Recent content by FearInLothian

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    P2 Lost control and descended onto rocks then sea, any helpful advice?

    Thanks for your sympathies and response, I realise the cold affects the batt but to go from 2 bars solid and 1 flashing to 'Auto' land while completely skipping RTH sequence all in the space of 2 mins seems like a bit of stretch, especially when RTH has kicked in effectively before at a much...
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    P2 Lost control and descended onto rocks then sea, any helpful advice?

    14months of careful use without any real problems; took P2 out today, flew for 7 minutes in good conditions with nothing to report except beeping from controller, landed put in new batts in the controller, moved to another location further down coast for short 5 min flight around St Abbs...
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    Phantom 2 won't engage motors when using spare battery

    Switch off dead battery, slide out, put new one in and switch on, I usually remember to switch off the rc but not always and it doesnt seem to make a difference
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    Phantom 2 won't engage motors when using spare battery

    I recently took my phantom 2 into the shop to get the gimbal fixed, it was fixed and recalibrated and the guys in the shop kindly updated the firmware on the phantom. Since then I've not been able to use any spare batteries, I get one flight and then insert the spare, I go through usual start...