Drilled a hole tonight

Paul60 · Feb 23, 2017

After putting it off, I finally decided to drill the hole in my P3S controller to mount an Inspire style tablet mount.

Marked the drill location as described in the many you tube videos I watched and boom !

The hole was in the perfect spot, dead plumb too.

Holding my ipad mini 4, in an Otterbox case no sweat.

Very happy tonight !

msinger · Feb 23, 2017

Nice work! This is truly the best mounting option for the P3S.

FYI, if anyone else wants to do this, I have detailed instructions here.

Paul60 · Feb 23, 2017

msinger said:
Nice work! This is truly the best mounting option for the P3S.

FYI, if anyone else wants to do this, I have detailed instructions here.

Thanks Phantomhelp,

Yes, now all I need is a 'genuine' DJI holder.

The one I have works, but it doesn't quite open as far as the DJI one.

Also, the cheap copy I have just rockets out when you press the open button.

Not that nice 'smooth glide' that the original part has!

msinger · Feb 23, 2017

You can get one here on Amazon.

Paul60 · Feb 23, 2017

msinger said:
You can get one here on Amazon.

Thanks,

But I am in Australia.

Nobody wants to ship here

msinger · Feb 23, 2017

You can get one on eBay here.

Paul60 · Feb 23, 2017

msinger said:
You can get one on eBay here.

Thanks,

I was wary of ebay and getting another cheap fake item.

This looks the real deal.

Cheers

toegema · Feb 24, 2017

I bought a holder that does not require a hole to be drilled. It is the same as the original but without the pin on the top. Works quite well.

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Paul60 · Feb 24, 2017

toegema said:
I bought a holder that does not require a hole to be drilled. It is the same as the original but without the pin on the top. Works quite well.

Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots

Agghh, now you tell me ! :O

No worries, the deed is done.

Dazzauk · Feb 24, 2017

anyone and everyone who is using ipads to fly with there phantoms, what do you do about the lack of cellular data?

Surley the map screen doesn't work ?

Paul60 · Feb 24, 2017

Dazzauk said:
anyone and everyone who is using ipads to fly with there phantoms, what do you do about the lack of cellular data?

Surley the map screen doesn't work ?

Hi Dazzauk,

I thought the same. Just about every ipad I looked at was WiFi only.

So I splurged and got one on a cheap, 2 year plan with our major Telco.

Only 1GB of data, but I only use it for the Phantom.

Costs me $10 per week for the latest ipad mini 4, plus 1GB of data. The option of upgrading to a newer model too should I choose.

For around an extra fee of $150 I should add. But that works for me.

Not sure what options you have in the UK, but cellular is a must I reckon.

Solly747400 · Feb 24, 2017

Paul60 said:
But I am in Australia.

Nobody wants to ship here

I'm feeling your pain!

Paul60 · Feb 24, 2017

Solly747400 said:
I'm feeling your pain!

Yes, enough to make you weep. Or relocate !

Dazzauk · Feb 24, 2017

Paul60 said:
Hi Dazzauk,

I thought the same. Just about every ipad I looked at was WiFi only.

So I splurged and got one on a cheap, 2 year plan with our major Telco.

Only 1GB of data, but I only use it for the Phantom.

Costs me $10 per week for the latest ipad mini 4, plus 1GB of data. The option of upgrading to a newer model too should I choose.

For around an extra fee of $150 I should add. But that works for me.

Not sure what options you have in the UK, but cellular is a must I reckon.

dO YOU THINK FLYING WITH A TABLET OVER A IPHONE GIVES MUCH IMPROVEMENT?

Sorry for caps, not re typing lol

Paul60 · Feb 24, 2017

Dazzauk said:
dO YOU THINK FLYING WITH A TABLET OVER A IPHONE GIVES MUCH IMPROVEMENT?

Sorry for caps, not re typing lol

Hi Dazza,

I have no idea, I am new to all this. Haven't flown it yet.

But I reckon the larger screen and the gps/maps must be worth it !

Solly747400 · Feb 24, 2017

I bought this

HUAWEI MediaPad M2 8.0 | eBay

So far so good

Paul60 · Feb 24, 2017

Solly747400 said:
I bought this

HUAWEI MediaPad M2 8.0 | eBay

So far so good

Looks good.

msinger · Feb 24, 2017

Dazzauk said:
anyone and everyone who is using ipads to fly with there phantoms, what do you do about the lack of cellular data?

You can cache the maps before you head out to fly or tether your phone to your iPad to share the Internet connection.

Dazzauk · Feb 24, 2017

msinger said:
You can cache the maps before you head out to fly or tether your phone to your iPad to share the Internet connection.

Ah I never thought about creating and connecting to the iphone as a hotspot

I might have to try this, however my ipad mini runs so slow, hopefully it will run the ap ok, now I need to find a mount with a screw hole in the bottom..