Bad start for a newbie

[Phantomfreak]

Glad it worked out.. If the P3 is shipped without the gimbal lock I can see easily how it can be damaged.. DJI doesn't have the most careful employees in the shipping dept.. I have two friends with Phantoms that had minor things wrong when the box was first opened

 

[AlexT]

So, final update from me on this thread. It arrived yesterday and after about 3 hours of charging, firmware updating, imu calibration and general checking I took it out for its first gentle flight. Beginner mode on, I flew for about 17 minutes at a local running track. It was great, I'm really happy. I'm glad I've spent time practicing on the Syma X5C because the P3S is so easy in comparison and I feel confident with the controls.

Thanks for all the advice and support - I'm especially pleased I started in beginner mode as it would've been very tempting to fly too far & high on my first time. I think I'll turn it off next flight and slowly increase the limits manually using the app settings over the next few flights.

I'm absolutely delighted that I've finally got a Phantom after the years of dreaming and I'm looking forward to many hours of flying and aerial photography from now on.

 

[dannyboy75]

Glad it's all sorted. Just need some decent weather now. At least it's not too long until spring though.

 

[droneshop]

Glad it worked out.. If the P3 is shipped without the gimbal lock I can see easily how it can be damaged.. DJI doesn't have the most careful employees in the shipping dept.. I have two friends with Phantoms that had minor things wrong when the box was first opened

FYI All P3's get shipped without the gimbal lock in place. I'm a dealer and every single box we have opened up the gimbal clamp is not installed properly. Well over 100 units.