Homemade landing gear extensions

[Mr $panky]

have ya heard of water striders ? good for land or water and and crazy surface? good job finding whats around the house to save those props and camera =)

 

[Old Bama Dude]

Too late Spanky, Augustine beat you to the punch mentioning these earlier in the post. But yeah, they are neat and you could use empty soda or water bottles to make your own. I have river near by where I would like to try some water landings, but what I really need is some tree striders.

 

[Mr $panky]

I see that ...I always wondered if autel would make and senor that you could plug into the mini usb port on the xstar, like an after market motion detector with like a 3ft radius for the drone. it would be useful =)

 

[PRMath]

I see that ...I always wondered if autel would make and senor that you could plug into the mini usb port on the xstar, like an after market motion detector with like a 3ft radius for the drone. it would be useful =)

About 4 wooden dowels
4 plastic quart soda bottles
Hot glue gun...... or Duct tape
And a spirit of Research and Development

 

[Old Bama Dude]

I see that ...I always wondered if autel would make and senor that you could plug into the mini usb port on the xstar, like an after market motion detector with like a 3ft radius for the drone. it would be useful =)

According to the video on Autel's website, the next drone will have obstacle avoidance.

 

[Old Bama Dude]

OK, trying something else. Found four old knobs, cut the shaft part in half so part of it would be on the outside, hot glued them on, and put some little feet bumper things on the bottom. Raises the camera a little higher off the ground. If I had me a 3D printer, I could really go wild.

 

[WildDoktor]

Nice P-51.

 

[Old Bama Dude]

Nice P-51.

You got good eyes. Got that at Hobby Lobby a good while back. Always thought that was a neat aircraft.

 

[WildDoktor]

Yeah; my favorite warbird (from that era), so it kinda jumped right out at me.

 

[Old Bama Dude]

Yeah; my favorite warbird (from that era), so it kinda jumped right out at me.

now you don't have to strain your eyes.

 

[Jagerbomb52]

A couple when my son was 7 or 8. Just let him go for it. He still has them in his room. Had to blow the dust off them to take the picture LOL

 

[Bigbit]

Your conversation brought back memories of my first “RC” aircraft. Do you remember these? Vtg 1960s COX Thimble Drome PT-19 Flight Trainer 049 Gas Engine Airplane w Box | eBay

 

[Old Bama Dude]

A couple when my son was 7 or 8. Just let him go for it. He still has them in his room. Had to blow the dust off them to take the picture LOL

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Nice

 

[Old Bama Dude]

A couple of free cardstock models I found online. I don't know If I have the patience to do these anymore. I've got several cardstock things printed out, just can't get in the right frame of mind to tackle them.

 

[Jagerbomb52]

Spent some time last summer checking out a couple of vintage planes.

 

[Old Bama Dude]

Your conversation brought back memories of my first “RC” aircraft. Do you remember these? Vtg 1960s COX Thimble Drome PT-19 Flight Trainer 049 Gas Engine Airplane w Box | eBay

Cool, never did one of those.

 

[Old Bama Dude]

Spent some time last summer checking out a couple of vintage planes.

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Did you get to take a ride?

 

[Jagerbomb52]

You could book a ride but it was very expensive. Almost 600 bucks. I passed on that

 

[Bigbit]

I used to live 15 miles from Oshkosh, WI and never attended the EAA fly-in. It was always a zoo because of the traffic - I regret not going now.

 

[Jagerbomb52]

Ya I'm not sure or cannot remember where these guys were from but they were around for 3 days and we stopped in the very last day around closing time. We were suppose to pay 10 or 12 bucks to get in but we just walked right in and no seemed to mind so we just took some picture and left.