Spektrum VA1100 Ultra Micro FPV Camera and VTX - RCGroups.com Review

Police testing the Taser Axon Body Camera

Syma X5/X5C QuadCopter: The Giz Wiz 1493

FAA restrictions issued for major sporting events and Disney properties

Permanent TFRs issued for major sporting events and Disney properties

What's new on New Phantom 2 ? - HeliPal.com

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Drone Eye View: Eruption at Bardarbunga Volcano

Close up footage of the Bardabunga volcano from a quadcopter with a DJI Phantom 2 and GoPro.

The GoPro did not survive.

Interview with DJI's Eric Cheng.

http://youtu.be/p0_9le2NnFo?t=17s

Sony HDR-AS100V vs GoPro Hero3+ BLACK HD

FAA exemption for commercial use of UAVs

Here are some of the requirements outlined in the exemption for Astraeus Aerial:

https://www.faa.gov/uas/legislative_pro ... -11062.pdf

a. The PIC must possess a Private Pilot’s Certificate and a valid third-class 
medical certificate;
b. The PIC must have accumulated and logged a minimum of 200 flight cycles 
and 25 hours of total time as a UAS rotorcraft pilot and at least 10 hours 
logged as a UAS pilot with a similar UAS type (single blade or multirotor).
c. The PIC must have accumulated and logged a minimum of five hours as UAS 
pilot with the make and model of UAS to be utilized for operations under the 
exemption and three take-offs and landings in the preceding 90 days. 
d. The PIC must have successfully completed the qualification process as 
specified in the MPTOM and FOPM, to include a knowledge and skill test.

There are an additional 6 pages (23-29) of conditions and limitations. Some of the major ones are about the size and speed the aircraft has to follow, using an observer at all times, being in VLOS at all times, 30 minute max flight time or 25% battery life, must have an Air Traffic Organization COA prior to operations, no night time operations, cannot be operated from a moving vehicle, and a whole bunch of paperwork. 

It's likely anybody with a phantom won't have the ability to follow even a couple of these let alone all of them.

Here's some more information on the exemption process:

https://www.faa.gov/uas/legislative_pro ... _petition/

Original thread
http://www.phantompilots.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=26543#p245828

Model airplane show draws enthusiasts to Indiana

WDRB 41 Louisville News
This weekend in Rosewood, Indiana, enthusiasts are coming together to compete in take-offs, tricks and landings and to show off what has taken months, if not years, to build in the U.S. Scale Masters Championship. "They will be judged for markings, color and outline, then they do five flights," Contest Director Mike Caldwell said. Training to fly them actually takes a shorter time than the building process. WDRB attached a GoPro camera to one of Arvin's planes, to show what it looks when it's in the air. Not long after take off, Arvin lost contact with the plane. The GoPro captured the nose dive. It cuts out just before the plane hits the ground. In mere seconds, years and cash have been reduced to trash.

Louisville's Waterfront and Wharf

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DJI Phantom2 H3-3D v Vision Plus +.

Angry ram takes down a drone owner

Ironman Louisville Triathlon 2014

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Ironman Louisville Triathlon 2014

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DJI PC Ground Station Software and Demonstration

Panorama & Panoramic photography videos

DJI Phantom Drone shot down by Turkish Police in 2013

Louisville Water Company Reservoir, Crescent Hill

Thurman Hutchinson Park

Westport Middle School, Campus

Blade 200QX Tear Down and PFG Build

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Hays Kennedy Park, Prospect KY

Flying a Drone Could Land You a Fine?

Dji PHANTOM 2 COLOSSEUM IN ROME

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Beckley Creek Park, Louisville Kentucky

Civilian Drones: The View from Above

DJI Phantom with Zenmuse H3-2D Gimbal, FPV System, GPS Cellular Tracker

DJI Phantom with Zenmuse H3-2D Gimbal, FPV System, GPS Cellular Tracker

Phantom 2 Bird Strike and the cost of ownership

Or how to destroy $800 worth of gear in less than a second. Fyi, you can expect goofball things like this to happen in any hobby.

Believe it or not my Phantom suffered a Bird/Bat Strike last night. I was practicing some tracking runs and learning how to use CL/HL after dark over a soccer field at 90 feet. As I was finishing up I put her into RTH and heard the swoosh of wings over my head. A second later I hear a thud and my P2 flat spins into the parking lot in an explosion of props, battery and landing gear. On inspection 4 props broke, the landing gear buckled, the battery case cracked and my gimbal bent but the P2 is perfectly fine. A thorough inspection on the workbench showed no cracks, lose wires or damage to the motors. Popped in the a spare battery, attached the extended legs I was going to install anyway, recalibrated and the P2 flew fine this morning.
Regarding my Gimbal. I had purchased a damaged H3 2D to swap out the Go Pro connector in place of the 3D ribbon cable. 
Would the Gimbal arms be interchangeable??? 
Should I send it to someone?????
Should I toss both in the recycling bin???

Sorry but there is no footage the Go Pro was destroyed in the crash as well.

Hounz Park, Louisville KY

11 year old flies the DJI Phantom 2

Phantom 2 Vision and Vision + Groundstation with Waypoints

DJI PC Groundstation Tutorial and live test on the field

DJI Phantom: Range Estimation

DJI Phantom: Range Estimation

iPhone + Quadcopter = Ugly Landing

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In Flight Phantom Video Capture and Record

Mount a Data Logger (Flytrex / iGotU etc.) in your aircraft. It captures all flight data in its own memory (altitud, speed, azimuth, etc.). Then you use Dashware software which syncronizes captured data with video from camera and then it generates a new video with data OSD on it.

More info:
http://www.dashware.net/how-it-works/ 
I use iGotU. Works great a very light:
http://www.amazon.com/i-gotU-GT-120-...=i-gotu+gt-120

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylh5M2cdkSk
sure..the patch antenna I got from amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Antenna-Aerial...+panel+antenna

the amplifier from ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Brand-Sunhan...item19eae7fb09

a couple of ufl to sma cables for the connection inside the transmitter to the amp, a battery to power the amp and you are good to go.

mount a Data Logger (Flytrex / iGotU etc.) in your aircraft. It captures all flight data in its own memory (altitud, speed, azimuth, etc.). Then you use Dashware software which syncronizes captured data with video from camera and then it generates a new video with data OSD on it.

More info:
http://www.dashware.net/how-it-works/ 
I use iGotU. Works great a very light:
http://www.amazon.com/i-gotU-GT-120-...=i-gotu+gt-120

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylh5M2cdkSk

Dji Phantom 2 vs Blade 350QX RTH Return Home Accuracy

Louisville Bridges

Over Louisville from Sam Soffes on Vimeo.

Flight around the new bridge construction in Louisville, Kentucky.

Music: Awake by Electric Winter
Setup: http://soff.es/drone

Unboxing & Setup of DJI Phantom 2 Vision Plus

WIFI Repeater Upgrades, Skin Upgrades, DJI Phantom 2 Vision -

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Install the iOSD mini to Phantom 2 (clean look)

Post Crash DJI PHANTOM 2 VISION +

DJI iOSD mini on DJI Phantom 2