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<blockquote data-quote="limesqueezy" data-source="post: 36147" data-attributes="member: 7454"><p>I'm deathly afraid to fly over MAJOR water. Not the Intracoastal Waterway here in Florida where I have an easy landing multiple places (including where launched), but off a boat, over the OCEAN. Yup, that's what I'm trying for the first time next week - billfishing. I am concerned that I won't be proficient enough to land on the aft deck, even with the boat stopped. Only way to know is to try it, right ("Hey, hold my beer...")?</p><p></p><p>But seriously, I too found the ball pontoons on Amazon, and am skeptical about performance. Oh, black and white don't work for me, it has to be International Orange. I bought a pair of "U" shaped landing gear for the Spark, they work fine on their own and might be modded with some foam insulation (painted orange), but it seems they are incompatible with the prop guards, which I'd like to have on when on the boat.</p><p></p><p>Go ahead, laugh on. I know... this story probably ends in me crashing the Spark off of Costa Rica. I'm good with that if I can mount a recovery (not rescue) mission, and for that the drone needs to float (in any configuration, upside down is fine) and be visible (hence the color requirement). Any suggestions greatly appreciated. And, where the heck is MacGuyver when you need him?!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="limesqueezy, post: 36147, member: 7454"] I'm deathly afraid to fly over MAJOR water. Not the Intracoastal Waterway here in Florida where I have an easy landing multiple places (including where launched), but off a boat, over the OCEAN. Yup, that's what I'm trying for the first time next week - billfishing. I am concerned that I won't be proficient enough to land on the aft deck, even with the boat stopped. Only way to know is to try it, right ("Hey, hold my beer...")? But seriously, I too found the ball pontoons on Amazon, and am skeptical about performance. Oh, black and white don't work for me, it has to be International Orange. I bought a pair of "U" shaped landing gear for the Spark, they work fine on their own and might be modded with some foam insulation (painted orange), but it seems they are incompatible with the prop guards, which I'd like to have on when on the boat. Go ahead, laugh on. I know... this story probably ends in me crashing the Spark off of Costa Rica. I'm good with that if I can mount a recovery (not rescue) mission, and for that the drone needs to float (in any configuration, upside down is fine) and be visible (hence the color requirement). Any suggestions greatly appreciated. And, where the heck is MacGuyver when you need him?! [/QUOTE]
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