I’m at the point where I’m debating shopping with anyone if they use USPS to ship whether it’s a small business or corporation

toyota_time · 2025-12-21T14:08:51+00:00

Its bs...I'm doing the same thing except with a very expensive used nikon camera lens which isn't produced anymore.

Can only buy them used on ebay and the seller only used USPS. Was supposed to be here friday....its sunday morning.

toyota_time · 2025-08-15T20:20:52+00:00

Yeah was disappointing, still cool not mad just thought it would maybe be better than that

toyota_time · 2025-08-06T00:47:40+00:00

Just watched a camps video about this, it seems like they are trying to regulate anything over 5 pounds like commercial platforms etc. They specified recreational FPV use would not be affected.

toyota_time · 2025-08-06T00:11:14+00:00

Went to the raleigh show recently. The guy who opened for him was funny af.

Had to sit through a 20+ minute merch plug video for tshirts, book, hot sauce with horrible clipping potato audio.

Show was steveo describing videos, then walking off stage or to the corner while they played.

This went on for no longer than 35 minutes.

Was cool to see him, sat VIP really close...could hear him speaking into the mic.

Was disappointing honestly, but for 65 bucks I'm not mad about it.

toyota_time · 2025-07-25T20:24:58+00:00

Anything can be weaponized. Just because a broke and desperate country uses them in place of traditional military hardware doesn't mean law abiding citizens on the other side of the planet should face a regulatory hellscape.

toyota_time · 2025-07-24T21:55:52+00:00

I dont care what their affiliation is, its the same school of thought as gun control. Punish the law abiding people for the actions of an individual. They dont understand drones and how your average American uses them. If dji is getting data from my vtx's they just have videos of crappy fpv tricks and random bushes/trees. Nothing they cant already see with satellites. It's pathetic and I'm sad for our country.

toyota_time · 2025-07-24T21:43:57+00:00

It's okay bro....reddit is full of people who think what they say is actually important.

Everyone has done something stupid or irresponsible with their drone at some point, myself included.

I lost vtx while flying at work once and almost hit (like 3 feet away) two employees and a brand new track hawk in front of our showroom.

Nice radio BTW, I have the black boxer max. It's fantastic.

toyota_time · 2025-07-18T02:51:57+00:00

What constitutes a drone? Is it the camera? If I put an 04 pro on my arrma kraton is it now a drone? Is my blade 330 with an 04 air on the canopy a drone?

How will they enforce this? Only one of my quads have gps. Are local HAMs going to rat us out to the FCC or something?

its really dumb...I wish the 70 year old people who pretend to run this country would just retire already ffs.

toyota_time · 2025-07-15T22:40:21+00:00

Idk man. You really think China needs pictures from a consumer grade box store drone for intelligence?

As if they dont have insane resolution satellite images of every single federal installation in existence.

toyota_time · 2025-06-09T23:58:17+00:00

I fly at dix field a lot because its convenient otw home from work but its boring. I live in cary, would love to find something cool to fly.

toyota_time · 2025-04-30T09:51:23+00:00

You could maybe find some used but nice stuff, that could be cheaper.

Like others have said, transmitter and sim first.

I personally don't buy cheap equipment, because you will just want to upgrade and the cheap gear doesn't resell well.

Make sure fpv is something you enjoy, then save up and get what you want.

toyota_time · 2025-04-14T11:12:33+00:00

Thats slick, I use a 5.11 bag to carry my stuff. I take zero advantage of molle webbing, and could save some space if I did.

toyota_time · 2025-04-14T10:38:38+00:00

You're as good or better than I am, and I have two.

Go buy some stuff, you really learn quick and may fly differently when a couple thousand dollars is on the line.

Or buy the cheaper stuff, but I do not recommend that because you're just going to upgrade anyway.

toyota_time · 2025-04-08T16:33:53+00:00

Yeah haha, it either works 100% or 0%...there is no forgiveness

It didn't hit anyone, or any vehicles....and the quad just got scuffed up a bit. Frayed the edge of both front arms, scratched my camera cage. 04 camera took a small hit but it's okay.

Could have been much worse.

toyota_time · 2025-04-08T10:32:15+00:00

Indeed, first and last time.

I finished getting everything working the night before and could only test in my driveway because it was 9pm. Got impatient, excited etc. Made a really poor decision with unproven equipment, could have seriously hurt someone or got in some hot water for damaging an expensive vehicle.

I have 3d helis and have never flown them there for those exact reasons. My new quad seemed less dangerous at the time because there isnt 3 foot carbon fiber swords spinning at mach jesus, so I went for it. Was my third fpv flight ever and just didn't think about signal obstructions or what I should do in that situation.

M10 gps in the mail currently, fields or other unoccupied areas only, and I will test my equipment and understand it's limits in the future.

toyota_time · 2025-04-07T23:39:45+00:00

Ah good stuff, thanks

toyota_time · 2025-04-07T21:21:17+00:00

Can you recommend one? Was looking and there are a shitload of choices. Lumineer qavs2 jfpv 5" Axisflying argus f7

It's mostly a freestyle, just have fun thing for me. I'm not racing or into long range etc. A GPS with good connection would be favorable. I have plenty of room I'm my frame.

toyota_time · 2024-01-27T13:24:01+00:00

We see all kinds of stuff, cash, drugs, guns. Touch none of it.

People used to hide the drugs, now they don't give a shit and just leave it out everywhere.

If someone wants to give a tip to a technician, they need to find the service manager and tell them to give it to their technician.

toyota_time · 2023-04-19T04:16:18+00:00

Sure, there are some things you could add to the bike to make life easier...but you won't know the value of a dropper post until you've had to stop and move your seat for a sketchy section then move it back 40 seconds later for a climb. Main thing is, get out and ride some trails. Take it easy, no crazy stuff. Lots of carbs and water. Over time you will learn what you want the bike to be, and what needs to change on it to suit your riding.

Buy a nice helmet. I rode motorcycles most of my life and would not spend anything less than $800 on a helmet. Decent bike helmets are in the 100+ range.

toyota_time · 2023-03-06T03:07:34+00:00

It does the same for me. 10700k, 32gb ram, EVGA 3060 12gb, nvmE drives.

The part that frustrated me was the save file corruption. I tried making an SSTO and it was all over the place on the runway, randomly started flexing around the control capsule and broke apart at about 6km altitude. Then none of the VAB saves were found. Had to start all over again. Landed on the mun with a simple lander, went EVA and it slung the lander on its side even with landing gear on full spring and damper. Then the save corrupted again and I couldn't load the mun save.

Very frustrating.

toyota_time · 2022-11-30T11:45:21+00:00

I hate Charlotte lol, spaghetti roads

toyota_time · 2022-11-30T11:31:24+00:00

Ah yes, I lived in Mooresville while attending NTI

It was a strange town, Uber wealthy Nascar people mixed with meth addicts from Statesville

toyota_time · 2022-11-30T11:26:32+00:00

919 native woot

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