Recent content by BillP3P

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    Inspect your P3 before flight!

    The crack in the left photo looks pretty risky but I had cracks like the right photo under similar number of flights. At the time, sending it back to DJI involved months of waiting. I used clear JB Weld (epoxy) and coated the bottoms of each arm underneath the motors making sure I didn't get any...
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    Phantom 3 advanced - how to save video on IPAD mini

    If you do go cellular, my iPad was something like $10/month when added to my phone plan. I'm Verizon. Not like a whole new service. Use smallest data plan if most of your iPad surfing is in wifi at home. Another's few suggestions if you go cellular: BEFORE FLYING - close all apps - turn off...
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    Phantom 3 advanced - how to save video on IPAD mini

    Does the wifi only version of iPad Air 2 have GPS location of the device? I believe you need GPS on your iPad to use the "return to you" (vs home point) capability. Also with the cellular version, you can download the Google-like hybrid maps at your flying location. I'm cellular on my IPad Air...
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    Phantom 3 advanced - how to save video on IPAD mini

    Just looked at DJI website. The app supports iPad Mini 2, but I don't see just the iPad Mini.
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    Phantom 3 advanced - how to save video on IPAD mini

    I'm running an iPad Air2. Didn't think there would be a difference. Since you just joined forum yesterday, I was thinking you just weren't aware of the app playback capabilities. Didn't know the mini is not running DJI app. Sorry I couldn't help.
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    Phantom 3 advanced - how to save video on IPAD mini

    Not sure if you are looking for the high quality video/stills you took during your flight OR the video feed you saw on your iPad when flying. They aren't the same. Any video dropouts you see when flying won't be on the micro SD card copy in the P3. However, the DJI app allows you to see the iPad...
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    P3 altimeter gain over flight duration

    I have a question relative to your response bbfpv. The temperature change affects the barometer? This made me think. I almost always take my aircraft from an air conditioned environment (car or house) and fly it almost immediately (after initializing but almost always within 5 minutes of the...
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    P3 altimeter gain over flight duration

    I must say I'm a little surprised the IMU doesn't take precedent over the barometer. It should know pretty precisely how much the aircraft has moved in the X,Y,Z axis after startup. I can work around it since I'm aware of it. Will have to watch flight data files to see if bias is always (or at...
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    P3 altimeter gain over flight duration

    Thx Sammynels. The RTH auto landing was my major concern (slamming into ground thinking it was still 30 feet away). I wondered whether the sensors would compensate. If RTH uses it, I may need to bump my return altitude up to compensate for the bias. Better than RTH coming in low with...
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    P3 altimeter gain over flight duration

    I'm a new P3 pilot with only about a dozen flights on it, but have flown electric helis for last 6 years. I've started reviewing my flight data playbacks just to check for any possible error messages and noticed something peculiar with my altimeter (Height on playback). I start the flight at 0...