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Hello fellow pilots. I did my first solo (unsupervised by experienced pilot). Have a couple of questions.
Thank God for PropGuards...When I landed, I pulled both joysticks to inside corner and released, like start up...I mowed the lawn as it didn't stop and started rotating around. Finally held throttle down until it stopped. Did a whole bunch of take offs and landings and shut down practices (now on pavement) and same thing happened...Finally think I got it...pull to corners and KEEP them there until shutdown...correct?
Then, I got a little freakout...Was using a timer and got to 20 minutes but still had 2 bars on battery and NO red flashing lights, so I kept flying (at about 30 feet and pretty close to me)...kept looking for slow blinking red leds. Suddenly I lost all control...freaked out...noticed the red leds were blinking quickly and realized it was landing itself...yay! and glad it was close...
So first of all, should I STOP flying at 2 bars? Manual says 25 % to 50% left...that's a big range...And why did it seem to go so quickly into fast flashing red...What is the safest way to be careful with power, but not have ridiculously short flights.....Flying Phantom 2 (non-vision) so no OSD with Battery level...
Advanced new controller with annoying throttle lock..which makes start up a little weird...
THanks so much...sorry such a long post!
Steve
Thank God for PropGuards...When I landed, I pulled both joysticks to inside corner and released, like start up...I mowed the lawn as it didn't stop and started rotating around. Finally held throttle down until it stopped. Did a whole bunch of take offs and landings and shut down practices (now on pavement) and same thing happened...Finally think I got it...pull to corners and KEEP them there until shutdown...correct?
Then, I got a little freakout...Was using a timer and got to 20 minutes but still had 2 bars on battery and NO red flashing lights, so I kept flying (at about 30 feet and pretty close to me)...kept looking for slow blinking red leds. Suddenly I lost all control...freaked out...noticed the red leds were blinking quickly and realized it was landing itself...yay! and glad it was close...
So first of all, should I STOP flying at 2 bars? Manual says 25 % to 50% left...that's a big range...And why did it seem to go so quickly into fast flashing red...What is the safest way to be careful with power, but not have ridiculously short flights.....Flying Phantom 2 (non-vision) so no OSD with Battery level...
Advanced new controller with annoying throttle lock..which makes start up a little weird...
THanks so much...sorry such a long post!
Steve