Recent content by Jason Sewell

My son was paddle boarding on the James River near downtown Richmond, Virginia and found a DJI Phantom Advanced. It looks like it's been in the river at least a year, and doesn't appear to be salvageable. Serial number is P77DCL14B26022. The memory card disintegrated into plastic and silicon...

Found DJI Phantom Advanced Serial Number

Found DJI Phantom Advanced side view.

Found DJI Phantom Advanced gimbal view

Wow. Looks great!

It's worse than I thought. My entire city is blanketed with heliports. I put together this map with 5-mile radius circles around them all. Technically, I would have to notify 7 different heliport operators before I flew in my back yard.

I hadn't really thought much about heliports. Many tall buildings in metro areas have heliports, and almost all hospitals do. Drawing a five-mile radius around them would significantly increase the no-fly-zone coverage in most cities. I live than 5 miles from at least 2 and possibly 3 heliports...

I was never able to find this part for sale anywhere other that by purchasing the full P3 drone.

Since I can't seem to procure the replacement part, I've decide to try to fix the broken one with JB Weld. I'll let everyone know how that works.

Thanks. I did purchase the "DJI Phantom 3 Part 30 Shell (Includes Top & Bottom Covers) For Professional and Advanced" thinking it would include this piece but it doesn't. Do you know for a fact that the shell is supposed to include this piece?

During a recent crash, I suffered some broken plastics, including the part pictured here, which I can neither identity nor find a replacement for. Can someone tell me what this thing is called and I where I might go about ordering a replacement? If I had to guess, I would call it a battery...