Recent content by Cyril

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    I thought I lost another Phantom

    Hi, I'm flying my P3P from an offshore rig (a lot of electromagnetic interference) and I sometime have this kind of behaviour (circling, spinning, with no stick input). First time I almost crashed but now when it happens I switch straight to ATTI and land it manually. Yesterday, 3 flights with...
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    Compass calibration over a big pile of metallic trash :S

    I have been replaying the flight and the bird was spinning (slowly), drifting & losing altitude at the same time, as if unable to get balanced. The GPS signal is always strong here (18 satellites as soon as it is turned on) so I don't think it's a GPS problem. The wind was light that day, about...
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    Compass calibration over a big pile of metallic trash :S

    Hi guys, I'm flying my P3P with the last firmware, done 100+ flights so far without problem. Recently I started flying from an offshore rig (basically thousands of tons of steel in the middle of the ocean). I did a good compass calibration onshore, then I flew to the rig (50 miles flight)...
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    Mauritius from the sky

    Thanks :) I did the intro with google earth, the is an option called "movie maker", it's not very user friendly though...
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    Mauritius from the sky

    Well, I hit RTH and I fought (hard) against RTH to get to 65km altitude... As I didn't pay attention to the battery, the phantom felt to the sea just nearby a bunch of dolphins, how lucky is that :D
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    Mauritius from the sky

    Hi guys, Here is a kitesurfing (mainly) video I shot with Phantom 3... Please let me know what you think about it. I personally think this quad has a great potential for shooting kite videos, it's very stable even in strong wind.
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    Can you fly in gps mode all the time

    Hi guys, Dumb question : how do you switch manually to P-ATTI mode ? Thanks :)