Recent content by slothead

I flew it a couple (or maybe 3) years ago and put it up in "storage" and today when I got it out to fly qgtqin, charg4d everything, I had nothing but trouble - mostly because the app could find the remote controller (to link and to upload firmware). It refuses to connect to the aircraft and from...

The last time I did it I forgot all about the sensors. I don't think they reacted to my hand.

I never got off of the ground near the cemetery. I was able of course to take ground-based photos for sharing the scene. The flight was primarily to let my relatives on the west coast, in Texas, and in western PA that have never been able to get to the Carolinas see Mom and Dad's cemetery and...

Thanks Traveler. I tried a lot of stuff, but I didn't go quite that far.

Yeah, I suspect I had a case of the dumbshits at that moment (I was pressured to fly and pressure always stresses me out).

I was going to fly over my parents' cemetery in part of the memorial services we had for my Dad. The day before and about 15 miles away in Calabash, NC, I charged up the batteries and did a test flight. The system first told me it needed an aircraft update and that happened almost immediately...

Ahh, good. Mine came today (a day earlier than scheduled).

I forgot to ask, does a iPad Pro 9.7 fit in there somewhere? Mine is supposed to be arriving on Saturday (tomorrow).

Pilot error isn't the only cause for flyaways! Although I expect that pilot error from know-it-all pilots may be a significant contributor.

Thanks Guys! I just ordered the SmaTree SmaPac (or whatever it's called)!

My two are one each of the 5350 and 5850. I think I'll buy another 5850 battery. Thanks for the motivation. :)

Problems with the P4P (or any software-driven high-tech gadget) will be proportional to how advanced its technology, and inversely proportional to how long the item has been in the field (how much use it has seen). The longer something is out there, the more time users will have had to debug...

Has anyone tried using the subject goggles with the remote controller IN ADDITION TO the iPad or Android (say for an independent viewer/observer)? It does not have a transmitter as far as I can tell so shouldn't interfere with any comms (although that alone is no perfect assurance), and it has...

I've been using the FAA B4UFly app and am wondering if anyone has found a way to insert lat-long coordinates in advance of flying to see the airport zones in the area where you want to fly. I use Google Earth to identify lat-long, but it doesn't have the airport stay-out zones (as far I know).

1. Can a person purchase the high-visibility monitor without buying the entire P4P+ controller? 2. And is the aircraft itself any different, or is the "+" just controller differences?