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Sunset over the Pocono Mountains (Albrightsville, PA)

Sunset over Albrightsville

September 13, 2015January 21, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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Sunset photos from 100 Feet over Albrightsville Still getting the hang of the Phantom 3 - as well as third party applications. Tonight it finally stopped threatening to rain, and the wind died down here in Albrightsville Pennsylvania, so I took out the drone and fired up a new app I grabbed: AutoPilot (iOS: App Store) and got a few flights in…

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Nose art and dyed props for Phantom 3 Professional

Phantom 3: Skinned Alive

September 12, 2015January 21, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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Phantom 3 Custom Skin and Dyed Props Well, the weather outside is crap, so no flying the drone today; besides, I'm feeling like the weather - crap. So what am I to do? Oh! My order of a WWII Nose Art Skin for the Phantom 3 Professional arrived this week - and I spent a bit of time this afternoon…

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Drone Meme: Once upon a time - only the government was spying on you

Phantom 3: New Firmware & Functionality

September 7, 2015 by John P. Hoke

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DJI Firmware Update and New Functions - Phantom 3 DJI released a firmware update (1.4.0010) for the Phantom 3 Professional (as well as others) this morning, and updates to their iOS (v2.2.0) and Android (v2.1.0) DJI GO applications. I spent time updating the firmware on the bird, updating my iOS device, calibrating (and re-calibrating) the IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit - in english -…

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Sunset over the Pocono Mountains at 400' - Phantom 3 Photography

More Phantom Photos – then a crash

August 31, 2015January 21, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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The tree jumped out in front of me ... honest officer Flying the Phantom UAV around after work, playing with the controls, got a bit more comfortable so I took it up between 350 and 400 feet and out into the forest somewhere around 500 feet. Got a couple good images, which I cleaned up in On1 Perfect Photo Suite. First…

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Phantom 3: Francis E. Walter Dam

August 30, 2015January 21, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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Francis E. Walter Dam This morning, I got up and headed out to shoot some video and get some more flight time on the Phantom. Most of the parks nearby had activities going on, so I headed out to a quiet spot I ride my motorcycle to now and then for some 'down time' - Francis E. Walter Dam. The…

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I took a selfie of me on my back deck with the drone

Phantom 3 Drone Selfie – “Drelfie”?

August 29, 2015January 21, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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I'm lookin' at you lookin' at me lookin' at you... Still learning how to fly the Phantom and control it with fine grained actions. I took the bird up to the FAA limit of 400' above ground, and then came down in a nice tight spiral till I stopped right in front of me and snapped a quick selfie: I…

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Phantom 3: Video up to 400′

August 28, 2015January 21, 2020 by John P. Hoke

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Phantom 3 - What went up ... ... didn't crash :) As posted earlier, I picked up my Phantom 3 the other day, and lo' and behold, I have a vacation day today - funny how that happens :) Today, I went to try and fly at Beltzville State Park, as I found a page at the DCNR website that said there…

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