Recent content by GeneL

As stated previously, the Phanrom's offsets from the CG are fixed out of the box, so no offsets are needed. In the Flamwheel, or for those who replace the standard compass with the combination GPS/compass that normally comes with the Flamewheels, the compass is part of the GPS, and is included...

The DJI docs specifically state that compass calibration dos not work in the polar circle. Also, there is a place for a vertical offset in the assistant, right alongside the entries for x and y offset. It is the "z" offset. Again, these settings are apparently hard wired for the Phantom...

The Assistant has a tab for entering the position of the GPS when used for the Phantom as well as the Flamewheel. It's just that the Naza and the GPS are hard mounted at the CG (before additional gear is added) on the Phantom, so the entries are all zero. On the Flamewheels, the puck is...

This is just conjecture, OK, since I think it's fair to say that only a relative handful of people really know and understand what kinds of programming voodoo really goes on inside the Naza. However, the compass is wired in two completely configurations between the Phantom, with the compass on...

I agree with Roadkilt, and went with a variation on his solution and notched out a large enough areas of the battery door to close the door with the battery leads connecting outside. It's ugly, but all my struggles with oversize batteries went away. My major concern, besides the battery door...

Good information in this thread. I would highly recommend that anyone that is serious about flying their Phantom step up to one of the more sophisticated and versatile radios. Once I got my Futaba 8J, I wondered why I tolerated flying so long without it. I bought it for my new f550, but then...

Your Phantom should come with a spring loaded throttle that will automatically center when released. If not, be careful not to accidentally pull down on the throttle control, even for a moment, or the Phantom will drop like a rock. Otherwise, you have pretty good advice from the previous...

Until you see the picture of the quad the guy built out of his stuffed dead cat, you can't truly appreciate the full meaning of "DIY."

I would say go flying and don't fret about it until your new Tx arrives. Lots and lots of people have made many thousands of non-flyaway flights. I made well over 150 myself before I ordered an upgraded transmitter. However, you'll really like the features available to you once you see what...

Thanks for the help, folks. Since I got back to the forum and check in here I figured it out and had done what you said. I didn't mean I don't like S-Bus - it's just that I think I may have pulled one or more of the little wires loose getting it out of the stock Rx, so I couldn't trust it not...

After looking at Richard Whelan's videos, I thought that installing my new Futaba T8J would be about as close to plug and play as possible, but somehow I managed to mess it up. Simply, when I plug in the Futaba receiver, it doesn't seem to be recognized by the Phantom. The LED blinks...

Michael, one more question if you don't mind. Are you supposed to use the Naza Assistant, or th Zenmuse Assistant to set up the tilt adjustment? What I thinking of is getting the gimbal tilt from full up to full downtomatchtherange onth knob, stop to stop. I never have been clear on this from...

MKHeng - many thanks! I haven't had time to try it yet, but your instructions look like they're right on the money. I wish some of these companies would hire you to write their manuals. Anyway, I suspect that you've saved me a bunch of time and frustration. I'm really pumped about getting my...

My T8J just arrived today and I'm trying to come up to speed on how to set it up. That HPi's videos seem to cover setup of the basic functions really well, but I don't seem to be able to find anything on whether or not I can use the central knob labeled in the manual as "flap trim control" to...

Bumper, do you fly out of Minden? About the post, I did exactly what has been described- letting it get away from me in ATTI in a wind and thinking it was in GPS when it was still in ATTI. When it gets really out there and you can't tell which way it's going, it's guaranteed that everything...