Recent content by Nick_Wilson

  1. Nick_Wilson

    How do you land?

    I always land it. Prop guards keep it from tipping over if on uneven ground. Having the transmitter dangle (with the weight of the iPAD) to me isn't work try to hand catch. TO each their own of course, but my preference is to land where I took off from.
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    Who has never had a problem with their Phantom?

    I will offer one piece of advice though. Learn to fly in ATTI mode. If you loose GPS and it starts to fly away you can flip to ATTI relatively easily and still bring it back. Never rely on GPS alone but learn the flight characteristics of the craft. I find flying in ATTI with my P2V+ is quite...
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    Who has never had a problem with their Phantom?

    No real issues with either my P2V+ or P3P other than stress cracks which I may have contributed to by tightening the prop guards too much. Sent the shell in to my dealer (unlikely that this would have been covered) and everything is fine. The problem as pointed out by everyone is you never hear...
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    Advantages on the Phantom 3P over Inspire 1

    I believe the gimbal on the P3 is similar to the P2 which is a serious weakness in it's design. Compared to the Inspire if you hit the ground hard do you not still have the same ribbon cable issue on the P3? Isn't the camera on the Inspire more durable simply by design?
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    I can't figure out who's got the problem, pilots or DJI

    This is exactly how I feel. While I am not discounting the issues that are seemingly to be occurring, you rarely hear when there is success and no problems encountered. The forums serve as a community but they are also a magnet for the problems and sometimes the good is drowned out. I am not...