Recent content by StrikerOne

In answer to the the above - and in explanation of why it was that there was a snake even involved in this - Yes, its a wild snake and yes, I am a professional "snake catcher" www.snakesinthecity.com.au and this might help to explain why it was that I so casually grabbed a snake off the ground...

So... It's a long story, but I was flying my Phantom 3 from the usual sports fields I fly at yesterday and very nearly learnt a hard lesson in lets just say, "The appropriateness of multitasking certain things together..." I was flying the drone which was approx at approx 50m AGL and about 150m...

Hi members, I've recently had an amazing opportunity fall in my lap which could mean that my so far recreational/hobby drone operations might expand to providing my services as pilot/operator for a company that is tendering for a government contract. Having not had any experience or dealings...

Just wanted to say thanks for the speedy delivery on the antenna - it was hand delivered to me on my front door in Australia within 7 days of placing the order, which is very impressive! As I've already posted above, solid product that delivers results! Thanks

To give you a bit of an idea of what an improvement of overall signal and range the DBS antenna makes - I'm operating mine over an inner city suburban area with areas of dense bush land with average tree heights around 50m+/- and the terrain contours are pretty variable all round, consisting of...

I'm not going to get into a back and forth argument over this - Firstly, I don't know US law anywhere near as well as I know Australian law and secondly, I'm here to talk drones, not guns and law. My reasoning for disagreeing with these points as posted - again, I conceed that I am not as...

Well, I think my position on this is pretty clear - I would have shot it down from the version of events that I have read and from the answers that guy has given, I reckon he know's where he stands and he sounds like he is ready to back it up with action... I guess we'll see how it pans out!

Are you serious? Mate, granted, I haven't read anything more than essentially his side of the story that was described in http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/07/kentucky-man-shoots-down-drone-hovering-over-his-backyard/ - and I am sure there are two sides to the story - but at the end of...

So, I've had all three of the Phantom models - having cut my teeth on a defective Phantom 1 that I bought second hand (It was physically undamaged) for a few hundred dollars, the fault being that the GPS unit was faulty and completely non-functional. The lack of the GPS assistance and no RTH...

Fair enough :) I was asking in genuine curiosity of finding out - I hope it didn't come across arrogantly!

Thanks for the reply's everyone - I agree with what a number of you have said above re: the RTH button and how long I pressed it. In the panic, I didn't press and hold, I just punched it a few times in the moment. Funny thing is, I had seen the DJI Pilot App Crash threads in the last few days on...

Also, I didn't have the SD card in and was not recording the flight this time unfortunately. Regretting that now, I would love to watch what happened from the drones POV.

I am just reading another thread - http://www.phantompilots.com/threads/pursuing-a-refund-flyaway-not-found.49922/ and am wondering if there's something to this - I pressed the RTH button a number of times but got no response...

So - Had the DJI Pilot app throw an error message then close on me - and it wouldn't re-open. The P3 was approximately 350-400m away from me in distance, way out of sight, at an altitude of about 75m when this occurred. I knew I had set the RTH alt. to 100m - but wouldn't you know it, when I...

With full respect to your personal choice being reason enough, I am still really curious as to why you wouldn't want a Phantom 3 over a Phantom 2?