Recent content by drawinglines

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    Yuni 1 has started Pre-Order on their Brushless Gimbal

    (in the time it took me to post this, the pre-order sales page went down - ha!) Saw this today via a "brushless gimbal" google search: http://www.fpvmodel.com/SBGC.html Price: $449 I have no idea how good they are.
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    Photo from Pt. Dume (Tony Stark/Iron Man Mansion)

    Yeah, I tried both modes but never saw the Phantom. RTH was my last resort.
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    Photo from Pt. Dume (Tony Stark/Iron Man Mansion)

    No blur added. The only thing i did with the photos was adjust the color a little.
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    Seattle swim

    Thanks for posting that! Glad you found it.
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    Photo from Pt. Dume (Tony Stark/Iron Man Mansion)

    Yesterday I "lost" the Phantom over the water. No clouds and a bright early morning sun made it "disappear" into the sky as it was climbing. I was pretty worried but turned my transmitter off. This was my first time trying the "return home safe" function and it worked like a charm. I didn't...
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    Photo from Pt. Dume (Tony Stark/Iron Man Mansion)

    I was a nervous wreck flying over the water:)
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    Photo from Pt. Dume (Tony Stark/Iron Man Mansion)

    Here are three photos I stitched together from a flight this week at Pt. Dume in Malibu, CA. This is the location that was used as Tony Stark's mansion in the Iron Man movies. I run a Phantom with a 2 axis gimbal and a GoPro Hero3 Black. I was flying about 200 yards over the ocean at an...
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    Manually turn off motors

    I get around hard landings by catching the Phantom. I bring it to hover just above head high and grab the skid with my free hand (the tx is on a lanyard). Then with my tx hand I throttle all the way down and the motors cut out in three seconds. No more hard landings. Watch your fingers - those...
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    Setting Gains and Center of Gravity

    I never did hear from anyone else on their experiences. But all I did was hook up the gimbal and everything worked fine. No adjustments necessary.
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    High Altitude video

    What altitude sensor did you use?
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    Phantom video footage from different angle

    That's really cool! Nice job! I'd love to see the instructions on how to build that mount.
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    Decided to strap my Gamin 910XT to the Phantom...

    That's awesome! I love the playback feature on the Garmin site. I might just have to pick one up!
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    Broken Battery Charger

    I used the banana plugs from the DJI battery charger.
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    Issues with take off

    The Phantom definitely has a tendency to tip over if you increase the throttle too slowly at takeoff. But it sounds like your problem is the same my friend had. Even when he increased the throttle rapidly the Phantom still nose dived at takeoff. I suggest calibrating everything before you try it...
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    Issues with take off

    A friend of mine had this problem. To fix it he had to recalibrate the compass. I think there is a video on the DJI site to walk you through the process. http://wiki.dji-innovations.com/en/inde ... n_fails.29