Recent content by Hotrod

Amazon is probably the only place that I would buy from. I rarely have any problems with stuff I buy form there. But when I do they make it right with no hassles.

Well, of course I can't be sure, but I suspect it is your gimble that is at fault. I have some video that looks a lot like this and it is caused by my gimble going berserk for no reason that I can find.

I bought a 7" "chinese" tablet on Ebay that came loaded with the DJI software. The good news is that it synced up and worked great, except for one thing. The screen is much too dim to see in daylight. Even with a shield it is very difficult to see. I used it once in the early AM to catch a...

I have the same problem! When I was bench testing my new TX without turning on my vision app it seemed to work fine. Then yesterday when I was out in the field trying to take some video the camera went nuts. I wonder if the vision app is sending conflicting information to the gimble which is...

..that's the good news. ( thanks Amazon for 2 day prime) However there is not one shred of information on how to get the gimble to respond to the side wheel. Is this something everyone just knows how to do? I did know enough to bind my new transmitter to my P2, and it seems to respond Ok. I...

Yes, I know. I am just surprised it cut the flight time in half!! :o And I notice the battery is really warm at the end of the flight. Probably from a big current draw to keep itself in the air.

I recently bought a used P1. The reason I bought it was to get some additional flight practice without exposing my P2+ to possible damage.I am on my 3rd gimble/camera on the P2. The P1 came with a lot of extras which included a FPV monitor and 5.8 mhz transmitter and a set up for dual...

Thanks a lot for the response. The configuration for your battery mounts are different than on the P1 that I have. Mine sets on the sides of the craft, kind of up high. I wondered if maybe they interfered with the air flow from the props. I do like the fact that it makes it easier to hookup the...

And the results are???

I recently purchased a used Phantom 1 from someone that was upgrading. It came set up with a mount for dual batteries along with 7 batteries. Two of the batteries were the larger 2500 series. So i decided to see how much having these helped with the flight time. I started with the 2 larger...

I am of a "certain age" that needs glasses to see anything small. When I first got my smart phone to use with my P2+ I was pleased that it worked, but the screen is too small to see without my reading glasses, which suck for seeing the quad in the sky. So I bought a android tablet off of Ebay...

It was a new purchase from Amazon. It has had one other fairly serious crash, something that was my fault. However it flew very well this last weekend when I took it to a location about 30 miles away. I did the "dance" and it flashed the rapid green led,s showing that it knew where home was...

..I am still fairly new at the Phantom hobby. I admit I got a lot of my "training" from watching YouTube. I was under the impression that you were supposed to do the "dance" every time before flight, but always for sure after changing location. Now I read that that is just asking for a problem...

Well, in an odd way I feel a little better knowing it may not just be my lousy flying. I think I will remove the prop guards. Then go somewhere where there is some grass and let it hover at low altitude as the 30% battery comes up. Hopefully this will tell me if it is something with the firmware...

I was at about 30% battery life, both times. It seems that it just decides it is time to land all at once. Is there a way to prevent this? And I do prefer to hand catch it, when I can get it back. I ordered two more sets of extended landing gear from Amazon. Although they break easily, maybe...