Recent content by jjmansell

$100 a flight / $150 to edit any video. If I have to use a 2nd battery to fly again, it's another $100. No complaints yet.

Re: New DJI 5.8ghz Remote Control (Left Dial, Built-in Lipo You have to go into the software assistant and click on the Basic Tab, Click on RC and click "Upgraded" remote. Everything will work great! Hope this helps. Jeff #DJICreator

In Daytona Beach. I've seen a couple at events here. Tried to talk to one guy and he just walked away! I talk to everyone that walks up to me. Ya'll come to the beach. ;) My youtube is under Jeff Mansell. Have some videos there.

www.atlantahobby.com is where I buy all my goodies. They are just outside Atlanta and from what I hear have one of the largest showrooms around. Their customer service is top notch and they seem to have an abundance of inventory. Hope this helps! Jeff

My dogs could care less until I dressed it up for halloween and tested it in the back yard. They went NUTS!! Barking and chasing it but when I went toward them, they just ran and barked louder. Without the costume on it, they pay it no attention. :D

Same as MK. Turn on wifi on the go pro, open my go pro app on my phone or iPad and review it. Also like he said, don't forget to turn it off. Just a reminder, viewing your videos like this really eats the go pro battery so keep it short.

Yes, the new Vision is 5.8 so a 2.4 transmitter will not work. The video downlink is at 2.4. Since it already transmits video to an ios or android device, you wouldn't need a FPV transmitter. Just from what I can tell.

Sorry about the blurry lens. Custom mounted a Midland XTC 300 HD cam to it and dew got on the lens. It was 7:15am...lol

This is truly a First Flight! I have never flown anything and had a small area to practice. Getting better :lol: http://youtu.be/xv6Dxa_87k8

I ended up buying from Atlanta Hobby. They actually had the Phantoms on Ebay for $579 while they were still $679 on their site. The day I bought it, the price dropped to $479 on their website. One quick email and they refunded $100 back into my paypal in less than an hour no questions asked...

I've also been looking at dronefly.com for my purchase. Anyone deal with them??

Awesome responses! Thanks everyone. I feel a lot better about it now and think I'll be just fine. Haven't even bought it yet and already planning on upgrades...lol Thanks again! :)

Okay, new here and a couple weeks away from purchasing my first Phantom. I'm a research guy that will do his due diligence before making a $700 purchase to see what to look for. I'll also take some sites with a grain of salt and move on. My question is, I'm planning on learning to fly my...