Recent content by varix

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    Replacement Compass

    Have had a fairly solid look and cant find a definitive answer so here goes! I have an original Phantom 2 with H33D with the metal external compass and I am getting crazy readings from the compass and solid red lights during flight etc. Have tried all the recommended fixes with no luck so...
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    gymbal malfunction

    I had an issue after a calibration the other day where my Gimbal switch would cause the camera to face down, slowly come up and then face down again as I moved the lever. Pretty strange. I just had to recalibrate it using the RC Assistant, even though it says you only need to calibrate the...
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    Fixing DJI's Compass Problem

    Simons mate? He told me you had a fly away?!
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    Fixing DJI's Compass Problem

    I was in Castle Hill over the weekend with my Phantom as well haha! Crazy! Because I don't know any different as this is my first quad I am finding I just manually tidy up the TBE and J hook now subconsciously. Going to be interesting to fly with the new firmware and see how stable these things...
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    Fixing DJI's Compass Problem

    There seems to be heaps of us Phantom users in Christchurch! Or at least active users on this forum.
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    Fixing DJI's Compass Problem

    The first video makes no mention of it being a Phantom 2.
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    Fixing DJI's Compass Problem

    It is stupid because its relatively easy to make a video without showing the negative effects. So the users that have made these videos may well ahve the negative effects but just choose to ignore them. Here is the video I made on my second flight with my new P2 and you cant see any negative...
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    Anti interference board question

    What exactly does this board do? I think I neglected to put this into my Phantom not knowing what it did.
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    Rotating The Compass (and other bad ideas)

    Kinda outing myself here but that was me.
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    Fixing DJI's Compass Problem

    Whatever you do DONT unplug your compass. There is no solid fix. We NEED DJI to fix it. I live in the South Island and its still totally flyable you just can still do straight runs if you control the angle. And you can pull it out of the toilet bowl quite easily with some stick. I am just...
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    Fixing DJI's Compass Problem

    This is identical to the effects I mentioned in my previous post. Circles get bigger, faster and more violent pretty quickly unless you throw some inputs at it. Only does it for the first minute or 2 after launch and then the effects dull down pretty considerably.
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    Fixing DJI's Compass Problem

    Had my first flight today after learning about this issue. The TBE is very violent just after take off. Starts swinging huge circles at a very rapid pace. Also confirmed very decent J turns.
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    Fixing DJI's Compass Problem

    How fast/slow do DJI release firmware updates for the Phantom? Do they go through months of testing before they spit them out or are they pretty quick? If they look into it in the next week and create a fix in the firmware then release the firmware a week or 2 after that then I would be happy...
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    General Discussion Forum

    OK cool, thanks! This post brings me up to 4 so I will go find something else to comment on haha.
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    General Discussion Forum

    Hi Guys new here. I have received a PM from someone but I am unable to reply to it. It says I don't have permission or something. Can a boss man please help me out?