The Internet Home of Matt Danner

I’ve been a part of iThemes for nearly 9 years now. Cory Miller and I have been friends a lot longer than that, and he was the person that originally convinced me that I should check out this Internet thing and put up a website. In 2008, when he and...

For my fourth test with the new Phantom 3 Professional, I wanted to fly around some obstacles. Up to this point in my testing, I’ve mostly flown in wide open areas where the only thing I really had to pay attention to was what was happening with the...

My first test of my new Phantom 3 was a cautious exercise just to get a feel for the controls. My second test was to fly fast in an open area and see how it moved with speed. My third test took place on the first calm day we’ve had in Oklahoma in a while...

The first test I did with my new Phantom 3 was all about getting my bearings. It was a very slow flight, mostly to get a feel for the sticks and different controls. For my second flight, I wanted to test out flying fast.
The area I took my first flight in was relatively small, only a few acres. I wanted to fly fast, but I didn’t want to be stupid. So I went to a park north of town where I played rugby in college. I went during my lunch break, so the park was mostly empty...