Recent content by craigelinor

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    What is this componet on Gimbal board

    I think I have identified it. Oscillator smart bes crystal oscillator 32.768khz
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    What is this componet on Gimbal board

    Can anyone identify this componet on a PV2+ gimbal board? I have no red or green light on another board that damaged this componet in a crash. does i look like a potentiometer,resistor,transistor????
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    No Red or Green light emitting from PV2+ camera after crash

    Mako79, thanks for the quick reply. Does it like like I unplugged and replugged the proper wire connections to test the wifii module? I also tried pinging the wifii module with my laptop. 192.168.1.1, 192.168.1.2, and 192.168.1.10 as in this other thread. "How to diagnose broken DJI Phantom 2...
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    No Red or Green light emitting from PV2+ camera after crash

    Ok, I know it's been a long time since this last post but I'm still trying to figure this dead camera/gimbal situation out. I've searched for an h3-h2 gimal tutorial and have'nt been able to find one that I can follow. I've uploaded some pictures of what I did. I'm trying to follow Mako79 's...
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    No Red or Green light emitting from PV2+ camera after crash

    I did the IMU advanced calibration and no luck. I've noticed that the wifi unit unit in the bird is really warm to the touch.I put the infrared thermo on it and got 112 degrees off of it. Is that a normal tempt? it was taken in a room tempt setting. Also, any suggestions on measuring voltage...
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    No Red or Green light emitting from PV2+ camera after crash

    PV2+ dropped out of air from 50' shortly after low level battery warning. No real physical damage but hit hard on landing gear knocked out battery. Now Connection to Phantom failed and no red or green light emitting from camera module. No telemetry is showing up on phone. I removed top shell and...
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    Loss of GPS sats after adding Flytrex Core2

    Just more words of encouragement to properly shield your gps antenna lines to prevent interference of video. I have exhausted all of the forums previous tips for shielding the GPS and after adding the larger gps antenna and doing the foil mods including the wires, I finally could count on 8- 11...
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    Copper Shielding on Vision 2 Plus Now Video Drops Satellite

    Re: Copper Shielding on Vision 2 Plus Now Video Drops Satell Below is a video I copied I'm sorry I cant find to original post that I read on the subject. Do a search on ugrading gps antenna puck and check out other post. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5EI-MzyoAI
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    Copper Shielding on Vision 2 Plus Now Video Drops Satellite

    Re: Copper Shielding on Vision 2 Plus Now Video Drops Satell I have to tell you, the best thing I did was replace the original gps puck antenna. I beleive I soldered a 3db puck antenna and now I get up to 12 satellites. And no interference with the video. I must say I did do the aluminum foil...
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    Upgrading the stock GPS antenna= more sats

    I would love to see pictures. Where did you get the replacement antenna? And which one? My Pv2+ is apart again as I keep playing with different foil mods to improve gps.Just ordered a stock replacement antenna from Digikey. The original had 2 obvious tears in the metal material.(pict) Not sure...
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    Phantom vision 2 plus blowaway less than 2 days

    I am sick to my stomach. Just recieved my PH2+ 2 days ago, began flying it in an increasingly (ignorantly) bold behavior and had it blow away. I had 6 sucesscesful previous flights and decided to upgrade the firmware and increase to flight limits. STUPID got it way up in the neighborhood then...