Recent content by Damocleez

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    DJI Phantom 3 drone goes to war....

    Yup, been there, done that and have the "scars" to prove it...tried to stupidly save the Shuttle's crash on my wife's new car, nine days old at the time, left me with two severe scratches on the hood, a nice dent and quite a few nights on the couch... not to mention a badly mangled left hand. My...
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    New Years fireworks- anyone filming this year?

    I have been experimenting with night flight and have had no issues. Turn off the front red led lights as they will cause lens flair on certain camera angles. No problem seeing my P3 as high as 400 feet with just the green leds. While I fly in my neighborhood, I actually use the streets as my...
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    Video pixel problems

    You might try fully formatting (not quick format) the memory card or trying a different one.
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    Comment by 'Damocleez' in media 'Pic'

    Try a different memory card or fully reformatting (not quick format) the card.
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    Newbie with questions

    I removed one long side of the box and painted it with a Flat Black spray paint on the inside as well as the outside. This had the added benefit of increasing the stiffness of the cardboard. Plus no one gave me any crap about what other flavors of coffee I like to fly with...
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    Have Your Neighbors Made Their Property A No Fly Zone?

    While no one in my neighborhood has entered their address, yet. I am technically grounded by the church/school next door to me! My home is about 30 feet away from the nearest building. The no fly radius in Airmap.io completely covers my property. On a funnier note, the school's quadcopter club...
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    Incredibly fast battery drain

    I have a P3 but the nominal fully charge voltage on a standard lipo is 4.2 volts per cell. I flew yesterday in freezing weather and saw reduced flight time by about 30 percent. I have only seen severe battery drain that you are seeing with poorly maintained batteries or bad motors (high drain)...
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    Newbie with questions

    A sunshade will help some but I found that if placed my tablet or phone in a small cardboard box spray painted black works best for me. A K-Cups coffee box works great and with some Velcro will still attach to your transmitter. Make sure your adaptive brightness is turned off and the display is...
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    New To The Drone Wolrd

    I highly recommend you search on YouTube the following reviewers: Quadcopter 101, Flyin' Ryan RC, Frequent Flyer RC or Seby Docky. Look at their recommendations but keep in mind they are experience pilots and generally like sport flying quads, not necessarily what a beginner needs to learn on.
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    New To The Drone Wolrd

    While the Syma X5C is a decent quad, the transmitter has range issues. The LaTrax Alias is an awesome quad, that has serious flight abilities and will be easy to fly for any beginner but will allow you challenge your skills as you get better through expert modes. Costs about $100 but is...
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    FAA Finally Admits Names And Addresses In Drone Registry Will Be Publicly Available

    Let's hope the registration database remains searchable only based on the registration number and is only used as it was intended but I am rather doubtful it will stay that way very long. Only because of my past experience with other governmental agencies, such as the FCC and its database in...
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    What FAA registration number did you get?

    LOL...Not to mention your nose hairs could get buzzed too...
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    Fly Away - P3 Pro: How to Counter the DJI Response

    I couldn't agree more with your last statement as well as your entire contribution to this thread. I would also add that one shouldn't rely on the solely map, consider learning to fly by determining orientation then fly manually, that's assuming your are flying VLOS. Also, whenever possible fly...
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    Registry

    Yes, one of the pleasures of outing spammers on gmail. Burn Spammer Burn...lol
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    Registry

    That's what I used but some spam always get through on occasion, not much though...