Recent content by dark_star

Hi Shawn. First and foremost I wish you success and the best of luck. But that said, I laugh every time I read about projected job growth in the 'drone' industry. There is money to be made but the business went from zero to sixty in a flash and, with that, it's already saturated with people who...

cheap and easy solutin would be to find/bought another 7C and use for partz

Have a filming job coming up in Chile. I'm based in DC for now, so travel will be Atlanta and then to Santiago. Any issues with getting batteries out of the country (like Mexico or Qatar)? Any issues getting RF gear or the copters into Chile? any insight appreciated! cheers!

the good old days were gone a while ago. but now, without question, the good old days are 100% gone. i am thankful to at least have been part of the good old days. :D

real nice- this is impressive! great work guys!

some context. I hate DJI too but the I1P and P3 are incredible for the price. for the low budget stuff it's hard to beat. maybe impossible. but for high end, production will continue and likely always want alexa or red. as nice as it is, no one is going to cut I1P footage into their spots. whole...

and more problems. http://forum.freeflysystems.com/index.php?threads/alta-death-spiral-and-crash.7322/

very nice. very well done. the sound of the machine is impressive!

no doubt, the idiots are destroying the industry. for us old timers its especially sad because when we had the business to ourselves (pre phantom and other garbage) it was so much more exclusive, safe and satisfying. I like when videos of reckless or dangerous crap is posted to shame the...

yes... http://www.faa.gov/uas/regulations_policies/media/FAA_UAS-PO_LEA_Guidance.pdf

completely right. they very late to the party. but worse, look at the footage. it could be from any china gimbal- and look at the pan wobble on the sky shots. if this is intended to impress people then the bar is very low. go pro has lots of capital and have done a lot of good things, but...

yes, true. its makes more money for them. and catering to the people that can't or don't know better.

first turbine electric hybrid multi rotor i've ever seen. must have an interesting feel in flight? at full power on the turbine the FC would try to counteract that thrust, right? but good potential for nice FFF!

dead right

thanks Ferdinand