I wondered about dangling a small mirrored ball from the phantom. I don't actually OWN a small mirrored ball, so I'll probably never do it...
Any good ideas? Just for a photo op?

I flew my Phantom next to my ex wife one time,  she was faster and on a broom.

LOL... a mirror ball with LED spot lights angled to hit the ball would be COOL as a night flight!

I've got a skeleton with a robe hanging on the wall ready for next Halloween but I'm going to use 100 feet of fishing line for it so I'll be high enough not to be seen to easy.

Tweety P2V2_H3- Posted at 2015-3-22 14:23
You Guy's (not me) are so funny!!

Having a good laugh today!!

I'm going to fly that at the drive in when Fort Drum has their Halloween party there this year.

Tweety P2V2H33D Posted at 2015-3-22 14:28
Wish I could be there. You will have to get someone to Video you Videoing them.

Guy

I'm sure someone will have some video of it

Tweety P2V2H33D Posted at 2015-3-22 14:47
Sorry pardon my ignorance but it sounds like Halloween is past tense?

I was getting excited!!

Next Halloween coming

This is what I'm going to fly.

Tweety P2V2H33D Posted at 2015-3-22 15:05
Not the ex wife I hope?

Guy

I pushed her in the lake one day and liquidated her.

I wonder if you could mod the Phantom in to something like the classic RC flying witch

Capt. Bill Posted at 2015-3-22 15:14
I wonder if you could mod the Phantom in to something like the classic RC flying witch

How much does it weigh?  That would be so cool flying around on a hundred foot line.  You wouldn't need a prop on that.

I tried this one when there was trouble at a football game, but it caused a lot of vibration.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJSQf737Agw

Did you know that the angle of what you dangle is proportional to the weight of what you've dangled provided you keep the lift of the Phantom constant!

Gerry1124 Posted at 2015-3-22 13:30
I've got a skeleton with a robe hanging on the wall ready for next Halloween but I'm going to use 10 ...

Gerry I have to admit that is a great idea! I can't wait until Halloween. There is a place that will make custom drone banners for you for a business or whatever. A bit costly though.http://motorcitydroneco.com/collections/banners

I have a heavy dummy-grenade (hollow) which I purchased from a novelty catalog 16 yrs ago. I keep it on top of my woodburning stove.
I imagined it hanging 4' beneath the Phantom---then I imagined myself in jail, and on the news, as the biggest dumbsh*t that ever lived.
I left it on the stove. lol

birdfolk5555 Posted at 2015-3-23 00:19
I have a heavy dummy-grenade (hollow) which I purchased from a novelty catalog 16 yrs ago. I keep it ...

That would make it a PPG

I have thought of many things I would love to dangle from my quad but only if I could drop them when/where I wanted.  I feel confident you have enough imagination to get my drift.

Gerry1124 Posted at 2015-3-22 12:56
I flew my Phantom next to my ex wife one time,  she was faster and on a broom.

Careful---if she reads this, something else might be dangling from your Phantom...and it'll probably fly away forever. But it's ok...you can use the "Find My Johnson" feature...

birdfolk5555 Posted at 2015-3-23 09:17
Careful---if she reads this, something else might be dangling from your Phantom...and it'll probab ...

She's gone to the moon.  

Gerry1124 Posted at 2015-3-23 09:19
She's gone to the moon.

Who went where??? Your Phantom went to the moon?

birdfolk5555 Posted at 2015-3-23 09:26
Who went where??? Your Phantom went to the moon?

The ex did,  Her flying monkeys couldn't go with her and are on Ebay looking for a new home now.

You can see how it turned out on youtube, Tom Mabe - Epic Halloween Prank.   Hilarious.

allbritt@verizo Posted at 2015-3-23 10:14
You can see how it turned out on youtube, Tom Mabe - Epic Halloween Prank.   Hilarious.

That's where I got the idea to have it flown.   It's going to be great with 2000 people there.

There's a video on YouTube of a guy that hung what looks like a white dress from his Phantom on Halloween then flew outside a high school football  stadium.  He lit it up with I think one of those 1.5" LED light arrays or some kind of light.  In any case it did look look like a GHOST flying through the night sky and the kids at the game were screaming, "LOOK!, LOOK!" loud enough you could hear it on his camcorder.

It looked real good and I was impressed and you will too if you can find it.  I looked again to put the URL here but couldn't find it again.

Gerry1124.  You'll have to let us know how well it works.  I would love to do it.  I live on a street next to the H.S. Football field.  I would only have to rise 100 feet and the people would see it if it glows or lights up!

Well,
Today i went out to fly my Phantom, all this time i thought he was a she, much to my surprise, he was, well, pretty well all there....kind of whistled while he flew and winced when he landed, i'll have to work on that...Guess calling it BirdBrain and BB for short had a bigger meaning!

Nectar for the bold.

sparklers and light painting

Hey, my hummingbird feeder shot took a lot of time to set-up. Where's my pat on the back?

PS---that feeder (with nectar) weighed about 420 grams---almost a full pound.

birdfolk5555 Posted at 2015-4-2 03:13
Hey, my hummingbird feeder shot took a lot of time to set-up. Where's my pat on the back?

{:3_48:}  

I thought it was a red humpback swan below a parachute.

Looks great though!

This one is pretty tempting...lol...seriously

tonycorsoimages Posted at 2015-4-2 04:26
This one is pretty tempting...lol...seriously

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_MIA7jSBlA

I'm almost afraid to comment...

tonycorsoimages Posted at 2015-4-2 04:26
This one is pretty tempting...lol...seriously

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_MIA7jSBlA

There were the Village People...Now there are the "Village Idiots"...that is seriously dangerous...

Ive thought about dangling a dildo but thats because im weird.

Hi all, just a thought- and if we can make this work we will be millionaires!  What about a solar panel to charge the batteries in flight?? anyone fancy an hour's flying time?{:3_46:}

Rod and the Cheshire cat

I hooked up an external microphone to my GoPro and dangled it under my Phantom 2 to see what, if any difference it would make in the noise level.  Had the idea that if I could adapt it to some kind of parabolic reflector I might be able to pick up noises on the ground.  However, the adapter I was using did not turn off the internal mics so the results were disappointing.  Will probably try again later.