Recent content by duijver

I just went to RadioShack and picked up the cheapest one I found with a fairly bit tip. I'm not the best at soldering, so I like to really tin the tip to splash it on. I only mention it because my 1.1.1 board did not appear precision soldered - all of the points had huge gobs (larger than...

Hi Davis, I picked up a set from DSLRpro during their xmas sale as well and I am trailing along. You might want to call DSLRpro as they have been helpful for me on other issues. I do need to say that, from reading here, it seems like CF's are more for advanced flyers as they chip/break pretty...

Thanks OI! I was a little reluctant to open the box up (first time), but it ended up going back on with a big new gob of solder. It doesn't look pretty, but heck it worked? I can't believe how tight those battery cables are and I guess I am not surprised it detached given the strain. I...

Hi Folks, I did a search and I did not see this problem posted anywhere, but I was flying the other day and my Phantom just started flying hard left (not too fast) on me and my first instinct was to shutdown the engines: before impact. I was only about 8 feet up so it ended up smacking into my...

Hi Peter, I just started using mine as well and I can tell you that the weight makes a bit of a difference. I am having too much fun taking videos, and timelapsed photos, to take off the weight now, but I should have waited a few more batteries. So, hold out if you can.. I threw on a camera...

Thanks Hiway!! The response is greatly appreciated! I won't have a chance to try it now until tomorrow/later but that really seems to be it and it is sad that DJI cannot detect serial#'s to set DBUS vs. the default in their software. :(

I seem to have a constant yellow light/flicker after doing the FW upgrade on a 1.1.1 from 4.0 to 4.02. The main controller / NM app still shows the Phantom and it looks good, but from what I can see the TX cannot communicate. Did anyone experience this or have any idea's? I tried flipping...

My 1.1.1 just came in the mail today as well and I love it! For reference, I never even bothered looking at the arms to match them up. It looks like DJI now places black nuts on two of the props and silver nuts on the other two - these match the blade tops, so I removed a colored nut and...

I still have not received mine yet, but all of the researching is getting obsessive. So, when trying to figure out how to mount my camera vs. buying a goPro I found this. In my opinion, this video has amazing over the water shots and I wanted to share...

I just need to finish up watching the videos and reading the online tutorials.. and then maybe hit them up again! I was lucky to stumble across this group as it seems like a really nice crowd. Thank you again for all of the responses and advice - I appreciate it! Ksc, I really appreciate...

Thank you for sharing!

Hi Dave, Thank you for the response. I did not mean to imply that I would use it indoors as I read that it is dangerous even with the prop guards. I was more inquring if based on my scenario if it was more realistic to drop the Phantom and buy something smaller that could still be fun indoors...

Hi Guys, I have been off, and on, into the RC hobby for a couple of years now, but in fairness most of my time has been spent researching/learning than actually flying. I suspect that I have less than 10 hours of real flight time between my Blade e-flite CX2 and the smaller syma S107. I won't...

Hi Guys, This may not be the place for this, but I have been reading the forum and watching youtube videos on the Phantom for severak hours now. I have been interested in the Phantom since I saw it during a DefCON briefing in August, but it was too expensive to jump in. When I saw the...