Recent content by Pilot_Oz

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    First Flight - Banking instead of taking off

    Any recommended settings for Phantom limits?
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    First Flight - Banking instead of taking off

    I don't think all the official DJI manuals and videos should be saying "slowly rise the left stick to take off". Man it was easy after you guys told me to just give it some!
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    First Flight - Banking instead of taking off

    I'm now keen to find out how high or far I can fly straight out of the box (range). Is there anything in the DJI Assistant I need to look at or change other than the calibration recommended above? I obviously don't want to go flying extreme distances, but I'm keen to go a bit further than the...
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    First Flight - Banking instead of taking off

    Take off and first flight were a success! Thanks for all the advice everyone!
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    First Flight - Banking instead of taking off

    OK I did a calibration as per msinger's video above and will give it another test tomorrow... this time with a bit more ooomph on takeoff!
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    First Flight - Banking instead of taking off

    I'm starting to think I might have been a bit too easy on the take-off... because I had taken the camera off (I now know there wasn't any need to do this) I'm thinking that the DJI may have been unbalanced and as a result started to fall towards me (the same direction the weight of the batter...
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    First Flight - Banking instead of taking off

    Wow this is a lot more than they tell you in the manual... thanks heaps! I'll do the above and try again.
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    First Flight - Banking instead of taking off

    Hi guys, I recently purchased a DJI Phantom 2 Vision Plus and took it out for its first flight over the weekend. I followed the steps in the manual but once I tried to take off rather than flying straight up (holding the left knob up) it just banked towards me and I would have to turn off the...