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Hello everybody,
While I am new to the quad world, I have a long history with RC. I have been looking at quads for a long time and finally made the purchase a few weeks ago. So far I am really impressed with what I have.
The first day I got my Phantom, I went home and put it together and ran down to the park. No calibration or anything, just charge and fly. I fly okay, but didnt seem to very stable. I took it home and plugged into the assistance software, which made me update the firmware. I did the calibration and went back to the park. This time it did seem like it wanted to take off. The motor idle speed was really low, so take off was a little sketchy. Back home and did the Tx calibration and now it flys great. Even in heavy wind, I think the hover and speed is great for a new pilot like me. Why I didnt do both calibrations out of the box, I will never know. I guess because I thought I had enough experience to get it off the ground.
I have my gopro set at 720 @60, which is the key for me. Not a lot of jello considering I have the stock mount and the H3 silver. I switched to 1080 @30 and had a TON of jello, even with carbon fiber props (not balanced).
Anyway, I just wanted in introduce myself here.
http://youtu.be/pYkMpqnqjew
Dave
aka FlyinFish
While I am new to the quad world, I have a long history with RC. I have been looking at quads for a long time and finally made the purchase a few weeks ago. So far I am really impressed with what I have.
The first day I got my Phantom, I went home and put it together and ran down to the park. No calibration or anything, just charge and fly. I fly okay, but didnt seem to very stable. I took it home and plugged into the assistance software, which made me update the firmware. I did the calibration and went back to the park. This time it did seem like it wanted to take off. The motor idle speed was really low, so take off was a little sketchy. Back home and did the Tx calibration and now it flys great. Even in heavy wind, I think the hover and speed is great for a new pilot like me. Why I didnt do both calibrations out of the box, I will never know. I guess because I thought I had enough experience to get it off the ground.
I have my gopro set at 720 @60, which is the key for me. Not a lot of jello considering I have the stock mount and the H3 silver. I switched to 1080 @30 and had a TON of jello, even with carbon fiber props (not balanced).
Anyway, I just wanted in introduce myself here.
http://youtu.be/pYkMpqnqjew
Dave
aka FlyinFish