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Oct 07, 2012, 10:17 AM
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North vancouver, B.C. Canada
Joined Apr 2008
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mountain climbing up very dangerous steep slopes can be not worth it to find a plane
  I have heard of guys even getting lost looking for planes out inthe wild Its best to bring a first aid kit when out in the wild just in case even broken ankles and in one case a run in with a bear and cubs one guy told me he almost fell off a cliff looking for his plane is your life or health worth a $500 - $1000 plane sure he got lucky finding his plane but possably took a life threatening chance going to look for it I thought this guy was just a kid, but from his recent picture looks much more older than I thought younger people should not go wondering into the woods looking for toy planes cant wait for the video of the crash, this should be cool   glad you got your plane back which looks like in good condidtion  Quote:
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Oct 07, 2012, 10:24 AM
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milwaukee wi usa
Joined Nov 2000
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absolutely amazing! im glad you got your plane back.... and good job for those who helped. very cool!
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Oct 07, 2012, 03:12 PM
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USA
Joined May 2010
3,121 Posts
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Next time I lose a plane, I'm PM'ing Sentry!....
this guy is a great Help, and asset to us all FPV'ers'. (Thanks). |
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Oct 07, 2012, 04:37 PM
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Joined Jun 2008
2,198 Posts
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Awesome find guys, well done all those who helped!
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Oct 07, 2012, 04:39 PM
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United Kingdom
Joined Jun 2012
538 Posts
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Good work!
When i read this the other day i knew you would be in good hands! |
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Oct 07, 2012, 06:59 PM
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Boise
Joined Mar 2009
959 Posts
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okay so as far as the hike it was pretty easy.. 25 minutes to skein lake from the road 20 or so minutes to raft lake, then 30-40 minutes going through the weird snow marsh and brush to get up to the top of the hill i started going down... starting heading down how we thought the plane did up there and we basically walked right into it.
the red represents actual hiking trails we were on, we almost gave up a couple times once we started deviating from raft lake... We made sound decisions, we weren't going to do anything that could get us hurt. Buddy had his 9mm glock, all we saw was a few deer.. EDIt it might have been just a bit past that clearing... we had Sentry's print out of where it might be, and when we checked gps after we found it, it was pretty much dead on. |
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Oct 07, 2012, 07:12 PM
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United States, CA, Grass Valley
Joined Mar 2012
101 Posts
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WOW! I love a story with a great ending.
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Oct 07, 2012, 07:53 PM
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United States, TX, Austin
Joined Aug 2007
259 Posts
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What a great story, I love hearing about these search and rescue successes!
Makes me think, if I ever go down far away with no idea where, I'll probably wear my Garmin or bring my iPhone and record the trek in. |
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Oct 07, 2012, 08:44 PM
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United States, OH, Medina
Joined Jun 2005
1,008 Posts
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Awesome! Post the video raw. Anxious to see it.
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Oct 07, 2012, 09:35 PM
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United States, NY, New York
Joined Feb 2012
96 Posts
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That is amazing success. I think sentry deserves a huge thanks and that is truly just spectacular
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Oct 07, 2012, 11:28 PM
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Joined May 2009
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Dr Patso - I told ya et back out and look!
I'm glad Sentry got you motivated - that's awesome. Glad you found your plane, so you staying in FPV now???? After our last chat you were a bit down. Get back on the Zephyr!! Look at mine, 2x wrecked and getting ready to fly her again..... |
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Oct 07, 2012, 11:51 PM
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In this country people go out and get lost in the woods all the time. It's called hiking. |
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Oct 08, 2012, 12:05 AM
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Canada, AB, Mundare
Joined Mar 2011
217 Posts
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Oct 08, 2012, 01:27 AM
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Boise
Joined Mar 2009
959 Posts
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@ Scott I am stoked about this!!! I still can't believe it... the zephyr did not make it.. I can re use, my prop, motor, ESC, gopro, tbs 69, tbs ezosd, probably servos too.. (lost video tx, ezuhf rx would not display rssi after my last crash ripped out the rssi plug) I'll be going on my 5th zephyr =( almost all of them died because of bad launches, they kept snapping at the battery bay.. tbs battery bay helps but it can still snap on the edge of those....
Here is the result of the crash (nice coat of loctite 200, 5 mil laminate across the board) almost looks like some chipmunks chewed on it......         edited version
RAW, sadly no big foot with the 1.5 hours of gopro recordings at the crash site.
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Oct 08, 2012, 03:35 AM
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Joined Jan 2008
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Was your failsafe set to "death spiral"?
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