Recent content by Don the builder

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    I love my P4!

    Wow what a remarkable difference from my 2.5 year old and worn P2V. But, she still takes some great shots as last November had no inhibitions sending here up from the top of a 3,000 ft rock in central Colombia. And if she acts up and does the fly away no big deal as I got much life out of her...
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    Camp Fox on Catalina Island

    Simply beautiful!
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    New pilot, landscape video

    Nice and relaxing video, thank you. Where from? Sweden? Finland?
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    KTLA 5 News in Los Angeles, June 11, 2014 about Drone

    Good news cast in LA, and the guys got a DJI looks like a PV2 plus. You may need to copy and paste this: http://ktla.com/2014/06/11/hollywood-se ... z34R7SkuoY
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    Birds On Arch Rock Formation @ Sunset - Little Corona Beach

    Re: Birds On Arch Rock Formation @ Sunset - Little Corona Be Really beautiful video neighbor (I'm in Cypress, CA). Don't want to high jack your thread but took my quad down to Ensenada, Baja California a few weeks back and shot this. Just need to get a gimbal now and it was windy. Was out all...
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    Flying in Vegas?

    This is not to do with flying in Vegas center but nonetheless I had to be in Vegas about 2.5 weeks back on business, could have flown Jet Blue but wanted to shoot some video so I decided to drive (LA to Vegas). What I really wanted are those 3 solar power farms, I stopped on my way out but...
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    How many woman are buying and flying these quads?

    Well my wife did not specifically buy the P2V but yes she is a solid pilot and we share the experience. Here she was a few months back:
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    Best Phantom crash video ever

    Wow that brick smoke stack rising above the 20 meter path on RTH command was the ONLY tall structure in the path and Murphy's Law, BAMM! It found it. Yes you see the quad was still in power and props turning, it was cutting grass as the man was handling it. He was the only lucky one here.
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    Version 1.08 of the Vision Assistant software

    After a few weeks with v3.04 and with issues of those noted above by others (i.e. lazy in locking into sats., wishy-washy in the air and just lazy general response) I just went back to v1.08 and took her out in my back yard. She quickly locked into 10 stas., I did the compass calibration and...
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    Software rollback

    Your Updates are identical to mine as I updated to v3.04 last week. I have taken mine out for about 5 flights and although she has not crashed or run-away from me YET she is all over the sky and NOT rock solid like before when I had her on v1.8. Sorry I don't know the answers but I too am...
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    A different kind of crash

    More details please! Which version? 3.04? Battery issues? You need to find it and look inside, could be bad solder connections, bad connection at battery slide in, etc., etc.... I too have been flying for 6 months, about 200+ flights, just installed v3.04 and she just does not handle like the...
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    WARNING REGARDS LATEST FIRMWARE! LOSS OF MOTOR PWR IN FLIGHT

    Re: WARNING REGARDS LATEST FIRMWARE! LOSS OF MOTOR PWR IN FL Has the OP from back in April 10 updated to v3.04? Can any of you comment if v3.04 has solved any of these issues? I just updated yesterday and then flew her, she was all over the place flying in the air like a drunken sailor.
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    Phantom Water Recovery

    Hope I never need the "Getterback" I strap onto my Vision but it's there as I fly over ocean and lakes often.
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    Response from DJI regarding FW 3.04

    OK, so I updated to 3.04 yesterday along with 1.0.2.22 on my hand held, of course I have an issue with my 7th channel not working now BUT took her out and went through all compass and basic pre-flight - got her in the air and she is ALL OVER THE PLACE. Frustrating, my old 1.08 was ROCK SOLID...
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    Project Drunken Sparrow (link to thread)

    I watched the video on the link and read a number of the comments, as I too am here in LA I have experienced this not every flight but from time to time it is very pronounced.