Recent content by FlyLola

We all have turned on GPS receivers while riding cars and even a planes so that would not be an issue in my opinion. The Phantom would obviously not "know" where to return in case of a transmitter failure due to range, poor batteries, etc. The big question is wether the gyro will innitialize...

What about flying out of a ship while in cruise. No rocking but moving at about 20 mph. Will the Phantom initialize?

Hey reALIGNed... Have you actually done it? This string method, does it really work?

Thanks guys! I thought there was some way of initializing with a different setting on the IOC or Control Mode Switches. I'll try the "human Gimbal" method and let you know. It was very frustrating that other day. Beautiful weather and scenery, all the hassle of bringing the gear and so on...

Hello everyone! I tried to fly my Phantom (v1) out of a boat the other day but it took forever initialize and the Phantom would simply NOT TAKE OFF (the motors wouldn't start at all even though the LED was blinking green). Something to do with the initialization of the gyro I guess, due to the...