Recent content by CharlieU

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    p4p+ night flight

    Here is a night flight with a Phantom 4 Pro with all settings auto. Full screen to enjoy.
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    Best place to buy P4 batteries?

    Me and 2 friends have purchased a total of 6 of these off brand batteries. $89.99 + tax. Nothing but good luck with them so far. Battery reports same as OEM, fit well, good flight time, no over heating. Time will tell. I have 4 OEM's with less that 50 charges that are bulging and in the junk...
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    Calif. tourist fined $20K for out-of-control drone that landed at airport in Las Vegas flight in 2018

    MARCH 18, 2015 Man Who Crashed Drone on White House Lawn Won’t Be Charged https://slate.com/technology/2015/03/white-house-lawn-drone-the-man-who-crashed-it-there-won-t-be-charged.html
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    Calif. tourist fined $20K for out-of-control drone that landed at airport in Las Vegas flight in 2018

    Here;s the video he posted on YouTube. It looks like the battery finally ran out of juice. A picture of the pilot with his modified controller.
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    Litchi Flight Phantom 4 A Did Not Return

    I checked the road about 20 minutes after takeoff. The road and both sides were well light up.
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    Litchi Flight Phantom 4 A Did Not Return

    Any idea why satellite count would suddenly go from 16 to zero? Do you think I might have saved it if I went to sport mode?
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    Litchi Flight Phantom 4 A Did Not Return

    Did not use screen recorder. Searched area and over wall with P4 at sub-station. Nada.
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    Litchi Flight Phantom 4 A Did Not Return

    I lost my Phantom 4 Advanced. I know it was a many rules broken Litchi mission. Mission Hub - Litchi I flew the mission with one P4A without incident. I wasn't satisfied with the video so I returned to the takeoff point with my second P4A. I kept losing connection which I did not on the...
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    Maria Firefighting Aerial Assault on temp. hold

    I can't believe someone is so ignorant to fly their drone like this. There are TFR's for these wildfires. It says stay the hell out. https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_9_6074.html https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_9_5530.html...
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    Does The Obstacle Avoidance Work On The Phantom 4 Advanced? Yes

    Fly Dawg, Thank you for your reply.The reason for the post was to share the good news that the aircraft was retrieved and also to caution changing altitude settings on a Litchi mission in the field. The cause of the crash was the altitude between two waypoints was 2 feet higher than the path of...
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    Does The Obstacle Avoidance Work On The Phantom 4 Advanced? Yes

    A Phantom 4 that was lost on a Litchi mission Aug 15 was found yesterday Oct 9. A keen eye spotted the Phantom in a search video on Oct.5. The pilot was new to Litchi and made a change in the field from 100 ft AGL to 180 ft thinking it would be safer raising the altitude. With no internet...
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    RTH question / discussion

    Does anyone have any idea why the gimbal twitch?
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    RTH question / discussion

    This is why I use Litchi Missions. Signal was lost 3:20 min into the flight and was restored at 12:25 returning home.
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    Is there a way to extend the 500m lateral distance?

    Has anyone ever had their Phantom flight actually restricted at the distance limit red circle. Mine is set to zero, it removes the red circle and I can fly til my battery runs out.
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    Does The Obstacle Avoidance Work On The Phantom 4 Advanced? Yes

    Litchi mission 35 ft AGL to search for a lost Phantom 4. On subsequent flights the Phantom 4 was not spotted. We know the flight path and area the drone had to make contact with the ground. Can post data if anyone is interested. More search patterns planned when the weather cools in the Arizona...