Recent content by Nick Russell

I'm going to weigh in here as both a Phantom owner and a kite flyer (I have over a dozen quad line stunt kites). Twice now I have seen accidents involving drones and kites, though fortunately no trucks were involved in either incident. At a kite festival I was at last year a young man with a...

It's the basic Phantom, not a 3. Does it have auto takeoff?

I'm a new flyer with a standard Phantom that I've flown 3 times now. I've had a few hard landings where the drone flipped over and the props got bent up a bit. I've managed to straighten them out and they look okay, but today when I was flying, about half the time on takeoff, instead of lifting...

I'm a new member who just got my first Phantom, a P1, today. Can't wait to get it out and try it!