Recent content by Fnichols1

I get a lot of video footage, but I don't own a PC and editing is tough. I do them mostly for me, and geek out on watching them. Ever been out to Lee Canyon to fly? Less traffic and a lot of scenery. I am thinking about heading out to Armagosa Valley. There is a giant sand dune out there...

Hey CrazyEye, I use to fly at in that area all the time. Where are you taking off from? I use to park right where the road ends and fly along the frontage road and then parallel to Kyle Canyon road. Great flying. I have been grounded due to non-technical reasons, but I will be out again...

regdawg, I am with you. I thought it was not allowed. One of my concerns is about flying around people. The most scenic areas are filled with hikers, rock climbers, and cyclists. The last thing we need is a drone startling someone into a fall or causing a cyclist to crash. I am not trying...

I tried making demands after incident three and four. There is just no getting through to DJI customer service and no way to escalate things. I cannot understand why they don't link my problems together and look for the source or replace the Phantom outright. In fact, after incident three...

I just sent mine in for the fourth time. I had 222 flights before the first cracks appeared. Since I have had 8 flights, 18 flights, and 11 flights when cracks appeared. Pieces of plastic have fallen out, the shells separated, and the gimbal was returned to me with a warped bottom plate. My...

Thanks for the replies. I flew this morning with no messages. Of course when I landed, I found a frame crack for the fourth time,and after only eleven flights. By the time DJI's fantastic customer services repairs it, we will have had a couple of DJI GO updates and the message will never come...

I am on IOS 10, and this was my first long flight since updating the tablet. A minor inconvenience as long as it is just an erroneous message. Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots

I am hoping someone out there can help me understand a message I received this morning. I was flying my P3A using the DJI GO app. I was approximately 17 minutes in and my battery was getting low, and I was heading home. Suddenly, a message popped up that I have never seen. It was a yes or no...

This sounds familiar, so I had to chime in. First let me say, the P3A is amazing, the perfect camera drone, until you have problems. I saw my first cracks in July. I sent the Phantom 3 in and it was repaired quickly. Then 8 flights in, I noticed the gimbal was rolling right to left and...

I can see the first P3A averaging around 30k per flight. I am probably close to that. The second, though: how are you getting almost 47k per battery? I would love to get that.

It depends on how early you are willing to get out and how far you are willing to drive. There are a few places to get some shots of the city, but you have to go early. It is too hot after 8am or so. If you are will to drive to Mt. Charleston, there are some places out of the heat with...

Head out north west. You will see at least one over the desert almost every morning.

I know there are Phantom owners in the Las Vegas area, but I have never seen one in the air. I have seen racing drones in parks, but never any Phantoms out in the desert areas. I fly with three others, and we are all curious where the Phantoms are flying. Is there anybody out there?

Hunch, thanks. Reed, thanks for the link. That makes sense on the veering. I will do that tonight and test it in the morning. RedHotPoker, I appreciate the suggestion. I calibrated the compass at the flying site, but still had the veering. I will recalibrate the IMU after I work up the...

Thanks for responding. "Veering" may be the best way to describe it. It is not a constant veer and is slight enough that I thought it was the wind initially. I guess that possibility is still there. Everything else is perfect. Camera is steady, video good, the horizon is level. I did an...