Recent content by Nathan Carter

  1. Nathan Carter

    My 2+ was laid to rest in the Ohio River... :(

    Regarding the batteries... DJI implemented a property they call Battery life(expressed in percentage from 0-100%), which can be checked either in the Assistant on the PC or on the battery itself by pressing and holding the button for 5 seconds... What DJI got wrong is the actual percentage...
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    Disassembling a 2312 motor

    Has anyone here managed to disassemble(take apart rotor from stator for cleaning) a 2312 motor that comes with p2v+ v3.0? On DJI forum few guys have tried http://forum.dji.com/thread-9235-1-1.html And aparently it's an impossible task! The clip and the washer can be removed just like on 2212...
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    Topics about 3rd party apps moved to Classifieds section!?

    I noticed a quite recent trend here on this forum, one which I totally don't agree with. Admins are moving all topics related to 3rd party apps to a separate forum section named Classifieds(viewforum.php?f=9) Topics like: "UNOFFICIAL Vision App for Android (Distance, Speed, etc) v11" and "FPV...
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    Cannot Get Quad To Finish Calibration Or Start Motors...

    I believe you are actually succesfully calibrating the compass, just thinking that you didn't. After a successful calibration you will not get some special LED signaling that you did it. Instead, if you succeeded the lights will return to standard signaling based on ocassion. So if you are in...
  5. Nathan Carter

    UAV Direct would not honor warranty for opening Phantom

    It's ridiculous. Opening the shell should be a part of regular maintenance. Like opening the engine hood on a car... You also were honest and told them that you did. But if you didn't and instead placed a new pair of stickers, they could not know! I would try to convey that to them in some nice...
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    2312 Motor issue - UPDATE FROM DJI!!!

    very good point! Seems awfully suspicious. The photo was posted here on the forum without any background information. We don't know what caused the failure. Was it spontaneous, was it after a crash or was it simply a poor DIY upgrade.
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    Just confirmed I have ESC 2.1, here's my Serial Number

    I've been reading that thread from beginning. Only mention of supposedly v2.1 wire issues were from the same guy from the thread I mentioned. He thought his slight wire deformations were heat induced, but later another guy showed how the wires from a brand new never used motor look. They looked...
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    Just confirmed I have ESC 2.1, here's my Serial Number

    Yes I agree with you. Actually that is what I was trying to say. I only maybe did not explain it well. What I believe is that they first released Phantom 2 without the camera, that was v1 then they released Phantom 2 VISION and a bit later VISION+ they were stil v1 (that is what you are saying...
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    Just confirmed I have ESC 2.1, here's my Serial Number

    I see a huge problem in this thread. We need an agreement about naming/versioning. Since the release of Phantom 2 there have been 3 sub version: v1, v2 and now v3. I'm trying to source "historic" info about those initial versions but I have trouble finding relevant info. So I ask everyone, let's...
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    Just confirmed I have ESC 2.1, here's my Serial Number

    Can you please locate the place/post where you have seen that one? Is it this one: viewtopic.php?f=27&t=32600&start=40 That are not fried wires. If that is the one you saw, here is my comment that I now copied from that thread about that case:
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    Questions From Potential Owner

    Maybe you are not aware of this also: http://dev.dji.com
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    Just confirmed I have ESC 2.1, here's my Serial Number

    Because ESC boards have their own "brain" and DJI has not built in a mechanism to perform an upgrade to it via the "main brain" which has the USB port. Upgrading ESC firmware probably even requires specialized hardware that's why they can only do it in the factory. But take this with a grain of...
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    If you just purchased a brand new Phantom 2 Vision+ V3 READ!

    Re: If you just purchased a brand new Phantom 2 Vision+ V3 R We need to figure out a way to push DJI to come out with a statement. Maybe an online petition, does someone here have some experience with that? What would be the best place/approach? I believe we are here complaining to each other...
  14. Nathan Carter

    Have You Ever Turned The RC Off Just To See If...

    It will depend on the number of GPS satellites you had before liftoff and at the moment of return. In my experience sometimes it is dead on, sometimes it is up to 2 meters off. Another thing that the S1 switch is good for and I believe this works even in the default "Phantom" mode, you can...
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    Have You Ever Turned The RC Off Just To See If...

    However to use the S1 switch you have to change from "Phantom" mode to "NAZA" mode in the PC assistant software. Then you have the option to choose that your bottom position on the S1 switch is failsafe(and not manual mode, which is the default once you switch to NAZA) In "Phantom" mode(the...