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Now that Christmas is out of the way I bought myself a new toy :)

Hope to use it out on the boat this year.....should be fun :wink_thumbup:

http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/v...110_182128.jpg

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Ahhhh.... a "spy" plane. Not gonna be peeking in that cute neighbour's bedroom window are ya? :)

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You haven't seen my neighbour's Mikey :eek_animated:

Although my next door neighbour was ones a guitarist for Rod Stewart :yes_grin:

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That is really cool!

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Nah! What you can do with it is cool :yes_grin:

Interesting closing shot......lol

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Had my first flight today.
Ended in a crash!:rolling_laugh:
It'll be a while before I fly it over water but lets just say I won't be relying on the Auto land function! :rolleyes:

I did take some on board footage. i'l have to take a look at that later...

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Some on board footage

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Pretty cool Andy!
What is the flight time for that thing?

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I'm thinking you have too much spare money in your pockets for these kinds of things. You should be spending your money on havin' Larry & I over for a visit & buying us a few pints.... :rolling_laugh:

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Yeah , Yeah , Yeah! :rolling_laugh::rolling_laugh:

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Flight time on the standard battery was about 8 minutes.
I've also bought a couple of upgraded batteries and they last about 12 minutes each.

This was pushing it a bit, and I was letting them hover out until the thing did it's auto land.
So I would say for safety sake fly them for 6 and 10 minutes then bring them back and land them yourself :wink_thumbup:

I'm going to need some practice before I get adventurous with it, it's very easy to fly but I need to build my confidence in it first :rolling_laugh:

the GPS return to home feature needs to prove it's self to me before I trust it fully!:rolleyes:

As for the beer, your both more than welcome. unfortunately with the cost of fuel these days this is about the only flying I can afford at the moment...

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:wink_thumbup::rolling_laugh:

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Looks like a lot of fun. Those things sure are all the rage right now.

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:drunk::drunk::slide_beer: :table_laugh:

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Very cool! Drones are getting popular in agriculture for field scouting and just taking wicked pictures and video.

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WTF!......lol
Suffering a little cabin fever there mikey?:D

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Been out playing with the new toy today :yes_grin:

I won't bore you with hours of video :shakehead:
But here's a few stills taken from the footage I shot today...

http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/v...2h48m22s78.jpg

http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/v...13h23m31s2.jpg

http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/v...h27m43s148.jpg

http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/v...3h30m42s22.jpg


http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/v...h13m59s181.jpg

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Sure is nice to see some green!!
Awesome shots Andy.:wink_thumbup:

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Those are really cool Andy! I think that has to be one of the coolest toys to own!

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I'm still getting to grips with it.
leave me a nervous wreck after flying it.........:rolling_laugh:

It's been a real mild and wet winter so far Larry

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Scrub the mild, it's now just cold and wet!

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okay, i gotta ask. What music is playing? Artist & song...

btw... has anyone attempted to take that thing out with a missile yet? ;)

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How fun!! I read up on a few of them. Never could find a speed that they are capable of. They would be handy at the track, just don't know if it'd fly next to bikes at speed

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Ben Pearce-What I Might Do

I wouldn't know Mikey?
It's not like you can walk into a walmart and pick up a missile launcher with your bread and milk!
Well not in the UK any way :rolling_laugh:

Well this guy clocked his at 79kph? 49mph in old money ;)
Not bike speed, but not bad.......(definitely boat speed though)

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That's impressive!

Do you have the LEDs on yours too? I would have a blast flying that at night.
There would be a lot more UFO sightings in my neighborhood!!

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Took it out tonight.:wink_thumbup:
Strange as it sounds it's easier to fly at night (if you know where the trees are!)
The lights are a lot clearer at night so it's easier to tell at distance what way it's pointing....
I did have a couple of close calls with tree's that I didn't know about until after I got home and looked at the onboard video :eek_animated:

It did get the locals looking and pointing!.....lol

Also I was tracking one of the tractor/lawnmowers at one of my jobs yesterday, it get very difficult to aim the camera at distance

I'm thinking a set of Fatshark goggles are on the shopping list.

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Here's my favorite video from one so far:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtiD...ature=youtu.be

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Cool Vid Dredd!

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Yeah that is cool :wink_thumbup:
It's the same guy who did the "DJI PHANTOM CHASING SUMMER TIME" Vid.

Must be nice to have some sunshine and a decent subject matter too film. :rolleyes:
Hopefully all this practice will come good and i'l have some fun out on the boat this summer :yes_grin:

With a bit of luck i'l get to film this lot this year.

Get set for the Cowes Torquay Cowes powerboat race

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First round of upgrades
Better Props, Carbon fibre Prop guards, because these props are not as forgiving as the standard ones!
Voltage meter with built in low voltage alarm.

Oh and a Camera Gimbal

Still to come,
Longer landing gear (also Carbon fibre) and FatShark FPV Goggles
A bit concerned about weight!
I will be interested to see how much impact it has on battery life?
The Transmitter for the goggles is still to be added to the phantom and hopefully the extended landing gear, being carbon fibre wont be to bad.
It's already gone up from 623g to 1003g

http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/v...207_170419.jpg

http://i681.photobucket.com/albums/v...208_151452.jpg

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I know we're in "Off Topic Chit Chat",
But if this stuff is of no interest and you want me to stop then please just say..... I won't be insulted.
I know I can get carried away with my Hobbies :rolleyes:
And this is a boating Forum.

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i love it man how much was it id like to get one for wakeboarding

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Its interesting to me! I consider getting one myself. Its be nice for the off road races and for boating.

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Some "Good-ol-boyz" And galls in the Mud.....lol

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Best of both worlds!

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Absolutely not. That's why the forum is called "Off Topic Chit Chat"!

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Cheers chaps :wink_thumbup:
Hopefully there will be some boaty vids soon, But ATM I can't get out of the house for all this rain!!! :shakehead:

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Rain, snow, freezing cold, clouds... ALL much better than wind. I hate wind. Can't enjoy time outdoors here with the wind we get here.

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Well the rain stopped for about 10 minutes here so I thought I'd try out the new upgrades.
It was very windy! If I'm honest probably too windy to fly, But what better way to test the Camera gimbal.

The prop guards are going to have to go! They are right in shot and I just know they will bug me :(
Although they did show just how hard the gimbal was working :)
I'm quite impressed at how level and true it kept the camera.....
Also I'm not convinced that the new props are much of an upgrade???
But TBH I would only be able to say that if I flew it with the standard props in the same conditions.
Here's a short video, nothing special..... but it highlights how well the gimbal works :D

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Is there anyway to modify the prop guards so that they are up close to the props? Even the props are in the video at times.