Recent content by hzmeyer

During a recent flight I found my P3S tipped over when I tried to lift off. Fortunately, I had propeller guards on so there was no damage. This happened on 3 consecutive attempts. I turned the controller off, then back on and the problem went away. It appeared that one or two motors did not rev...

A Beginner's Primer Are The Controls Really Reversed? This is directed toward new pilots who are learning the flight controls of Phantom 3. As the manual states, when the camera is pointed away from the pilot during take- off, the controls behave "normally". That means pushing the right stick...

My Phantom 3S flew away and crashed in January during a rth procedure. Both DJI and several others said it was my fault because I failed to cancel the rth when I tried avoid a tree during the landing attempt. Last night as I was re-reading the DJI manual, I noticed (on page 11) the following: "...

My P3S flew away the very first time I tried to use return to home. I finally found it 10 days later. DJI wanted $170 to repair. I complained and they lowered the price to $150.

I previously posted that my P3S flew away and crashed. I found it a week later and sent it in to DJI for a repair estimate. They rejected my warranty claim and said the repair cost would be $170. I have been reading this forum since then and saw comments that update Go3.1.2 may have issues with...

This may not be the best place to fly but it is where I live. And yes, it did land in the swamp but its Michigan so fortunately the water is ice. How did you get this oblique view of my yard? Nice.

-- At 2:13 it was descending on top of a small tree. I did push the left stick forward to avoid a collision. At this time the right stick had no control of the motion of the drone in the x-y plane. Well prior to 4:27, eye contact with the drone was lost as it went behind a stand of trees. At...

I THINK I have uploaded the files. Was I successful or did I miss something?

Phantom Log Viewer - PhantomHelp.com

I was told to up load my TXT flight log to help in assessing why my PS3 flew away. The directions were to got to DJI/dji.Pilot/Flight Record. I tried but was not successful. Has some obvious step that everyone knows- but me- that might have been left out? I got as far as dji.Pilot but was unable...

My drone was about 50 feet directly overhead with a good connection. Suddenly the connection was lost and I had a flyaway. It crashed about 1/4 mile away with bad results. I sent it in to DJI for a warranty repair- I thought. Their analysis was the following: " Customer didn't cancel the...

I was afraid to try RTH on my new drone- P3S- for the first several weeks. No reason, just a fear of the unknown. It turns out my fears were well founded. I took it up about 100 feet and moved to the NE about 75 feet. Then I pressed the RTH on the remote and moved the slider to the right. It...

Is there a flight log available when contact with the drone is lost?

Four successful flights. Flight number 5 first try at return to home. Tried to come down in a tree so I took control for avoidance at about 30 feet away. Right control stick didn't change direction. Green status bar turned yellow and drone was carried away with the wind beyond a tree line...