Recent content by Erik vonBartheld

I don't get the point of this video. They have to air drop a rifle capable of taking down an Inspire???? The guy sets up the rifle and then after killing the Inspire, decides to finish his clip on some set up targets??? LOL. I'm pretty sure there's a large list of weapons that could knock down...

Here is the original article. http://www.insideedition.com/headlines/10234-watch-this-homeowner-shoot-down-a-drone-flying-over-his-property And before you feel sorry for the poor homeowner - read my response on their comments section...

And again another story right hot from the press. They get you to read the story from the headline "VIDEO: Drone delivering asparagus to restaurant crashes, bursts into flames..." And in your mind you think, gosh I wonder..... was anyone killed??? Dammit, another black eye for the UAV industry...

This happened to me a few times on my Vision+. One way that might work if you're in critical battery is to fly the quad horizontally. The first time this happened, I was demo-ing for a few guys who were on the pier I was on fishing. I took it over the water to let them see and realized the...

I ordered 3 TB47's - They shipped FedEx the next day. Of course they were coming from Hong Kong so I'd say about a 10 day turn around. My dealer has 0 - ZERO Inspire 1 accessories. They ordered a big shipment, but nothing came in yet. In other news I heard TB48 batteries have to literally ride...

Totally makes sense. The wide angle, plus piling glass on top of each other with no hood, you'll definitely get flaring where you probably don't want. Plus the extra weight could throw off the gimbal calibration. I got some video on mine with the first and only flight before the whole prop...

A wee bit soft? They are long exposure. That's the point when you shoot with an ND and hold the shutter with a regular camera. All movement blends into one entire exposure. In this case we have no tripod, the camera is flying in the air - getting tossled by the wind.... motor vibration. To get...

I knew some 3D printing nerds would jump on this. Is it me or does that seem scarily unbalanced? I'm just as anxious too, but I honestly could not trust my Inspire 1 to those locks. They do look like they would fly off at high RPM and in that case your blades are at risk chopping into that hard...

Aye Dios mio. I got my Inspire a few weeks ago, but was dealing with a cough and not feeling well so the maiden voyage was only recently. I flew it around the park a few days ago and now I'm reading about propeller locks AFTER I'm done flying my $3000 aircraft? What the efff is next? I'm...

This happened to me once with them but with a Phantom P2V+. Just suddenly - the day they were supposed to become available, my order cancelled. Something that never happened to me before - ordering so many things through Amazon. Personally, I would not blame Amazon because in all my experiences...