Recent content by viper102

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    A dissapointing moment

    GPS operation in urban environments can be problematic due to the concrete canyon effect of all the tall buildings blocking the receiver's view of the satellites. Interference from cell towers to GPS receivers is very uncommon because the GPS receiver frequency is far enough away from any...
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    Police: Ohio Man's Drone Hindered Medical Chopper

    http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/police-ohio-mans-drone-hindered-medical-chopper-23330825 It won't take many of these to make flying an RC aircraft illegal.
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    Put Phantom vision Props on Phantom V.1.

    Yes you can use the 9" vision props on a phantom 1 series as long as the phantom has two black and two silver prop lock nuts. I have them on my version 1.2 and achived a 25% increase in flight time. I didn't mess with the gain settings and have found with flying about 10 packs it is not...
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    Concept car with Drone that launches from car’s roof

    http://www.electronicproducts.com/Electromechanical_Components/Motors_and_Controllers/Concept_car_comes_with_drone_that_launches_from_car_s_roof.aspx Something Amazon and UPS could use...
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    Low Batt Flying

    I have had a couple of instances of a hard landing until I read about this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex_ring_state Descending straight down puts the aircraft into it's own propwash. In this unstable air it tries to stabilize but with a depleted battery the power is just not available to...
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    extend antenna phantom transmitter and fatshark receiver

    You could extend the cable but it would be very expensive and that makes it impractical. Assuming you are talking about something like a 50' run of cable that might cost about $1/foot. Times microwave makes a popular cable series called LMR-xxx. LMR-400 which is about a 1/2 inch in diameter is...
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    No More Chicken

    everybody has their own comfort zone and one is no better or worse than the next, just different. I also like to take small steps on my own terms, at my speed and i will not lose my investment.
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    Garmin GTU 10 or Any Other GPS Locator Added

    I just ordered one here. $163 Its a refurb but its not like its going to be worn out. Says theres more in stock http://www.drivengps.com/Garmin-GTU-10- ... 124717.htm