Recent content by jerrymac12000

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    extended landing gear

    NO, the compass can be mounted on any part of vertical part of the longer landing gear. The compass MUST be mounted in the VERTICAL position. Depending the cable length, that determines the position. I installed the extended legs on my FC40 this past weekend. It took a few tries to get the...
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    Normal behavior? Video of hover and possible yaw drift...

    Your quad looks like it is doing pretty good in the hover position. Look at the way the trees are blowing.
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    Pitching forward with takeoff

    I used the words MAX POWER because many new users don't give the quad enough power on take off. They understand the MAX POWER words. Hopefully, later after a few successful take offs the user will adjust the amount of take off power required.
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    Pitching forward with takeoff

    All of the Phantoms have a center of balance problem. The quad was designed with slightly more weight in the front than in the back of the quad. Therefore, the quad will tend to pitch forward on takeoff. If not throttle is applied on takeoff, the quad will tend to roll on liftoff rather than...
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    battery low warning too soon

    Did you play with software and make any battery voltage changes?
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    Pitch, Roll and Yaw settings?

    Go to the search box. Type in "better yaw control mod". That will give you the basic information to take care of the problems.
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    Neewer Gimbal Install Error

    I can't tell. Is that a GoPro camera? Most gimbals are calibrated for the GoPro camera. Find the weight of your camera in grams and see if the weight is correct for the GoPro. If it is NOT a GoPro camera, then add some extra weight to make the camera the same weight at the GoPro. Also, like...
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    Red lights after 4 min flying??

    Flying my quad bare, that is without camera and mount and using a 2200 ma battery I get between 8 - 10 minutes flying time. My elevation is àbout 6500 feet above sea level. It also depends on the amount of wind blowing in the area at the time. I have set my second battery warning to 10.65...
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    Red lights after 4 min flying??

    If you are using the standard FC40 battery charger, the battery settings should be; switch on left side should be on LIPo. The right switch should be on the center position, S3. When you were setting up the quad on the computer, did you change any of the voltage settings in the software? If...
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    Does this seem right

    What is the max flight weight for your quadcopter? How much does yor quadcopter weigh?
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    Yaw Switch Modification

    Go to the search box. Type in: better yaw control mod
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    Yaw Switch Modification

    Yes, it will work on the FC40. It will also work on the gimbal pitch control.
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    Batteries dying 1-2 minutes after takeoff DJI phantom 1

    By any chance did you change any of the battery 1st and 2nd warning settings?
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    How heavy

    Depending on the manual you read, the limit is between 1100 - 1300 grams for everything. Also, because of the extra weight, your flight time will decrease.
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    FC 40 Camera Wifi

    I just tried it with both a tablet and a cell phone at the sametime. It will not work. The camera will lock on the first signal it receives from the receiver. Both devices indicate that the camera signal is being received. Only one device will connect, the other device will indicate that...