Burnt Offering
Key Veteran
Location: Winter Wonder Land, Wasilla Alaska
My Posts This: Topic Forum | I have done 95% of my AP with a Slow Stick. If it is set up and modded correctly it is a fantastic platform for AP. I have never not been able to do a shoot because of wind or any other reason. I have done aerials when it has been -15 degrees. Something I would never try with my heli. In other words my clients have all said "as soon as the weather cooperates". As a result, I just don't fly in high winds. I have crashed on landings but never lost or damaged any equipment bad enough that it couldn't be used again. The cost to replce a Slow Stick? $21.00 Doesn't a screw on a heli cost that much? I have done shoots that would have been impossible for a heli. Also, I have never not been able to do a shoot because of no where to land. I have done AP for corporations that deal in hundreds of millions and all have said how fantastic the pictures were. My profits went through the roof as my overhead went way down. I am now moving to a plane of my own design and built with my own hot wire foam cutter. The STOL capabilities of this plane are amazing by any standard. I won't say I can land anywhere a heli can, but just about. I can pick any spot I want to land. And that with a 8 ounce camera, all electronics, and an AP 2000i. You can check it out here.
http://www.pcmdak.com/pcmdvideos.html
I fly FPV and can get long distances away from my target location to get the entire property in the shot. I could go on and on. The heli and the Slow Stick both have their qualities. I don't claim to know it all, I just choose better reliablity, higher profits, and the best part, no stress.
Kevo
American by Birth, Alaskan by the grace of God!! |
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