1) How long does the main battery take to charge ?
With the stock charger about and hour more or less depending on how far down it is when before charging. and you should get about 10 minutes flight give or take 2 minutes depending on how hard you are flying and done push your luck on time till you know how long you get from your battey and flying habits. and get your self a cheap battey buzer/alarm like this
http://www.ebay.com/itm/151291454087?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT
That plugs in to the ballance lead on the battery and can be set to go off at set voltage and is insanely loud and will let you know when your battey is getting low so you can land it before it runs out of juice.
2) How long does the camera battery take to charge ?
a full charge can take up to about 3-4 hours and can run for a hour or more of recording. But some pcs take a lot longer to charge it then say a phone charger wall wort.
3) Software
On the dii site there is Phantom RC and NAZAM software (for mac).
Which should I be using ?
Mostly you will use the Nazam to change any paramiters and settings for the phantom. the rc assistant is mostly for the transmitter if you need to do any thing like recalibrating it if it ever gets out of calibration or if you want to change its mode from CE mode to FCC mode which gives a lot more range. and some other advanced things. But to use the rc assist you need to open up the back of the transmitter and plug the USB cable in to a port on the circuit board inside the tx. So it will probably be a while before you need to want to mess with any of that stuff.
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4) I was trying to register on the DJI website from the application but the confirmation email they sent me the hyperlink does not work. Anyone else have this ? Not sure if I have registered or not now.
Hum not to sure about what the deal is with that But you should be able to go in and see if you can log in and see if you are registered or not. If not maybe try again or try cutting and pasting the link to your browser.
5) What is the 2nd pot in the back of transmitter (not the EU/FCC one) ?
Thats for adding a ginble tilt lever it moves that trim pot up or down to control the gimble.
The only thing that has thrown me so far is that the camera would not charge without a SD card inserted.
ohh and all the little packs of screws. Some I have no idea what they are for.
Hum mine seems to charge regardless of card in or out. Might just need longer and a tip I just found out about recently on a lot of pcs they wont charge threw the usb inless the computer is in standby or sleep mode.
The screws. are for putting your landing gear on it they are the ones with a regular head on them and they add a few extras incase you lose any. the ones with the unthreaded part on the top and the flat heads are for the phone holder to attack to the bar on the transmitter. and there should be some extra strips of tape to tape the 2 gray antennas to your landing gear. But you can use the tape that holds them against the belly for shipping. and there should also be a short pcs of sting. That seems to be a big mystery what the heck that is for. No one seems to know what its for. Tho many have tried some good guess. My best guess is its to tie on you're finger as a reminder to always remember to do a preflight check and never fly till you have just a steady green flashing LED telling you that you have found enough gps satellites and all good to take off.