Recent content by johncanfield

For what Phantom?

In free space, a vertical antenna will basically have a radiation pattern that looks like a doughnut dropped over the shaft however the radiation pattern can be dramatically affected by proximity of anything metallic. It would be interesting to tear one of those antennas apart to see exactly...

Can you see the Black Pearl receiver switching antennas (blue LED under each antenna?)

Amazon's shipping costs are about a billion dollars per quarter and they continue to focus ways to lower this expense; drones may or may not be a viable solution but kudos to Bezos for thinking outside of the box.

You should be completely plug 'n play with their kit. There's a few good YouTube videos out there that cover the addition of the video transmitter and iOSD mini, sorry but I don't have any links.

While I don't have anything very useful to add to the helpful replies I can offer a non-grumpy welcome to the forum. Here's a digital book on Amazon that's inexpensive and a good primer of the Phantoms for total newbies.

Always - FULL THROTTLE on takeoff, get it to six or eight feet and then execute your flight plan.

You might have to grind a little on the gimbal bracket where the side button of the Hero4 hits the mount. And also I just read where the backplane mod (replacement for the USB connector) won't work with the H4. Too bad, I just received one in the mail I ordered.

My P2 and Hero4 Silver work great with no issues so far.

We used to sail - I was looking at the guy in the cockpit and he apparently never heard the Phantom since it approached him downwind. Fun video.

I tilt my antenna on the P2's transmitter so it clears the ground. You might try tilting the controller antenna one way or the other to see if it makes a difference.

That dude is heavy at 87 grams. I looked at their website and: Once activated and powered on, SPOT Trace will acquire its exact coordinates from the GPS network. SPOT Trace sends the GPS location to communication satellites. There are no other details about how the tracker transmits its...

I will and I hope to have weather good enough to fly my Phantom 2.

I have the exact same setup as the OP and I can definitively state my Hero4 (Silver) does output video - everything worked right off the get-go.

I have about 40 hours in 152s and 172s, probably half of that solo. I passed my written exam and needed two more x-country solos and a check ride for my private license. Then I was transferred and stopped flying :( .