Recent content by dommycork

Admittedly, it is an amazing video and very well edited. However, its possible the worst disregard for law / peoples safety I have ever seen. This video has made it into the London papers, so no doubt the CAA are aware. I hope the pilot (Paul John Raptis) is fined heavily...

Crashed into the back of the Uk's most iconic train just after it had been refurbished: Flying Scotsman stunned as iconic train struck by DRONE following £4.2m revamp

I second what dtokez has asked. I see many posts on this forum where people say they own 1 x P3A and 1 x P3P or 2 x P3A/P3P and i have always wondered what the point is in spending an extra $1000 or so to buy something you already own. I mean I can understand if you are made of money and buy a...

Is that Guillin in China?

So, i saw this video on You-tube of a guy crashing onto a lake (not into a lake.. watch and you will see). And I thought to myself "Why would anyone do a flight such as this". He flies so close to the trees he is just asking for trouble... but the mad thing is, much of the video could be...

I just wouldn't dare do that! Loving the effect of the lights on the bridge at the end of the video... It IS a lovely little bridge by the way.

Happydays, you beat me too it with the 'Triggers broom' comparison.. :) Brian T's 15 year old phantom would actually be at least 2 phantoms.

Sinisalo, thanks for the useful maintenance link.

Does anyone have any idea how long a phantom 3 (in my case a P3A) is expected to last.. Assume props are changed when needed, no crashes etc. I am thinking maybe in terms of expected mileage, or hours flown before motors start to fail, or motor bearings need maintenance etc? I appreciate the...

So, I took the plunge and updated to 1.6. It seems to have fixed the shakes! :) Boo to v1.5. From what I have read people have lost their phantoms on 1.5 due to battery issues so I am glad the gimble shake eventually led to a firmware upgrade or else worse could have happened as I live in a...

Cross posts there. I would go to 1.6 except for I have read then it would then be impossible to roll back to 1.4 from 1.6. So it's a bit of a one way upgrade. No fly zones is not an issue for me either. Well saying that I live 10 miles away from a major UK airport but am nowhere near its...

Having done some research I think i would prefer to roll back to v.1.4 rather than go up to v1.6 What do you chaps think about that idea? Advisable? Also - does anyone have a link for 1.4? DJI are only offering v.1.5 and 1.6 on their download site.

Thanks Happydays. I will try updating to 1.6 then. I was holding off going to 1.6 as some people were moaning about it reducing power. But i guess that's a good thing if it stops the voltage going too low.

Thanks guys... here is the link : Firmware : I forget the number and I don't my phantom with me at the moment to check, but it was the one just before the cold weather firmware update. So not the latest, but the one previous to that.

Ok, I am having some shaky video issues... not sure if it's Jello or camera vibration shake. I have read loads of posts in this forum regarding this issue but a lot of it is not relevant because I know the gimbal is ok as there is no vibration in the video when hovering. It's only when my...