Phantom Terminator Linear Antenna?

BeauS · May 3, 2016

dirtybum said:
**** bro, you got the extreme terminator ordered? With the 5.8! I'm wicked jelly

yeah i did haha!!! That's why I'm considering selling my boosters to make up the cost! Who knows, maybe I'll use them to do a one way flight as well! I can't believe you got that thing to Colfax, isn't that a 25-30 minute drive from you??

dirtybum · May 4, 2016

Yeah its 19.5 miles as the drone flies[emoji41]

phxbird57 · May 4, 2016

I would of thought closer to Newton

dirtybum · May 4, 2016

phxbird57 said:
I would of thought closer to Newton

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Grey area in front of A/C is newton
Dark spot above A/C is colfax
Big grey area between A/C & homepoint is altoona
Home point is where 35 meets 80 by ankeny ( east mixmaster)
For those couple of you familiar with Iowa

BeauS · May 4, 2016

dirtybum said:
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Grey area in front of A/C is newton
Dark spot above A/C is colfax
Big grey area between A/C & homepoint is altoona
Home point is where 35 meets 80 by ankeny ( east mixmaster)
For those couple of you familiar with Iowa

Hey db next time at my moms (Newton) fly that thing over to my house! Just kidding lol, that absolutely insane. Is that the skunk river then?

phxbird57 · May 4, 2016

BeauS said:
Hey db next time at my moms (Newton) fly that thing over to my house! Just kidding lol, that absolutely insane. Is that the skunk river then?

When is the next race. your can be there with good year.

BeauS · May 4, 2016

phxbird57 said:
When is the next race. your can be there with good year.

Iowa Speedway?June 18th!

phxbird57 · May 4, 2016

BeauS said:
Iowa Speedway?June 18th!

I've drove by there but never gone to a race. It's been a few years since I was back there.

dirtybum · May 4, 2016

BeauS said:
Hey db next time at my moms (Newton) fly that thing over to my house! Just kidding lol, that absolutely insane. Is that the skunk river then?

Almost made it to the skunk river[emoji41]

BeauS · May 5, 2016

dirtybum said:
Almost made it to the skunk river[emoji41]

Hey dB you mount the Terminator upside down then?

dirtybum · May 5, 2016

Yeah so my 15 turned can clear over the top of it

Mark The Droner · May 5, 2016

I just got an idea - I'm gonna take my 25 foot telescoping tailgate flag pole, make a solid mount for it on my property and mount an antenna or two on the top of that bad boy.

Yeah I'm tryin' to think outside the box too...

dirtybum · May 5, 2016

It'll work, don't cheap out on the cables though

BeauS · May 6, 2016

dirtybum said:
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PIII standard using terminator for the Wi-Fi unboosted, I'm at 16,000 feet full bars

I'm gunna stick with the extreme unboosted for a while, definitely a plus not having to worry about amps!

I saw Keith McCormik's video, where he landed it at 0%!

What happens when you hold the throttle up while it's trying to land at 0% and you run the battery dry?

Will it fall from the sky or simply land?

Ed209 · May 6, 2016

BeauS said:
I'm gunna stick with the extreme unboosted for a while, definitely a plus not having to worry about them!

I saw Keith McCormik's video, where he landed it at 0%!

What happens when you hold the throttle up while it's trying to land at 0% and you run the battery dry?

Will it fall from the sky or simply land?

You gotta finesse the throttle to keep it from landing. If you leave it neutral it will descend and land. It's a delicate balance. I've had to fight the landing from 1.5mi out and landed at 1%.

BeauS · May 6, 2016

Ed209 said:
You gotta finesse the throttle to keep it from landing. If you leave it neutral it will descend and land. It's a delicate balance. I've had to fight the landing from 1.5mi out and landed at 1%.

okay I guess what I'm trying to say is, what if it's already at 0% and you've been keeping it from landing?

You're trying to make it home, and you run the battery dry.

If this happens, will the Phantom free fall from the sky, or land immediately? I don't picture a happy ending here.

Ed209 · May 6, 2016

BeauS said:
okay I guess what I'm trying to say is, what if it's already at 0% and you've been keeping it from landing?

You're trying to make it home, and you run the battery dry.

If this happens, will the Phantom free fall from the sky, or land immediately?

Yup...See a practical example here:

BeauS · May 6, 2016

Ed209 said:
Yup...See a practical example here:

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Oh wow, skim the grass then? Generally, would the gimble get damaged then, or would the Phantom be okay?

Ed209 · May 6, 2016

BeauS said:
Oh wow, skim the grass then? Generally, would the gimble get damaged then, or would the Phantom be okay?

If you have that much of clearing I would do that when you're down that low. It can shut down at any time. Falling 3-5ft into tall grass isn't really much. And sure as hell not as bad as dropping 100+ft. If I remember correctly, there was no damage to Keith's P3. He's a great pilot.

dirtybum · May 6, 2016

Well Beau, like Ed sEd,
When you got a mile to go at 10% (its very doable) its a fine balancing act of keeping the ascend up
Just enough, all while keeping the bird from yawing cause yer playing with "that stick"and making sure the transition from fpv to eyes on the bird all while trying to keep it in a straight line at just the right descending speed to make sure its catchable when it does reach you at 0%.
Be clear that kind of flying is not for everyone, and its a skill that usually has it hardknocks!
Oh you wanted know what happens when you ride 0% for 2000' & it quits, this is rare footage cause usually. When it quits so does the recording but this my p2 gopro bird that I pushed too far![emoji41]
Dropbox - 10video-5270.mov