Recent content by FantomFlier

Must be why I keep running aground then!

You mean like a Lowrance fishfinder's sonar gets "absorbed" by the mud?

You should do some more research. Litchi is without a doubt one of the best and most reliable 3rd party apps out there. The common denominator in these so-called 'fly aways' is ignorance. People don't understand how Litchi works, which settings to change when flying Litchi vs GO, how to double...

The obvious questions : What was your Litchi setting for "Lost Connection"? What was the state of the battery? What was the setting for Battery Low?

Go, Litchi, Vertical, Airnest, Autopilot

In my signature are a few more that I use from time to time. There is also Drone Base and you may find some more here :DJI Phantom Accessories & Tips - Phantom Help

Unless you are taking off from water/mud or very damp grass, I wouldn't use the legs on the 'helipad'. Even 4" is high enough for it to damage the motors and props should the quad fall off the edge in the event of a less than perfect landing. 26" is a deceptively small target!

DJI's GO app is as user friendly as it gets. It was obviously custom developed for the DJI products. Get familiar with GO, explore and exploit all its features, making sure you understand all the functionality and nuances. Then, once you have decided what you will be using your quad for you can...

Install Litchi and Autopilot and try to exploit those apps to their limits. There is just so much there that it should keep you busy for a long time.

How did they get to look like that? I have a set on my 1st Phantom 3 which are at least 16 months old (maybe even older) , and after a good wipe down they still look as good as new.

As always, "It depends." I do a lot of Litchi way-point missions , where I fly behind and around stuff, causing signal loss. I almost always have a tracker on board both my P3P and P3A, so that I can still keep track of where my quad is. For the same reason I have a gimbal guard fitted . I...

Snap!:)

I doubt it serves any highly technical purpose, except perhaps to help tighten the self-tightening props. .( Probably just a DJI programmer who thought it sounds cool.)

You can't use 3rd party batteries with the later versions of firmware/software.

While it is obviously advantageous to educate yourself, the single most useful attribute a quad pilot should have is simple common sense. As is seen very often in this forum, it is really not all that common.