A friend of mine took one look at my
Phantom 4 Pro in the air and after asking me all sorts of questions about it said, "
that's it, I want one". So, he bought one from Amazon and in a few weeks he had it in his hands. At the first opportunity and after reading all the manual and other related paperwork like I told him to,
and calling me a dozen times before his first flight, he went out and flew it in his back yard for only about "
four or five minutes" he said.
Well, he called me right after that first flight and told me he thinks he screwed up. After a very short time he told me that he'd forgotten to remove that "
two legged plastic thingy" off the camera. Apparently it didn't do the camera or gimbal any harm as he landed it, took off the guard and flew it again with no harm at all. The camera and gimbal working perfectly I assume because he came over later that day to show me the video he took later that afternoon.
I think he was very lucky he didn't burn out the gimbal motor and the only saving grace was, I believe, is that he wasn't recording any video at that time he left the guard on. He just wanted to fly it for the experience. Perhaps that's why it didn't do any harm but that's a sure hard way to learn isn't it?
Anyway, I thought ya'll would get a kick out of his story, and that "
two legged plastic thingy."
Bud
ps
This is one thing I think that DJI could address with firmware. For example, if the gimbal couldn't initiate, then the Phantom shouldn't be able to take off. Would
that be a good idea for them to implement since it seems that a lot of new Phantom owners run into this very same issue quite a lot it seems.
