Recent content by eganders

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    Phantom 3pro lost motor mid flight.....total loss

    The removable blade guards you can purchase have a plastic reinforcement piece that would have probably prevented this because they act as a large washer reinforcing that area. I checked my motor mounting screws and some of them were slightly loose. I guess this is another preflight checkpoint...
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    Locked props & not shutting down right away

    You hit it exactly. It was inverted. I was running through gates I had made to practice my piloting and hit one of the uprights of the gate and it flipped. I now realize I need to use the CSC command. In reading the instruction manual, I must have missed that the CSC can also be used to shut...
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    Locked props & not shutting down right away

    Questions about stopping prop rotation. When practicing and flying slowly & low, I fell and the props were caught and locked from rotating, I pulled the left stick all the way down to stop the motors right away. I understand that it should take about 3 secs to shut down. Today, however, one...
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    Do you practice?