Flying Quads in 2016

I've been flying my quads quit a bit now.  I have been taking them to the office and flying on my break time, so I have dubbed these breaktime flight times.  No I haven't hash tagged it.  Not sure if I will.  But anyways, while flying I have been recording most of the flights.  And today I finally uploaded a completed video.

I am going to try to get more videos going, but I have a back log so may take some time.  I have tried to keep any references of where I work out of the videos as I don't want to misrepresent the company.  These flights are solely for me on my breaks, and I make sure that others are not around.  Which means that the shots do not have much of a variety.

Now we did get a replacement entertainment system for downstairs, which has finally gotten me to tidy-up that area.  Once done, I should be able to get some flight time and shooting done there too.

I also got some new quad stuff.  Yes I keep saying quad as I still don't like the term drone, but I do use it as that is what most people know.  For the Estes, I found another brand/model body that sort of works.  It was a bit to get on, but it is on and looks awesome.

The body is an Ares Ethos PQ red canopy.  They have a blue version that I am going to try and find.  I love having options for my r/c's, and for quads it is hard to find non-stock options.

I also picked up a few new quads.  The Blade Glimpse is a Wi-Fi FPV quad which uses your phone to view live feed from the camera.  I haven't had much chance to fly this one, but I will get there.

I also got the Blade Inductrix.  It's a non camera quad, but there has been a big boom in what is called the Tiny Whoop.  One of the members of a FPV group, Big Whoop, decided to do something for indoors and mounted a tiny FPV camera to one of these.  This mode has really taken off.  There are now faster motors and larger capacity batteries for the Inductrix.  And another good part is these are compatible with the Blade NanoQX.  The Tiny Whoop has been such a huge hit that a local hobby shop is actually selling their own version called the Whoop Dee Do.  This is good as I can't/don't (pick one!) solder.  Sorry about that, I am a fan of Archer.  And what really confirms that this Tiny Whoop has hit big is that Blade is releasing their own *official* version: Blade Inductrix FPV.  So yes this is now at the top of my next kit list.  Cannot wait!  I am also hoping that the body will fit the regular Inductrix.

For all my micro/nano quads, I also picked up some helipads.  One is an Eagle Pro Helipad that has lights.  The other is from a local hobby store Friendly Hobbies.

I may look at building a custom one with a light setup that I like, but we'll see.

That's all for now.  Have fun flying, use common sense, and stay safe out there!!!