid-February day. However, I made the best use of my time, I hope.