Recent content by coloradodroner

As described! Upgrading to a Mavic. Comes with extra set of props, 2 batteries, hard shell case. Never crashed. Please see 100% positive feedback on FredMiranda.com and eBay: nswelton feedbacks ventureclimb on eBay $750 shipped.

The guy in the DJI pre flight checklist tutorial for the Phantom 3 says you can use your hand or use the wrench. Regardless of using a wrench or not, DJI has this to say about their propellers: Using these new propellers, the worry of a propeller coming off during flight, due to incorrect...

Wow what a discussion! Thanks everyone who chimed in and for the great analysis. The props had 4:45 or so of total flight time and had been put on and removed not that many times. How often are we supposed to use new props? There was no damage to them and they'd never hit anything. I am...

I had mounted the props just before flight, spun them down, and gave them a little bit of hand tightening. The machine was about 5 days old or so, with 4:45 of total flight time. Here are DropBox links of the DAT files that were created at the time of the crash: Dropbox - FLY054.DAT Dropbox -...

Yeah, the wind speed gust would have blown me over and was not indicative of the wind levels at all. The first wind speed reading was 14mph, which is probably more accurate, but even then it wasn't that windy. I think the average wind speed of 26 mph or something is a measurement of the first...

Thanks for the input! I climbed up higher because I was under the ceiling and then tried but got the GPS warnings. The motor obstruction warnings came when it was on the ground trying to spin but stuck in foliage.

Ugh! Terrible! Was hoping someone smarter than me could look at my flight log and see anything out of the ordinary. The drone is pretty busted up right now. I lifted off with a Safe to Fly message and a green GPS icon with lots of signal strength in the P mode. Flew about 35 feet up and...