Recent content by paradiseaerial

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    Commercial airlines - flying WITH a Phantom

    I took mine in a case to Haiti, and had no troubles. On the flight over, I checked the case and carried the lipos in my laptop case, then on the return I carried the Phantom case on, but still with the lipos with the laptop. Although the Phantom case is a little larger than what American...
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    How do you navigate when it's just a dot in the sky?

    Actually, right stick will make it fly a circle around you in a clockwise direction. Home lock is great, but I prefer course lock...!
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    How do you navigate when it's just a dot in the sky?

    I was practicing this evening on course lock, it normally works beautifully. After draining one battery, I switched to another, and course lock was gone. In flight, I switched back and forth between GPS and ATTI, and CL - HL, nothing worked, it was in regular ATTI mode. Really no big deal, but I...
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    My entry for the DJI Phantom contest

    Nicely done, I really like the music...
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    FatShark FPV

    Is there a way to simply use the GoPro hooked up to a video transmitter rather than the separate Fatshark camera? Any advice on systems to use which are ready to hook up and fly right out of the box? I would rather use a monitor than the goggles, unless there is a way to monitor the...
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    Aftermarket gimbals

    People have been having semi-successfull results with the offmarket gimbals, but they definitely require some research and understanding about setting up the proper balance and such. Google about Simple BCG and Martinez controller boards, which most of these gimbals operate with. They all...
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    Aftermarket gimbals

    Does anybody here have any experience with any of the numerous aftermarket Chinese brushless gimbals available on eBay such as this one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/DJI-Phantom-Bru ... 4174bde540 Some say they come with no manual, I wonder if you need to be a rocket scientist to connect them, or...