Recent content by jgilbert20

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    Flytrex Live 3G Released - Review

    Flytrex users - Can anyone who has installed one comment on the time lag between the actual position of the bird and the data showing up in the app? Would Flytrex work as live telemetry (e.g. to monitor battery, or fly blind in the case of a lost wifi connection)? I'm trying to decide if I...
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    Help with accident reconstruction

    Video is here. Please be kind. :) https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=fNSxHqYfIYw Yes, Cambridge PD was awesome. I like the loosing sats/ gaining sats theory since it sort of explains the back and forth behavior. I don't recall how many sats were reported at the time but following...
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    Help with accident reconstruction

    Much thanks to Cambridge PD, I did in fact recover the drone. I got in touch with a detective from the CPD after calling into the cambridge police a few times to ask if anyone had returned it. The Detective (and the lady that reported it) both went way over and above to return the drone...
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    Post-mortem on unrecovered/MIA P2V+

    In the hopes that this helps others, I just want to post my experiences with my missing in action P2V+. Much thanks to those on the thread with useful tips. (http://www.phantompilots.com/viewtopic.php?t=32351). Chalk up one more phantom pilot experience suggesting that you always fly your drone...
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    Help with accident reconstruction

    Thanks @LuvMyTJ and @barefootbeachcombing. My buddy is currently looking through the search while I take care of a home emergency. I'm just confused why the GPS transmitted coordinates are so different from the last transmitted photo. Any ideas how long the batteries might last? Any chance...
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    Help with accident reconstruction

    I'm trying to track down a flyaway P2V+ 3.0, and having some confusion with my telemetry... could use help as we search for the drone. I was operating it in Cambridge, MA at a large park, but apparently it ran off course (big gusts of wind started up) and RTH did not work despite having a lot of...