Recent content by jaxbert

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    Curious : Anyone ever try HOOK UP TWO BATTERIES ?

    I haven't tried, but I don't think you would get too much more flight time, and the extra stress on the bird couldn't be good either. The P2V+ without the battery is 2 lbs. The battery is about 13oz. Adding the battery would probably put the drone to the upper part of the weight limit... the...
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    A lot of hate towards "drones"

    When I fly in my neighborhood, I attract at least a dozen kids that want to try controlling it, and sometimes an adult comes and checks it out, because it's cool and they want one. I also happen to be the president of my HOA. A few weeks ago I got a call from an angry neighbor that said, "DID...
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    eBay "Cheap Props"

    I would not risk a $1300 bird for cheap knockoff props. The OEM props are $7.50 each, delivered... there is not enough savings to begin to make it worth it. The props have an important job... And if they do fail, it won't be during the few minutes of testing low to the ground... it will be at...
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    Advice Needed On Range Issues

    When I first started flying my Phantom I was lucky to get 600 feet. Now my record stands at about 1700 feet away at about 300 feet in the air. I had a clear LOS to be bird the whole time on those long distance flights (I got LASIK so I can actually see it too) :) At 75 feet its probably...
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    What is the Best way to discharge Battery?

    How about something like this? http://www.amazon.com/Battery-Balancer- ... discharger Seems like it could discharge the battery without wear and tear on our Phantom... with the added benefit of possibly diagnosing bad cells?
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    Drone Catches Fire

    This is the first I have heard of one catching on fire... the most likely thing in the bird to actually catch on fire is actually the battery, but it does not sound like that started burning first. I would call DJI directly on this. Manufacturers of consumer products don't like to hear their...
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    New P2V+ Controller Came in FCC Mode?

    Mine was FCC mode out of the box, from B&H. I bought and returned two from Amazon... those were both CE out of the box.
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    Drone delays medical helicopter at hospital - Ohio

    Seems like there is another story every day. This, at least two major incidents near airports in Florida and LAX, the NFL game.... these idiots are going to get them banned. It's common sense. Don't fly it where there is a high probability it will hit a human being if it falls out of the sky...
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    **** Unforgiving Sport

    The little kid in me wants to buy an original Phantom 1 and give it a try....
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    Doh..Forgot to take Gimbal Lock Off!

    Yeah I printed one too, in bright orange. Still forgot. Ordered a "Remove Before Flight" tag to aide in my dumbassness.
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    Do You Use Your P2V+ For Work?

    No one will admit on the Internets that they use it for work/business purposes, since, according to the FAA, that would be illegal.. :o
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    No Recorded Video?

    I was flying around my neighborhood yesterday, and according to the timer on the app I had 16 minutes of record time. I know for sure I stopped the recording at least a minute before I turned the PV2+ off. There was no video on the SD card. The SD card is a 32GB Samsung Pro. It was about half...
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    best micro sd card?

    Yes, there is a 32GB limit on the card size. Any class 10 should be okay... I have had great results with the Samsung Pro and the Sandisk Ultra Plus.
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    Micro SD

    I did try a class 4 and the recorded video did actually drop some frames here and there. Not 100% sure if it was because of the card, but I don't have the problem with any of my class 10 cards... and microSD cards are so cheap now I see no reason not to get a class 10. I'm using Samsung Ultra...
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    At a loss for words. Sry for the long post....

    They have a live twitter field on their website... maybe we should all use it. @ushobby