Recent content by djczing

Did you allign the sticks - both with the RC assistant, and the phantom assistant ?

Re: Another one bites the dust Geez sorry to hear. Its particularly sad when you think changing motors and ESCs should reset the 'time-to-failure' counter.

Cant wait to hear the next story about it crashing. Guy totals it, just as DJI realizes their mistake and asks for the difference in price. Ive never wished someone to crash their phantom into little tiny pieces. Oh well - guess theres a first for everything

As far as the 4 extra beeps, I have the same thing after replacing one of my ESCs. Its because its a compatible ESC, but not the same as the ones that came with the bird. Works fine for me. The new motor is a little stickier, but no issues in flight, no more heat in that ESC than the others...

I /have/ one of those evil spy drones - except without the spy camera ;-)

I thought altitude was determined by the barometer ? Perhaps the IMU is hosed from the crash ? Guessing, of course

Re: Video not returning on DJI app after coming back into wi rbhamilton: Nice ! Illl check that out ! Given the sensitivity of these things to interference, itl lbe good to quantify the signal environment of any new flying spot before going up - it may also help separate the heating issues...

Re: Video not returning on DJI app after coming back into wi Burbank: The plan is to drill holes in teh WIFI unit lid - when I open the bird up. Its one of a long list of things im going to do when I open the bird up again, which will be soon, as its about due for its periodic inspection. I...

Up in the GHz frequencies, radio doesnt go through solid objects well - there is always loss, if it gets through at all. As far as making it longer, no - its cut to be resonant in a specific frequency range. I would more suggest an aftermarket antenna.

Re: Video not returning on DJI app after coming back into wi I was flying in my friends neighborhood, where historically its been free of interference. Yesterday it wasnt - Id get 5-600 feet out, and lose video - sometimes even in close. It made me suspect my wifi unit - but then flying there...

Well its either a battery issue, or a battery sensing issue. By the looks of it, its a sensing issue. Besides whats been mentionned already, You might want to pull the top off, and use a meter to trace the sensing wires back to where they plug into the board, and where they do plug into the...

Re: Video not returning on DJI app after coming back into wi Justin: Interesting. I didnt realize you could ssh into this stuff. I assume (now) that its running a linux kernel. In any case, it would be interesting to see interface error counters as it tries to reaquire video (netstat -i or...

Re: Video not returning on DJI app after coming back into wi Ive had this happen a few times - usually when WIFI goes out due to signal interference (both out at range, and in close). My guess is that the existing interference may make it difficult for something as complex as video feed to...

Simply pointing out a possibility - so when you do get that indication at range, you wont mistake it for something its not.

One scary thing ive found is that when I lose or am about to lose WIFI connection, the battery indicator on the app drops to nonsensical numbers - always /RED/. Once wifi comes back solid then I get the reading I should. Its pretty scary to see it do that, as of course its always when the bird...