Recent content by MFischer

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    Need Help. Refurbished P3S with FW v 1.0.14

    Guess I'll give it a try. Thanks!
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    Need Help. Refurbished P3S with FW v 1.0.14

    Hi all. My Brother in law asked me to help him out with a refurbished P3S. I have a P3A and it's much different. Regardless, I noticed DJI shows firmware version 1.0.14. I can't find that anywhere. Is the bird stuck on this version? I assume I can't jump across FW versions so how can I get to...
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    Problem Solved!- RC Calibration

    Thanks Oso; Thanks msinger. I was overconfident that I read everything and watched all videos and thought I was doing it right, but .... After watching that video msinger, I don't believe I saw that one. I feel like an idiot and humiliated that I cannot follow instructions, but darn these things...
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    Problem Solved!- RC Calibration

    Hi all. I want to share my short story for others to benefit. As an engineer I read the manual and attempted to do all calibrations "by the book." I thought I was in regards to RC calibration but learned that you MUST also calibrate the RC gimbal camera pitch "roller" control to complete the RC...
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    First Drone- P3S or P3A/P?

    Depends on your budget and what you intend to do with the Phantom. I recently purchased a P3A and have double the cost of the bird into the whole thing, including extra batteries, new iPad Mini 2, batteries, sd cards/readers, etc. If you want to explore photography or videos as a hobby or...
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    Multiple P3A "malfunctions"- Advice?

    Thanks Johny. I'm done updating FW. It's time to fly instead of work on it.
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    Multiple P3A "malfunctions"- Advice?

    Thanks Neon. The bin file was not in an extra folder. I formatted the sd cards numerous times, then browsed through folders to be certain- including hidden folders. The upgrade to 1.9.6 was not successful according to the sd card log file but the RC shows v1.9.6 on aircraft. I have no idea if my...
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    Multiple P3A "malfunctions"- Advice?

    My new P3A is two weeks old: After a week of reading manual, forums, and tutorials, I assembled my aircraft and began flying. Love this thing! Now... I upgraded RC (GL 300C)FW to 1.8 because DJI GO (v3.1) "required" an upgrade. I don't know what FW version the controller had before upgrade. My...