Recent content by NMG318

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    BATTERY ISSUES (Early Autoland)??? POST HERE

    Re: 25%-40% Battery Warning and Auto Descend?? Running 2.0 firmware version with 40 flights with no issues. Acquired a new battery with 10 flights. Today (with new battery) phantom2 auto landed at 65% (iOSD info). Battery was flashing empty about 6 minutes into the flight. Fortunately I...
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    P2 Crash - What Happened?

    It does look like you were descending pretty much vertical just before it became uncontrollable. If this is the case then this would be a classic case of Vortex Ring State. (You don't have to be descending full down to get into Vortex Ring State)
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    Phantom 2 - in GPS mode, is there an altitude cap?

    Phantoms can climb over 500m/minute (maybe a little less at your altitude). Not sure when you stopped climbing during that 180 seconds but you appear to be well over 100 meters. (I use to fly helicopters in that area out of Hill AFB back in the 80s)
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    Bellagio Water Fountain Show, Vegas Police Show Up For UFO!

    Re: Bellagio Water Fountain Show, Vegas Police Show Up For U Very good point, and more importantly than anything, the crews and aircraft operating from these areas have been thoroughly vetted and don't pose a security threat.
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    Bellagio Water Fountain Show, Vegas Police Show Up For UFO!

    Re: Bellagio Water Fountain Show, Vegas Police Show Up For U I wasn't necessarily comparing you to Carey's incident and more importantly I am not judging the police's response to her actions. I was merely pointing out that they did respond in a very security sensitive area to what they...
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    Bellagio Water Fountain Show, Vegas Police Show Up For UFO!

    Re: Bellagio Water Fountain Show, Vegas Police Show Up For U Anyone wishing to fly their Phantoms (UAVs) near Washington DC need to read the following (The Capitol, White House, Monuments, etc. are in the DC FRZ): http://www.faa.gov/news/media/sfra_flight_advisory.pdf SUMMARY: Page 2 states...
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    Wet P2

    And just as a reminder, if the temps are less than freezing, those water drops would be ice. It only takes a very thin layer of ice on the blades to disrupt the air flow and.......
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    Attack Drone

    Agree. There has always been a small percentage of *** wipes that lack common sense and whether we like it or not bad guys are going to try to do bad things with this technology in the future (and hey don't need a youtube video to figure it out). Hopefully there are smart people that can...
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    Vortex Ring State

    Actually a bad back is what made me finally throw in the towel. Putting seats in the military helicopters I flew were pretty much an after thought and ergonomics was not even considered.
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    Vortex Ring State

    I spent 26 years flying helicopters and can tell you this phenomena referred to as "vortex ring state" is treated with great respect by helicopter pilots (It is also referred to as "settling with power"). I've read several very good posts that have addressed this issue, but after having read...
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    Phantom on a Cruise Ship

    I've thought about this myself but I'm pretty sure you would have problems getting it on board and I think the Captain would have a cow if you launched it from the ship... Keep us posted if you try.
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    Need help red lights!

    Chris Walsh, You can silence the chuckle-heads that are off their meds through the "User Control Panel." Just type in their user name under "friends and foes" and their gone.
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    GoPro Hero 3+ Blurry ?

    I am using the 3+ and it doesn't appear to me to have any issues (the production date was Dec 2013). I called GoPro and talked to one of their reps before I purchased the 3+ and he indicated to me that the focus issue was only a problem in their initial production models (Aug 2013) and the...
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    Water Landing

    Show off...