I'm a novice, this is my 5th. outing. I have a H3-2D gimbal Immersion VTX & Black Pearl FPV
'm running 3.0 and don't feel confident about the upgrade to 3.2
I wish I was running 1.08 on the controller but can't find it for a Mac, I am running 1.0.1.27 on the P330CB.
I'm flying is a wide open area, but too far out for my skill level. I lose my bearings and start to panic. I forget the Black Pearl can help me find my bearings and get home. I studied the telemetry that afternoon and then forgot it when I panicked. So, I turn of the controller. The Phantom comes back and begins its descent.
I saw a video that recommended that at the last 30' or so, take control of the Phantom in ATTI mode to bring it down smoothly.
Smoothly didn't happen. I can't say for sure, but the Phantom started a nose dive about the same time I turned on the controller. The Phantom went out of control vertically and hit hard. Was it me or the prop guard string that fouled a rotor?
The damage: four prop guards three props and the Gimbal won't come to position upon restarting the Phantom. I flew this morning and hovering was not great. Yesterday before the crash the hovering was the best I've ever seen after being freshly calibrated.
I recalibrated and the Phantom flies but the hovering isn't great.
Take a look at the Gimbal, the red light functions but I can't tell if there is damage to the two areas in this photo: http://screencast.com/t/OLmxUXAy9bmy
The grey ribbon cable on the top looks fine.
I don't know where to get the Gimbal repaired.
THE STRING? HERE'S THE DEAL:
When I was replacing the props and the prop guards, I discovered there was about 18" of string wrapped around a rotor. Does this mean that the a vortex effect, if that's what it was, blew the string into the path of the props? Or did the string just fowl the rotor and make the Phantom go into a nose dive as it was descending.
Did I cause this whole disaster by putting the controller into ATTI mode? I'm not clear and I don't have enough experience to say.
What I am clear on is that the string stays off. I'm having second thoughts about the prop guards too but I've read some good things about them.
'm running 3.0 and don't feel confident about the upgrade to 3.2
I wish I was running 1.08 on the controller but can't find it for a Mac, I am running 1.0.1.27 on the P330CB.
I'm flying is a wide open area, but too far out for my skill level. I lose my bearings and start to panic. I forget the Black Pearl can help me find my bearings and get home. I studied the telemetry that afternoon and then forgot it when I panicked. So, I turn of the controller. The Phantom comes back and begins its descent.
I saw a video that recommended that at the last 30' or so, take control of the Phantom in ATTI mode to bring it down smoothly.
Smoothly didn't happen. I can't say for sure, but the Phantom started a nose dive about the same time I turned on the controller. The Phantom went out of control vertically and hit hard. Was it me or the prop guard string that fouled a rotor?
The damage: four prop guards three props and the Gimbal won't come to position upon restarting the Phantom. I flew this morning and hovering was not great. Yesterday before the crash the hovering was the best I've ever seen after being freshly calibrated.
I recalibrated and the Phantom flies but the hovering isn't great.
Take a look at the Gimbal, the red light functions but I can't tell if there is damage to the two areas in this photo: http://screencast.com/t/OLmxUXAy9bmy
The grey ribbon cable on the top looks fine.
I don't know where to get the Gimbal repaired.
THE STRING? HERE'S THE DEAL:
When I was replacing the props and the prop guards, I discovered there was about 18" of string wrapped around a rotor. Does this mean that the a vortex effect, if that's what it was, blew the string into the path of the props? Or did the string just fowl the rotor and make the Phantom go into a nose dive as it was descending.
Did I cause this whole disaster by putting the controller into ATTI mode? I'm not clear and I don't have enough experience to say.
What I am clear on is that the string stays off. I'm having second thoughts about the prop guards too but I've read some good things about them.