Recent content by btucker

Sounds like my neighbor who used to move my garbage can to the middle of my driveway if I didn't get it back up to the house by mid-day. When I get home from work at 5 there it is in the middle of the driveway. Some people have nothing better to do than grumble. I take as a personal...

Let them fly your drone 5 minutes and see how much fun it is.

I think some people are intimidated by drones just as they are by any new technology. The best thing to do is invite them to come take a closer look and check it out and see you are flying it for the pleasure / hobby rather than spying on people. We can help people accept this hobby. By the...

Yes. I learned this the expensive way. Be very liberal with RTH height.

I sent the Phantom 4 off to DJI for repair Thursday. I'll let everyone know how that goes. I ordered a Mavic Pro Wednesday evening and it arrived Friday, unbelievably fast. Flew the Mavic today and it is really cool. I love the portability of the Mavic but I want my Phantom back too. The...

Well I shipped my badly damaged P4 to DJI for repair quote today. I've read horror stories about their service but we will see. Hopefully the price will be reasonable and I can get it back in a few weeks. Lessons learned about altitude and sport mode.

Correction. It busted the body where the landing gear connects not the blades. Trying to figure out how to post picture. Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots

The crash destroyed one side of the landing gear where there now wires hanging out. And it busted two propellers. Both places where the props were busted, it damaged the pieces that hold the props on and cracked the body where those pieces screw to the body. Any suggestions on the best way to...

I was on the latest firmware but had not recently calibrate remote. Without question, I have observed altitude loss when flying fast in sport mode. This did not happen in P mode. Looking at the flight record, the drone was at 126 feet when it crashed. I am thinking the loss of altitude...

I have had my Phantom 4 a few months and flown it quite a bit. I have flown over fields and forests mostly. I began flying in sport mode recently and was amazed at the speed and agility. But, I noticed that when flying at higher speeds the drone loses altitude. I didn't pay it too much...

Amazing footage. Beautiful place, would really like to visit there. Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots

Could they have gone through some type of magnetic scan or x-ray that damaged the internal components? That is about the only thing to explain all three being damaged in the same manner. Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots

As has been said, learn everything you can. I read the manual twice and watched videos. The other thing I would add is learn everything you can about the dji go app. Flying became much less nerve racking once I learned the app and became confident in it. I haven't had so much fun with...