scottslc

Hey aviewfromabove, sounds good, can you show us some of the videos you've been making for the countyclubs? Love to see them.

Thanks, Scott

Clement7

Hi Scott! Thanks for adding to the list of business opportunities for our flyer! I will check out our local listing of major contractors for roofing and landscaping and present to them our SAVS solution..

Here's my list of target companies I'm working on doing a sample shot for:

1. Golf Course
2. Industrial Park
3. Architect
4. Real-Estate Company
5. Landscaping Contractor
6. Roofing Contractor
6. Construction Firm
7. Special Outdoor Event (4x4 / VW fun day /Drag Racing)
8. Indoor Event (Fashion Show /Concert)
9. Resort
10. Hotel
11. Broker

My approach is like the FREE MAKE-OVER /MAKE-UP offered in malls.. Free make-up sessions are offered by some cosmetics companies for women, but the catch is: only HALF OF THE FACE.. if you want to have it done on the other half, you have to pay.. hahahah!

What I do is to get in touch with the company and identify their President /GM.. then I'll send them a letter CC to their Marketing and Sales Managers, asking permission if I can take aerial shots of their property and will give them one good picture for free but with a BIG WATERMARK.. Then make a follow-up call.. as soon as I get the green light, I'll take as much shots to get the right one to show to these companies I'm targeting (with watermark protection of course).. if they like it and plan to use it in their corporate communications /brochures, then they have to pay for it.. If not, then I can just use it as an addition to the portfolio I'm building..

So far I've done items 4, 9 and 10.. The monsoon season has grounded me for weeks and our next scheduled shoot is for an Industrial Park and Golf Course.. As soon as I get all 10 samples, I'll create a 60 second promotional video, a web gallery and post it here.

My goal is to check out which of the industries I listed will prove to be lucrative here in the Philippines. Then focus on that market. My AP PLATFORM right now consists of SAVS, JR GSR, HIROBO FREYA .90 and 6' HELIUM BALLOON. But again, I always try to see if I can get away doing the demo with the SAVS..


Cheers!

aviewfromabove

I don't have any video online right now. Most of the files I have on my MACS are to large to post. I'll have to dig around for of my web size files. I've been so busy I talk my web site down. Doing enough work by word of mouth. If the product idea falls thru, I have a patent working on my company and plan to franchise it.

yvesOttawa

Hey Clement,

Is the Freya 90 brand new? You were asking me about the Trex 450XL, dod you go with a nitro 90 instead ?

Yves

Clement7

Hi Yves! Nope, it's a hand me down from my biz partner who owns the GSR gasser AP platform we're using(Gassers are better than nitros they say, plus NO SMOKE/RESIDUEs to deal with and lesser probs with engine tune-ups /failures).. I was actually thinking of just getting a size 30 nitro to just practice with /play with but when we computed the total amount of a brand new RTF size 30, and compared with the hand me down price of my partner's size 90 with all the bling blings, the size 90 Freya came out a winner with it's all metal head and powerful engine that came with it.. plus since it's a big size rc heli, I wont have problems with windy situations.. the only concern I have is the very high rate /chances of inflight engine failure.. crash they say is unavoidable with nitros, it's just a question of when.. --one risk I'm not willing to take with expensive camera equipment.. plus there's the engine tuning that I have to deal with.. so many things to check before flying.. I decided to get it just to have a taste of flying conventional helis and serve as our backup for taking stills.. I ordered a Sports60 from Helicam Solutions and I'm just waiting for it to arrive so I can try flying the Freya with a cam.

Another reason why I opted to get the nitro is that our LHS carries all the spare parts and support for Hirobo Helis.

My next target heli is a JOKER.. I still feel safer flying with electrics, no matter how many times my biz partner would try to convince me to get a gasser..

SAVS still remains to be my favorite for doing quickies..

yvesOttawa

...man you've got guts! The liability coverage must be insanely high for those.

I just can't trust anything that is non-electric. These nitro motors cutout just by looking at them funny. My fixed wing mustang was easy to glide back safely when the engine died but autorotations are pretty difficult to pull off

I don't know anything about gassers though. Thanks for the info..

Clement7

Hehe! No comment.. haha!

I have no plans of using my Canon EOS 300D with the nitro.. no way! Just the Pentax S6 wrapped with foam (thick foam and lots of it!). . My secret of learning to fly a conventional Heli is to hate it, fly it, expect and be ready to crash it.. Just like what Sky did when he got frustrated with his DF and flew it to the moon! That's the only way I get the guts and dare to learn to do new AP moves with great abandon..

I just do a lot of pre-flight checkups and track flying times and expected life of all the servos, metal head and linkages plus other crucial parts of the heli.. Since I got it pre-owned, I had to check which parts were new and which parts may need replacing soon... So far I haven't crashed yet..

yvesOttawa

Nice arsenal Clement, Wow![8D]