Recent content by aokman

Did the 2nd round of testing today just to get a better idea of how the boost converter performs. Dropout voltage for the converter was 10.3v with a 20ma draw at idle. Output voltage was stable right up to 17.4v where it obviously starts to increase with the input voltage. Did a quick charge...

Also make sure the shutter speed isn't set stupidly fast in manual mode. Been there ahahaha.

Very nice :) You had any deviation of voltage / issues with yours? Main things I want to address on it when I do the final build is to solder the fuse holder to drop the resistance (gets quite hot) and possibly replace the trimpots with high precision resistors to stop them vibrating out of...

Thanks for the reply :) Certainly not off topic Great to know there is a cutout point for the batteries, I was not game to keep dialling it up to find out ahaha. As for the boost converter, I am not sure yet how it will trend with input voltage, that is the next part of my testing to measure...

There are downsides to the Inspire 1 when I was weighing them both up, the Inspire 1 basically has no spare parts and the booms break off dam easily meaning it has to be sent back to DJI. You have a good chance of repairing the Phantom 3 yourself. Also worth mentioning is the battery life is...

Hi All, Thought I would share my process as I work through this incase it is of interest to anyone else, basically I am working on a 12v charging solution for my Phantom 3 batteries capable of charging 3 batteries at a time in the field and I am finding some interesting things along the way :)...

My Galaxy Note 4 crashes constantly, yesterday was the first time ever I did 6 batteries without loosing my feed. Every other time it has crashed atleast once or twice using 3 batteries worth of flying.

I just did 3 batteries worth of flying and all went well, did hand catching every time and no issues really, little sketchy when a sudden crosswind hits but overall no problems :)

They are handy but the bigger use I found for them was for video work so I can clearly see if the props are in the video or not, it does put them in view slightly earlier due to the guards protruding out a little but its much easier to see out in the field on an iPad or phone. Forgot to mention...

Thanks for the suggestions guys, got the new board yesterday and repaired the phantom, test flight went all ok after pairing it back up again :) Fitted cable ties to the gimbal mounts as suggested but also fitted another cable tie around the middle of the gimbal plate to take pressure off the...

How do you single hand hold an controller with an iPad hanging off it?

From what I have seen that is to just protect the gimbal from rocks etc. Wouldn't have helped in this case. New board is on the way will have it tomorrow, will have another go at the other one, at least its a spare in the worst case. I want to be 100% confident in the repair before I'd ever let...

Unfortunately left stick only wont shut it down unless its happy either, I tried left stick down and CSC and it simply wouldn't shut down as it wasn't settled. If it shut down straight away the worse it would ahve done was tip over onto one of the rotor guards. Not sure if it has something to...

I will look into it but keep in mind the camera makes it look bigger than it actually is, the board is tiny and its some of the smallest SMD work I've seen :( very little in the way of traces left over to solder on to.

Good advice! Wasn't aware of that, will do some more hunting and see if I can find anything, haven't had much luck so far. I already put an order in for the board locally, no idea if its in stock though. I just want to get her back in the air and forget it ever happened hahaha. I guess it could...