Recent content by Dave Banks

  1. Dave Banks

    Hello from Australia

    Hi Gary, welcome to the forum. I am located on the Gold Coast flying my P4.
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    Why are are all the High Capacity Phantom 4 5870 mAh batteries out of stock?

    For those of you that could not get the genuine DJI P4 battery & have resorted to buying an aftermarket brand I would like to ask your opinions on whether I should choose that option given the total lack of genuine batteries in Australia. Am I putting my P4 at risk on buying one or should I just...
  3. Dave Banks

    Newbie from Western Australia

    Luckily I have all my Faculties & Priorities in the right order. Its just a hobby & a whole bunch of fun.I am 60 yrs old & know where to draw the line. Family first, everything else is secondary.
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    Newbie from Western Australia

    Welcome to the forum. Watch a lot of you tube clips & read the manual thoroughly & you will be ok mate. I have a P4 on the Gold Coast & love it.
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    phantom repairs Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

    They went out of business sadly. I think the high rent was killing them. They were a really nice bunch of guys & very helpful.
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    weak image transmission signal...

    That is why I left Auckland. Too bloody cold. Gold Coast just perfect.
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    weak image transmission signal...

    Ok have ordered it online now. See how she goes when it arrives. Ever come to Gold Coast we much catch up?
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    weak image transmission signal...

    Thanks Ian. Found one on Ebay for $35.50 (SanDisk 16GB Micro SD SDHC Micro SDXC lot EXTREME PRO 4K 95MB/s) Have you ever had any lost transmission issues? my main issue is a frozen / pix-elating screen mid flight. Starts with black thick bands across the screen.
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    weak image transmission signal...

    Thanks for that info. Pricey. But if its going to fix the issue it has to be done.
  10. Dave Banks

    weak image transmission signal...

    I think you may be right on this. Have been watching You Tube reviews on the issue. Can you suggest or take a picture of exactly what SD card I should be using in place of the one that came with the P4.
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    weak image transmission signal...

    I have a newly purchased P4. I get screen going half black & recovering to a totally "frozen up screen". This occurs maybe 150m from me. Never had any of these issues with my P3A. If screen freezes up cannot be rectified unless a complete shutdown of the APP on my Nexus 7 (2013). This is totally...
  12. Dave Banks

    Video freeze while flying

    I had this video freeze situation yesterday. I have only flown this P4 twice now. Took off & clicked on video & the drone got about 300 m from me & the screen on my Nexus 7 (2013) started to produce fuzzy images with thick black lines on the bottom finally freezing the shot. So now I am flying...
  13. Dave Banks

    Cracks appearing around motor mounts after 10 mins into flight.

    Return it ASAP. I guess there was a batch of bad one's & you & I got unlucky. I hope your next one brings you better luck. I ordered two bottom shells online from an online source in China for less than what DJI wanted for one complete shell replacement & so far so good. I did however from start...
  14. Dave Banks

    Firmware update bricked drone.

    Hi all, I have a P3A & mine did the annoying alarm beep after an update.Obvoiusly a fail. I believe it was my own fault as I switched it off after 30 odd minutes into update. It did some weird things to lead me to believe I needed to start all over again like limp camera, no flashing lights only...
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    Cracks appearing around motor mounts after 10 mins into flight.

    Hi Guys, Just a follow up on my situation. I took your advice & went back to see the DJI dealer in Helensvale on the Gold Coast & he refunded me without question which I thought was very good of him. I must just return the damaged shell to him sometime in the new year. Now, to get another shell...