What sort of locations do you all like to fly at?

[main blaze]

I mostly fly around my house because I can’t be bothered driving to a public area and deal with the people. However there’s 2 big ass drains on either side of my house that have claimed my drone before. What sort of spots do you guys go to? How long are you willing to drive/travel to get to your spots?

[median glade]

It depends on the weather, how many fucks I give, the time of day, the size of quad, etc etc etc. So much goes into deciding where to go. I love trekking out to remote places but it's a bit of a slog sometimes so a lot of the time I go fly the slalom lines in the local park. There's also some stuff I didn't notice before in the park that I'm just dying to hit but the weather is too crap

[bitter nacelle]

I love flying inside old buildings. My old job was inside of a 100+ year old warehouse. it had brick walls and riveted iron beams, and was kind of aesthetically amazing.
Bandos were fun, but the end of Covid kind of saw the end of Bandos in this city.

[main blaze]

Any tips for finding old buildings?

I don’t really think they exist here in Cali near LA

[bitter nacelle]

google maps street view, and look around the industreal parts of the city, probablu on the edges where property is cheaper.

[main blaze]

Ooh I’ll try that

[pulsar dagger]

I have a favorite spot I always go to, It's like 5min away from my house, and it gets to a nice very light forest with both super high trees, tiny trees, holes in the forest to power loop etc, I know there are better ones around, but I can't be bothered to drive or walk 10min to go to them if I have a pretty good one right up the street

[pulsar dagger]

Google earth, then if you find something that looks half interesting, you fire up street view

[grizzled harbor]

my home. I still don't have an outdoor quad yet.

[main blaze]

Go get one! You’ve been in this server since 2022

Experience the joys of having a quad with throw

[grizzled harbor]

no chance of flying a 5" in a city like Vienna.

and for less populated places I would need a car to get there.

[bitter nacelle]

you need a bigger drone so you can dive the flack towers!
Going to Vienna to (A) dive the flack towers, and (B) maybe see the christmas vilage and visit friends ... is on my bucket list for this decade!

[coarse leaf]

i record mostly moving stuff in an open area (promos for sports), but in terms of freestyling and what not, a good ol warehouse does the trick

its funny ‘cause i definitely crash less when freestyling than recording for sports lol

sent a 5” straight into the path of a football (🏈) once… rip

[main blaze]

I didn’t know you’re allowed to crash when you’re filming events

[pulsar dagger]

You are, you just get throw tomatoes afterwards for interrupting the game

[coarse leaf]

most of the time its during practice with like half of the other team wearing different jerseys so it seems like two different teams.

most of the risky shots are done there, like flying within spitting distance of a flying ball

havent crashed at an actual game… yet

[main blaze]

That’s pretty cool. Are you flying for your own school?

[coarse leaf]

yup

sometimes i go out for other schools tho, like if its a good offer/just something id like to film in general

[main blaze]

I just found a really nice spot in the next neighborhood from me. They have a big grassy area for me to crash in and tons of trees without leaves right now. It’s almost perfect except for the puddles that are waiting to claim my drone whenever I smack a tree

[pulsar dagger]

you suddently ear a whisper to your ear ; conformal coating

[main blaze]

See I tried that

And during the summer I had a quad overheat and explode the esc

[pulsar dagger]

If it is done well, you should be able to go into water no issues

[main blaze]

I can’t win

[pulsar dagger]

You can, simply have two quads, one for winter with C.C, one for summer when it's hot and dry without, and voila