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    Phantom 4 or wait

    Annoying your P3 spare batteries don't fit though. No reason to assume Phantoms will keep going indefinitely with ever bigger numbers.(just wait for Phantom 13) Maybe a final Phantom SE (Special Edition) with significantly improved new camera. And another revision of battery design so you have...
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    How to get higher altitudes than 500m?

    If you stop the motors it won't *know* you didn't walk up there?
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    IMU fail after 2% also after minor crash

    It's possible the accelerometer sensor got stuck in the impact. There have been some cases where a sharp whack will free it - e.g. palm of hand on the battery.
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    How to get higher altitudes than 500m?

    No, but provided you aren't too distant to stay connected and restart your home point and altitude are gong to be reset at the higher point. It doesn't take the reading from your controller but the onboard barometer.
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    Leaving battery on charge

    I think there's too much paranoia about this, though it makes sense to try to charge in a saf(er) place such as a tiled area with nothing close by which could easily ignite. The charging process is not without risk but like any other battery once the cells are 'full' no more current can flow...
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    How to get higher altitudes than 500m?

    One way - though impractical in most places - would be land at a known safe spot higher up - and restart. Even then you risk losing signal once you set down though might be possible if you were still reasonably close.
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    Using US power supply in OZ

    It's just the charger has one of those 8 style leads which plugs in and you might already have a US lead in that style - since a lot of things these days have at least two alternatives included. When you have chance to charge things up adapter space might be taken up with outer stuff like phones.
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    Phantom 3 Pro Grainy + Rolling shutter?

    Hard to see much from that tiny clip with it yawing violently about. Could be prop flicker.
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    Fog waterfall

    Not my video but deserves wider audience. Slightly higher resolution here
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    DJI Official Phantom 4 ND Filters rubber seals/o-rings?

    Sometimes it falls out easily. There should be one ideally but it won't be a disaster unless you overtighten it then might break the glass?
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    P3 Pro Photos - Need Opinions on Photo Quality

    The centre is usually bit soft if not out of focus, it seems to be a feature of the (no fish eye) wide lens rather than a fault.
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    Nexus 7 poor FPV video quality

    Early in 2015 there was a spell we had to revert the google services to earlier version and stop it updating. I think the symptom then was gradual increase in jerkiness during a flight then tablet would lock up or reboot. Are you using the original cable or quality replacement, can be important...
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    Gimbal and camera for Phantom 1 or get a Mavic?

    With a gimbal and gopro-like camera you'll struggle to get 5 minutes on the P1 and the extra weight will make it really sluggish as the motors are much less powerful than later models. I'd look at P3 coming up little used as others trade in for Mavics. In 6 months time something new will come...
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    GL300A transmitter wiring diagram

    When you open it that ribbon cable is seriously tricky to reconnect again. Unless something else is obviously loose I'd suspect that not fully clipped in first.
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    New In Depth Youtube Mavic Review

    That's a way off, I ordered end of September :rolleyes: