Recent content by look_alive

I live in Northwest Florida and most of our coastline is part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore. They have recently adopted the policy of the National Park System and now ban all drones. I predict flying in National Forests being banned very soon. Their statement: "We have already...

First flight and first video. Phantom 3 Professional.

I would think it MUCH easier to see the dark-colored Mavic in the sky than the white Phantoms at the same distance, despite the size.

New P3P owner here. I'm using 2.8.0 on my Nexus 7 (2013), and it's almost unusable. But I'm also running Android 6. I think I'm going to downgrade my tablet to Android 5 to see if that helps. Coincidentally, I tried using my iPhone 6+ (with Go 3.0.1) and it worked flawlessly. Frustrating, as...

Perhaps that's why everything is more expensive there? Best Buy in the US makes millions of dollars per quarter selling extended warranties. Many times, even those don't cover repairs. Does Best Buy in the UK sell extended warranties? If every product is covered for six years, then why...

That's a four month old drone. No offense, but I think you would literally be laughed out of a Best Buy in the US if you tried that. They will immediately tell you to contact the manufacturer.

Ugh! Heartbreaking. I like that you are ordering another P3A. I just purchased a used P3P, and it's testament to the fact that there's a LOT to love about the P3 platform even in late 2016. The footage was beautiful! Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots

I sent the copter a few feet from me, aimed the camera at myself, then gave it full throttle up and full throttle reverse, and off it goes! QUICKLY! I didn't speed anything up in post processing. Probably would have been safer, though! ;-)

Ha! I'm not sure about the "boss" part, but it was fun! Thanks! :-)

You sneaky devil, you! ;-)

Wow! Beautiful, beautiful! The under-the-bridge maneuver was amazing!

Hi, everyone! I purchased a gently used Phantom 3 Pro from a friend, and through circumstances out of my control, it was dead on arrival. An unfortunate victim of the dreaded prop guard screws. (You can read about my trials and tribulations at this link.) Long story short, I researched and...

UPDATE! SHE'S ALIVE! Four new motors, some sweat and cursing, and the drone came to life! After getting the top off and seeing a significant amount of white silicone holding the wires to the ESC, I got scared to solder directly to the board. So, instead I spliced the 3 wires for each motor...

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Impressed that you didn't lose signal as you dipped down below the tree line to film the lake itself. Nice video! Makes me miss living in New England! :-) Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots