Recent content by Dick Hoffman

I'd like to see full left and right obstacle avoidance in a P5 in all normal operating modes. Why? The Phantom is designed as photography/videography drone, but, unlike Inspire, its camera is fixed facing the front of the aircraft. Problem for videographers? Not at all! That's what the...

Litchi is VERY broadly capable, especially for aerial videographers . While DJI GO is still required for some "system functions" such as calibrating the IMU, Litchi allows videographers to set up shots (including distant shots) in advance, removing much of the real-time pressure of trying to...

Actually try the experiment I proposed on a Phantom 3 AND on a Phantom 2, both in FPV mode. They're quite different. The 2 maintains gimbal stability in pitch but locks the gimbal in bank angle so, when the Phantom banks, the video reflects that bank. The Phantom 3 is completely different...

I observe it... and you can too if you have a Phantom 3. Fire it up with the props off and without the motors running. Use the DJI Go app to put it in the FPV mode and then pick up the Phantom and play with it and with the left/right action of the two joysticks while watching the video on your...

The Phantom 3 Professional User Manual description of the FPV mode is a little confusing, but, through experimentation, I have worked out that it operates just like the Follow mode EXCEPT that the gimbal artificially introduces an apparent "bank angle" into the video feed when the right control...