Hello everyone, my name is Ross Fox, and I am glad to have found this website and the opportunity to join. A little info about myself. Iam currently employed as an electrical estimator/project manager for a fairlylarge electrical contracting company. I have been in the electrical industryfor 42 years, as I am now 62 years old. My interests has always been in the technical aspects ofequipment and machinery. I enjoy building things, working with tools, electronics, and etc. I am also an instructor at our electrical apprenticeship school in Chattanooga, TN. My course year includes electrical code, motors, transformers, blueprints, safety and electronics. I am also a ham radio guy and love photography.
Ihave been involved in radio control models from my teen years till now. Actually started with plastic control line airplanes when I was 10 years old, and then graduated to big control line balsa planes, and then on to RC airplanes from small to giant scale, pursued pylon racing,precision aerobatics, scale models, and etc. In the early 80’s, I startedbuilding and flying RC helicopters, beginning with Schulter models, then on toGMP heli’s, and Minature Aircraft model heli’s. In those early days of modelhelicopters, very few learned how to fly them, but I continued to pursue thatskill and became known as the go to guy for instruction on how to fly, and moreimportantly, how to build one properly and maintain it. I still fly radiocontrol heli’s and participate in flying events in the area. I have been interested in multirotors for quite a while now, but haven't made the plunge yet to get one. I have seen the multirotor technology sweep foward at a very high speed, and so I am now thinking it may be time to get a machine.
In addition, Iam also thinking about starting an aerial inspection company for constructionprojects, power companies, and other utilities, and similarly related fields. Iwould also entertain commercial uses such as real estate photography, andevents, where an overhead view would be a great enhancement. Needless to say, this area is the one that I need to learn a lot more about, concerning the possibilities of making any money doing it. I know I would enjoy a multirotor machine for the sake of just flying it. I also know that using it as a photography platform would be a lot of fun, as I enjoy photography. I have looked at quite a few machines on-line, and needless to say there are plenty to choose from. I can sort that out in time I think, and a video and still camera I will need to do quite a bit of research on. Fortunately, I can spend invest quite a bit of money into a machine and video equipment.
If there is anyone that can help me out as to the possibilities of an aerial video business I would greatly appreciate it. This is my first post, and of course I will spend time looking thru the threads as I am sure that there may be a lot of info there already that would help me. Thanks everyone and I feel pretty certain that a multirotor machine is just around the corner for me.
Ross
Ihave been involved in radio control models from my teen years till now. Actually started with plastic control line airplanes when I was 10 years old, and then graduated to big control line balsa planes, and then on to RC airplanes from small to giant scale, pursued pylon racing,precision aerobatics, scale models, and etc. In the early 80’s, I startedbuilding and flying RC helicopters, beginning with Schulter models, then on toGMP heli’s, and Minature Aircraft model heli’s. In those early days of modelhelicopters, very few learned how to fly them, but I continued to pursue thatskill and became known as the go to guy for instruction on how to fly, and moreimportantly, how to build one properly and maintain it. I still fly radiocontrol heli’s and participate in flying events in the area. I have been interested in multirotors for quite a while now, but haven't made the plunge yet to get one. I have seen the multirotor technology sweep foward at a very high speed, and so I am now thinking it may be time to get a machine.
In addition, Iam also thinking about starting an aerial inspection company for constructionprojects, power companies, and other utilities, and similarly related fields. Iwould also entertain commercial uses such as real estate photography, andevents, where an overhead view would be a great enhancement. Needless to say, this area is the one that I need to learn a lot more about, concerning the possibilities of making any money doing it. I know I would enjoy a multirotor machine for the sake of just flying it. I also know that using it as a photography platform would be a lot of fun, as I enjoy photography. I have looked at quite a few machines on-line, and needless to say there are plenty to choose from. I can sort that out in time I think, and a video and still camera I will need to do quite a bit of research on. Fortunately, I can spend invest quite a bit of money into a machine and video equipment.
If there is anyone that can help me out as to the possibilities of an aerial video business I would greatly appreciate it. This is my first post, and of course I will spend time looking thru the threads as I am sure that there may be a lot of info there already that would help me. Thanks everyone and I feel pretty certain that a multirotor machine is just around the corner for me.
Ross
