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I think the answer is yes but... I want to use the same FPV setup to run two phantoms (not at the same time). One is a visual system and one is an IR equipped system. If I just bind the newer phantom controller to my two phantoms. I can get into the phantom assistant and calibrate and go I...

I have a project coming up where I need Infrared capability on a quadcopter so I obtained a Tau2-336 camera from FLIR Corporation to integrate into the Phantom airframe. I previously had an H3-2D gimbal on the Phantom2 but the harsh yaw issues during turns forced me to change over to the newer...

Actually the H3-3D yaw left problem is because of wind resistance overpowering the motor and it stalls. To stop it, simply plug the phantom2 into your Phantom assistant software and upgrade the gimbal software to the latest version. Since doing so I have not had it happen ONCE and it was...

I stripped one of the tiny phillips head screws at the end of the arm and took a dremel and extended teh slot in one of the stripped head slots to become a FLAT blade screw driver head. Then I simply used the provided screwdriver with the flat blade and took it right out. So that is another...

One thing I noticed is that if you take off with a battery that is NOT fully charged you get an early autoland every time. I wonder if the software does a calculation based on the charge it thinks is at 100% but is being fooled by the lower actual data value and using that as its "100%". This...

The H33D CAN have the camera installed upside down but you have to create a custom mini-profile USB plug that will be just the plug and nothing else. Nearly have to have bare wires for it to fit. I will do this. Like I said it might make BOTH landing gear show! Or none... Moving the entire...

So if the cam is upside down, it will be perfectly centered. Perhaps that will stop the yaw from showing the landing gear on the port side... Or... it will start showing BOTH landing gear. I dont know... Balance issues are no big deal. Its easy to balance the mount once its in place. The secret...

Well without being as harsh, I have to say that flying any multicopter until its a tiny black dot in the sky when you have limited experience and no first person view is very risky to the people below you who are the unwitting subjects in the drama that could unfold should anything bad happen...

I dont think it was VRS. Vortex Ring State is accompanied in nearly every single case with a rapid gyration and loss of apparent control as the autopilot desperately tries to dampen out the out of thrust balance condition. The resulting extra torque causes the craft to spin rapidly too in many...

Hi guys.. Ok since leaving my post about the VRS recovery procedure I have had it happen at least 4-5 times since then and in all cases I have successfully recovered not by reacting to what it was doing but by reacting using the procedure I outlined. Like pilots going through a checklist you...

Hi guys.. My empirical data has been backed up by actual data... heh heh... The ONLY thing that I believe you want to counter immediately is the flat spin condition you can quickly reach when a net torque is spinning the Phantom2. Remove that yaw and you have half a chance of the autopilot...

I have tried a workaround for VRS traps that worked twice so far after a near earlier disaster. I have had a total of 3 VRS incidents, the first was a near disaster which I will relate because it made me think of the workaround instinct to avoid this condition, and the second two were recovered...

Re: H3-3D gimbal top yaw motor hits battery housing inside.. Apparently I have an older Phantom2... Its great though. No issues. Just the loud humming in the gopro audio (I talked about this in another post) from the H3-3D gimbal when the phantom is operating...

Re: H3-3D gimbal top yaw motor hits battery housing inside.. yes.... I figured, thats why I offered the disclaimer of course... I just didnt find it...

I am sorry if I am repeating something that was discovered already but... This is an IMPORTANT item and I didnt find it while searching... PROBLEM: The H3-3D upper motor housing HITS THE BATTERY HOUSING when you slide the battery in (the camera jostles as you do this as a clue) and then it...