Quad-copters

[macmagoo]

Oct 14, 2015 23:29:39 GMT phatfil said:

anyone with one of these wanna come round and film my roof so i can check for missing slates???

I doubt mines will make it from Edinburgh to Oxford without a battery change.

[macmagoo]

Oct 14, 2015 17:18:13 GMT Greigster said:

Oct 14, 2015 17:15:40 GMT Greigster said:

Here is mine that I got about 9 months ago.

It takes a bit of controlling until you get used to it and it cant really be used outside unless it is completely wind free.

In fact I loved it so much, I went out and got this one. (the baby is sitting on the propeller)

What is the camera quality like on the Phantom?

[Greigster]

Here is a little clip of a flight I did earlier this year.......The quality of the camera is great, its just the thing on the end of the remote that is the problem

[macmagoo]

Oct 15, 2015 20:54:11 GMT Greigster said:

Here is a little clip of a flight I did earlier this year.......The quality of the camera is great, its just the thing on the end of the remote that is the problem

Nice bit of video. Quality looks excellent but you get what you pay for and that is obviously reflected in the quality of this. I assume you are watching the video footage as you shoot on a phone or iPad type device.

[Greigster]

Oct 15, 2015 21:41:27 GMT macmagoo said:

Oct 15, 2015 20:54:11 GMT Greigster said:

Here is a little clip of a flight I did earlier this year.......The quality of the camera is great, its just the thing on the end of the remote that is the problem

Nice bit of video. Quality looks excellent but you get what you pay for and that is obviously reflected in the quality of this. I assume you are watching the video footage as you shoot on a phone or iPad type device.

Yes you can watch on tablet but you can never take you eyes off the Drone for more than a few seconds as you have a job to spot it again.
It has full GPS/sat navigational it always knows where it is and in an emergency you can click swith/failsafe switch and it will come back to its take off point.... Which happens quite often.
It also has low battery failsafe and again it will lift upto 40metres and return to takeoff point.
Batteries last about 25 minutes and I have 4.
I am still learning how to fly but it is fantastic fun.
You can set it to "way points" just by clicking on google Map which enables it to fully autonomousl for example circling adjoined a church or some other structure, it will take off, stop door a few seconds and carry on to the next way point until it has done them all (up to 16 i think then return to its take off point.

[Greigster]

Oct 15, 2015 23:13:42 GMT Greigster said:

Oct 15, 2015 21:41:27 GMT macmagoo said:

Nice bit of video. Quality looks excellent but you get what you pay for and that is obviously reflected in the quality of this. I assume you are watching the video footage as you shoot on a phone or iPad type device.

Yes you cars watch in FPV in but you can never take you eyes of for to many seconds as you have a job to spot it again.
It has full GPS/sat navigational it always knows where it is and in an emergency you can click return/failsafe switch and it will come back to its take off point.... Which happens quite often.
It also has low battery failsafe and again it will lift upto 40metres and return to takeoff point.
Batteries last about 25 minutes and I have 4.
I am still learning how to fly but it is fantastic fun.
You can set it to "way points" just by clicking on google Map switch enables it to fully autonomously for example circling adjoined a church or some other structure, it will take off, stop for a few seconds and carry on to the next way point until it has done them all (up to 16 I think) then return to its take off point.

[macmagoo]

Yes I can understand that. The DJI stuff that I have seen on Youtube is impressive. If I get hooked on it I may have to invest in something a bit better. My Aviax arrived today. Not long home from work but it is setup and I had a little spin in the living room. I got it off the floor but I think I need to be doing something with the trim buttons. I will take it out into the back garden tomorrow and have a little play with it.

[sydsut]

Oct 16, 2015 21:10:15 GMT macmagoo said:

Yes I can understand that. The DJI stuff that I have seen on Youtube is impressive. If I get hooked on it I may have to invest in something a bit better. My Aviax arrived today. Not long home from work but it is setup and I had a little spin in the living room. I got it off the floor but I think I need to be doing something with the trim buttons. I will take it out into the back garden tomorrow and have a little play with it.

Hence your Avatar.

[Q]

Oct 16, 2015 21:10:15 GMT macmagoo said:

Yes I can understand that. The DJI stuff that I have seen on Youtube is impressive. If I get hooked on it I may have to invest in something a bit better. My Aviax arrived today. Not long home from work but it is setup and I had a little spin in the living room. I got it off the floor but I think I need to be doing something with the trim buttons. I will take it out into the back garden tomorrow and have a little play with it.

Now I'm jealous, my drone is still 'order processing' any chance you can give it a little shove isabel22

[decoy]

i dont want one
i dont need one
i dont have any use for one
dont mean i wouldn't like one

[isabel22]

Oct 16, 2015 22:34:46 GMT Q said:

Oct 16, 2015 21:10:15 GMT macmagoo said:

Yes I can understand that. The DJI stuff that I have seen on Youtube is impressive. If I get hooked on it I may have to invest in something a bit better. My Aviax arrived today. Not long home from work but it is setup and I had a little spin in the living room. I got it off the floor but I think I need to be doing something with the trim buttons. I will take it out into the back garden tomorrow and have a little play with it.

Now I'm jealous, my drone is still 'order processing' any chance you can give it a little shove isabel22

 give order code  pls .......

[Q]

Oct 17, 2015 7:12:34 GMT isabel22 said:

Oct 16, 2015 22:34:46 GMT Q said:

Now I'm jealous, my drone is still 'order processing' any chance you can give it a little shove isabel22

 give order code  pls .......

Here you go isabel22 WW1510141254165542
See if you can work your magic

[arron]

Oct 17, 2015 11:15:09 GMT Q said:

Oct 17, 2015 7:12:34 GMT isabel22 said:

 give order code  pls .......

Here you go isabel22 WW1510141254165542
See if you can work your magic

mine was sent today   the race is on 

this is the one i ordered link

[Q]

Same one arron at least I know they have them in stock then

We'll have to have a Cornish combined vape/drone meet when they arrive

[arron]

more like a cornish vape/crash meet Q