Recent content by robschoemaker

Re: WARNING REGARDS LATEST FIRMWARE! LOSS OF MOTOR PWR IN FL My guess is that is has nothing to do with the firmware. Same happened to me also some time ago. See also: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=8778 viewtopic.php?f=7&t=11321&start=30#p107935 Unfortunately I haven't been able to find a root cause...

Wish I knew... My last crash, the Phantom just shutdown in mid air and plummeted from the sky. I just finished all the repairs (replacement landing gear, camera mount, etc). My initial analysis was that it has to be one of the following, since all 4 motors stopped at the same time (actually it...

Thanks Wayne and Bigbells! Actually I used a very tiny amount of Locktite, used a tooth-pick to put a tiny drop on the screws. Didn't let it cure before sending the stews back in though. Anyway, apparently that still was to much. But luckily the fix worked very well. (actually I crashed my P2V...

Be careful with that locktite! Be careful with that Locktite. I almost ruined my P2V with it: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7881 Regards Rob

Does anybody know if any technical "repair manuals" are available for the Phantom Vision? Thanks! Rob

Thanks all. I am also surprised that the damage seems to be limited (I did not open the Phantom yet, so I don't know what the inside looks right now ;-) ). But I did place a new battery, and I was able to start her up (without props). Motors are spinning, and when I move the phantom around, it...

Well, today my worst Phantom-nightmare came to life: my phantom just fell out of the air from about 65 meters height :( Was just flying around at about 100m altitude and all of a sudden IOC started acting stange again (happened before). Each time Course Lock would just disengage. Happened to...

So the raw results of my surgery are shown in the following images: Did some quick testing and it seems to be very solid. So I polished the outside a little, and this is the end-result: So, the body is assembled again, and it feels really sturdy. Will let the two-component stuff harden...

As I wrote in the preventive maintenance "sticky" a couple of days ago, I was stupid enough to use Loctite on the screws of my P2V :oops: Basically, Loctite reacts with the plastic of the P2V shell and the plastic melts. 4 of the screws that hold the upper and bottom shells together could no...

Re: Preventative Maintenance checklists Tip: DO NOT USE LOCTITE! Even though the screws go into metal parts, if the Loctite touches plastic parts, they will just melt. (Unfortunately I'm speaking from experience :oops: )

Today I encountered two strange issues. Any ideas? 1. I normally fly in course-lock mode. Today my phantom kept "losing" course-lock. (meaning that course-lock disengaged for some reason, and the phantom reverted to "normal" mode. (switch was still in course-lock position). Just flipping the...

You would be surprised how many companies do not change default passwords ;-)

I experienced the same. Started with iPhone 5 at about 100%. After 15 minutes of flight, got battery low warning ( from phone). When I landed iPhone was at about 7%. Strange detail: went back to my car and connected phone to charger, and it immediately showed 54% charged. ???? Outside temp...

Did you try the default userid/password yet? See http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/howto/firstlogin

Also interested. Mine does the same.