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I haven’t played that in forever.

@@sticksnstones6177 yeah. That little small block had a cam and open headers.

I agree. Someone needs to bring a 12 cylinder lambo next time 😁

@@johnbmx4christ a buddy of mine was going to bring his gallardo but it wasn’t out of the body shop.

@@TheItalianWays very.

Yeah. That sucks man. I got a DJI afterwards and it’s so user friendly. I got the “cheap” drone to practice on but I should’ve just got the DJI.

@@johnbmx4christ thanks man! Are you going to be around Aug 10th?

@@HalfBakedman1 thanks person I’ve never met. So encouraging coming from someone I’ve never met. The world is full of negativity. So glad someone I’ve never met is nice. Did I mentioned we’ve never met?

@gimpgangster nope. Total stranger who has no affiliation whatsoever. Glad I can be an inspiration and get that first comment. I look at you and I swear I see my little brother in you.

@@chadrizla496 shewww… that’s bananas!🍌. I bought an AC unit today. Video is dropping tomorrow. Marketplace special and I didn’t get murdered. 🤘🏻

@@gimpgangster Nice, you can some gems on there

Thanks man! 🤘🏻

For real. I still laugh hard and I know what’s coming

What year make and model is the van? And I would start by checking the fuses.

Hey no problem. Thanks for watching. Stay tuned as well because I have a few events coming up that will be a pretty awesome experience for people in the adaptive world

Lol.

I did everything. I just think I’m to slow as a quadriplegic to set it up. After I got another one it worked well but I eventually upgraded to a DJI MA2. Way more user friendly

@@gimpgangsterI just ordered one. It will be here tomorrow. Yeah, I don’t need mine to fly away. I’ll spend the money and get a DJI 3 mini. Sending it back when it gets here tomorrow,

Yes. It’s the same in multiple models of the drone.

Thanks man. I have some safety stuff to improve on but for the first outing it did great!

Thanks

I got you

Freezing! 🥶 lol. Had a ton of fun though.

Yeah. Can’t wait for the turbo kit

Thanks man. It’s going to ripper. Stay tuned and follow along.

Stay tuned and follow along. March 18th is gonna be a shake down with my friends

@@gimpgangster will do bro!

Yeah. After this video I got another f11 and learned a little bit about the wifi settings and local interference. I began ripping it around without gps and had a ton more success. I ended up getting a DJI MA2 shortly after though. Way easier. Costly yes, but worth it.

@@gimpgangster I bought too many cheap drones. DJI Mini didn't have follow-me. But it will with Litchi or other app. The F11 I simply can't trust when riding my bike in traffic. Soon the return-to-home kicks in it becomes uncontrollable and goes into toilet bowl. A RTH is completely useless on a follow-me drone anyhow. It should have a return-to-controller option. My funny L109 Pro (with poor camera) does a return-to-controller. And my Fimi A3 (with lousy batteries) does. And it's a shame. The F11 4k does a reasonably well follow-me. But either I have to race back like an idiot before a truck runs over it. Or at low battery it goes into toilet bowl and I will crash it into someone's new Porsche. So I will probably look for a DJI Mini SE with third party app. Follow-me is all I want. I don't care for landscape etc. And I wish the Chinese would make a proper follow-me drone for a budget. They easily could. But they don't have a clue what people are using drones for in real life situation.

@@driewiel yeah. That’s why I got the MA2. I do a lot of following. Down the greenway, at rugby, racing. A lot of stuff. Totally worth the money. If you look at it that way, buying a $200 drone to be subpar, 4 $200 drones later you have a good DJI. I bought mine used off eBay. I didn’t get an incredible deal on it but I saved about $100 from retail. It was lightly used.

@@gimpgangster DJI only uses active-track. That is optical. Why they no longer include GPS follow-me I don't know. Well I do know. Warranty. They believe their costumers are too stupid to avoid obstacles themselves. But with Litchi, Dronelink or...(forgot the name) you have both active-track and follow-me. The Mini 3 does a fantastic job though. I'm not saying active-track is useless. But GPS follow-me is more reliable in many situations. DJI doesn't have a real dedicated follow-me drone. I think they underestimate the number of people who are looking for just that. A proper tracking drone should be small, safe, affordable, have the correct programming, small controller with GPS, couple other things. And maybe not have a gimbal? So you can put it in your pocket? Actually my Tello is quite nice for some shots with people around. So a Tello-Follow with GPS and sd-card perhaps?

@@gimpgangster Mavic 3. Total fail if you ask me. th-cam.com/video/J_qEpgcFiJE/w-d-xo.html They concentrate too much on pure video quality. How many people are going to risk their expensive drone like this? Personally I would settle for 1080P reasonably stable video if it truly were a reliable crash resistant follow-me drone I can use in real life such as on a bike trail.

Insta 360 cam

Yeah. Go to highfivesfoundation.org/programs/return-to-dirt/ and there’s an application to fill out. They have the option to drive or ride along. To drive you’ll need have some sort of off-road experience in your life but they’ll get you behind the wheel if that’s a goal you want to achieve

Thanks David.

Honestly I just pulled it out of the box and went flying. DJI is the way to go. I bought one right after this and it was a night and day difference

Sorry man, I read the first paragraph to this story and quit. Didn’t mean for anyone to write a review about my luck. Moral is, don’t buy cheap. My Mavic hasn’t had any issues flying around my house or high interference area. You get what you pay for. 🤘🏻

Thanks for your comment, it might be painful for OP, but i learned few things out of it (planning to buy F11)

"it is illegal to fly this class of drone in a residential area." In the United States, the only related restriction is not flying directly over people not involved in the operation (camera crew, for instance) and not protected by a fixed structure. I suspect nearly all drone flying is in residential areas.

I’m down to put 9 more together. lol

Yeah. Personally, it’s tight in spots for a power chair but doable. The smart drive would be useful in most spots but there’s a couple pretty wet walkways down steep hills. I had to go down backwards in a couple spots and use the handrail with my wife guiding me down.

Hi. This may seem like a silly question...but I'm new to this SCI forum. My loved one is only 4 weeks out of T4 complete. He's 65 and had previous shoulder surgery. From all the reading I'm doing, a manual chair will blow out his shoulder in no time. What is this "smartDrive" you are referring to? Is this something we can add to his manual chair? (I'm understanding that medicare will give him a manual chair only, because his arms still work). Please forgive me if this is a dumb question...I'm trying to learn so much at warp-speed.

@@juliasangston5981 not a dumb question at all. Smart drive a power assisted wheel that mounts to the axle on a chair. They’re covered by Medicare. You should be able to get one easy. I would start the process by talking to the mobility company that you got the chair from. They’ll point you in the right direction

@@juliasangston5981 Hi Julia. It’s not a silly question at all. Having a custom manual wheelchair property setup is a key to saving the shoulders. A hospital type wheelchair is designed for someone to push the user, not for the user to self propel and can damage the shoulders fairly quickly. The other key to saving your shoulders is exercises designed to work the muscles not used when self propelling. There are a couple of wheelchair users who are doing a very good job of demonstrating exercises for other wheelchair users on TH-cam. Stretching and strength training is very important for any wheelchair user, but especially for manual wheelchair users. I have impingements and tendinosis in both shoulders, and rotator cuff arthropathy in my right shoulder. But, with the help of the Permobil SmartDrive I’m still able to use my manual wheelchair. Some people (and doctors) have asked why I don’t use a power wheelchair (I have one, but hate using it). Most ultralight manual wheelchairs weigh between 15 to 30 pounds and can easily be put into almost any car. However, most power wheelchairs weigh between 300 to 450 pounds (just the wheelchair) and don’t really break down to smaller lighter pieces. So, to transport a power wheelchair you need specialized vehicles or a carrier on the back of your car. Keep in mind that very expensive (subjective to water damage) very heavy wheelchair is outside in the weather and several feet behind the rear axle which can affect steering, braking and traction in front wheel drive cars. The Permobil SmartDrive is a small 12.5 lbs motor that can be attached to almost all manual wheelchairs (rigid and folding). I prefer a rigid wheelchair as it’s a little lighter than the folding and I seem to get more out of each push. A good starter manual wheelchair is a TiLite (owned by Permobil) TRA as it’s very light, but still has a lot of adjustments that can be made to dial it in to best work for each individual. The SmartDrive is easy to put on and take off as needed. The SmartDrive can push you in your wheelchair, but it doesn’t have any stopping capabilities so you have to grab the hand rims to stop yourself. I also have grip strength issues, so I use “The Surge” hand rims as they have a little rubber strip on the outer edge that creates some friction with my hand. The SmartDrive can be controlled either by a watch using Bluetooth or by buttons called Switchcontrol that are connected via a cable (held on with a magnet and comes off very easily). I’ve tried both styles of compatible watches, but didn’t care for either one. When you use the Switchcontrol buttons to control the SmartDrive you can do either momentary or latched mode. In momentary mode you have to hold the button down to have the SmartDrive push, but as soon as you let go it stops. In latched mode when you push the button the SmartDrive starts pushing and keeps getting faster until you let go and then maintains that speed until you push the button again, then it stops. I love using the SmartDrive using the Switchcontrol in latched mode…even up the ramp into my wheelchair van. Here is a link to Permobil’s website: www.permobil.com/en-us/products/power-assist/smartdrive-mx2 I hope this helps.