Recent content by jokeyjon

Re: TRAVEL WARNING: Don't take your drone with you, even tou Don't think about trying to take one to Egypt. I had ideas of some fab aerial footage of the pyramids, Abu Simbel, etc but it took a lot of negotiation for it not to be confiscated on the way in and at every flight I was held while...

I would see the magnetic issue as secondary to the altitude one. At sea level, air pressure is 1000 millibars. At 4.3km altitude, the pressure is only 600 millibars, so air pressure has dropped 40%. That is ignoring loats of other factors such as air temp and humidity. Your phantom has to...

Just downloaded the assistant 2.0 software (on mac version) and ran it. The software recognises the phantom and checks for updates, then notes that I am on 3.04 and therefore all is well. I don't want to be on 3.04 :cry: Anyone else finding it hard to downgrade? I don't mind the airport...

I tried putting in the profile setup as per the estimable Mr Holt's instructions and had a problem with the gimbal switching between straight ahead and down violently as I scrolled the RS. I the tried importing the profile using an SD card and got the same results. Because a picture is worth a...

I think the scenery is better than the editing, but it's my first footage from the phantom to be put together. All comments welcomed! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f32VKtaQLso

Back to the original topic! I had a 600mw Immersion tx and spironet attached, BP with one spironet and one rubber ducky. Antenna mounted poking to the rear and bent so that it is facing down. Got 150-175m out of this setup ,which was disappointing. Added a TBS patch antenna (all of £10)...