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    Where to repair major damage

    I received a quote this week from DJI repair facility. It was far less money than I was expecting, given the extensive damage to my P4P. They charged me only for those gimbal parts needed, not for an entire gimbal plus camera. I would not hesitate to send it to DJI, although I have yet to...
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    Apps for flight coordination.

    I am running Pix4D Capture 2.0.0 (8) on iPad running iOS 10.3.2 and a P3 Standard. Several missions (3 of ~10) have "completed" prematurely. Today both flights (polygon) ended prematurely. Popup dialog box says mission complete (it's not) and includes a button to download/synch mission, which...
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    Reason Why Stock P3S Has Such Poor Range

    Frank, I agree there is sound logic in keeping the CapEx in the disposable range. Kelly
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    Reason Why Stock P3S Has Such Poor Range

    @Frank, I have years of stick time on P2's and fixed wing, including some long range UHF-based RC. It took me very little time to brush off the couple years' dust from my P2 flights to spin up on the P3S yesterday. I successfully maidened twice yesterday, and this morning have a kick *ss 3D...
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    Reason Why Stock P3S Has Such Poor Range

    And I am sure this is covered ad naseum elsewhere, but if you were to go P4 instead, would you go Pro (no screen) or Pro+ (screen included)? Kelly
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    Reason Why Stock P3S Has Such Poor Range

    Very helpful John. What frequency does Lightbridge use? Kelly
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    Reason Why Stock P3S Has Such Poor Range

    Frank, I find your posts here very helpful. A couple years ago I flew P2's a couple miles out and up to a mile up, with very few failsafes, and fairly good video. I didn't get those results overnight, but eventually, as I learned more and more about antennae. Just getting back into...
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    DJI Go app shuts off internet connection when WiFi connected

    I have searched in this forum and on the internet, but haven't been able to self-help on this problem. I was deep into P2's a couple years ago, and just returned this morning with a new P3 Standard. First choice device is Samsung S7 running Android on Verizon. (Second choice device is...
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    Setting up the Futaba T8FGS (or 14SG) with the P2

    Ian (and others), What values are you seeing in the SERVO display on your radio as you cycle through SD positions? Reason I ask is I just stumbled upon a solution to a problem that has been dogging me since January, I was sporadically getting fail safe / autoland behavior during flight, as...
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    Manual mode to lose altitude?

    I use Manual mode descents when I need high altitude shots of large landscapes in Another country. I use the SH momentary switch on my 14SG radio for Manual on/off. I flick into MM until descent rate hits 8 to 10 m/sec, then release into ATTI or GPS until FC stabilizes to about 2 m/sec, then...
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    PSA / WARNING: This Can Happen To You

    Just found this thread tonight. Condolences. The nature of your crash, as well as F6Rider's, sound remarkably similar to two I had last year. In both cases, I was hovering in GPS mode, rural environment with little chance for RFI, mid shoot, repositioning myself for the rest of the shoot...
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    A few questions

    I have owned a GS for my P2's for quite a while. Used it once, briefly, despite lots of interest and possible applications at work. Can one of you black belts summarize yaw control, camera/gimbal tilt control, etc.? My goals are smooth videos of large properties during various stages of...
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    P2 Maximum Distance?

    1,500 meters routinely, in non-urban settings. Occasionally 3,000 to 4,000 meters. FPV range usually beats control range, but not always. Kelly
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    Flytrex Live 3G Released - Review

    Has anyone taken their H2O Wireless + Flytrex 3G outside the U.S. successfully? About to try mine in Mexico and curious if others have had any experience internationally... Kelly
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    3DR Solo

    The one feature that would get me to jump on Solo or P3 quickly is if I saw numerous pilots achieving quality jello-free footage without hours of f*cking around with gains, dampeners, filters, calibrations, post-processing, etc. Jello Jihad has been a huge time sink for me. Short of that, I'll...