Got the quad copter out over the weekend and got super ballsy. Decided to fly out over the water on the Tittabawassee River. You can see that I was taking short flights out over...
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Syma x5sw Flight – Hand Launch and Retrieve
First off… a warning. I’m about to rant… there, I warned you! I’m really sick of the wind! Any day over 40*F lately has had 8+ mph wind. Or worse… the other day it...
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Quad Copter Flights 03-22-2017
Today’s flights, lots of wind, a couple lost signals and got some cool shots from up as high as I’ve been! Flying around the back yard pushing the limits of the transmitters range. Also...
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Syma x5sw Outdoor Flying – YouTube
Playing outside with the quad copter. Getting better at flying (I still hate the wind!) I’d really like to try getting smoother with it and less jerky. I think some of the issue is...
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Syma x5sw Long Flight – Bonus swing set crash – YouTube
A couple of nice flights in the back yard, gets progressively windier the longer the flight goes. Bonus! At the end of the flight I just barely clip the top of the swing set...
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Syma x5sw Playing in the Wind #2 – YouTube
Flying in the wind and doing 180’s with the wind to the back make for some fun, FAST direction changes… and crashes. Flying into the wind is agonizingly slow! ...
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Syma x5sw Playing in the Wind – YouTube
Flying in the wind and doing 180’s with the wind to the back makes for some fun, FAST direction changes! You can certainly tell when I’m flying “into” the wind and when the wind...
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Third day in a row flying outside, and I shouldn’t have.
Third day in a row flying, strongest wind yet! I really shouldn’t have flown today as the wind was very strong, too strong and at times I could make little to no forward progress...
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