Recent content by johnbrowning

The battery is fully charged, four lights come on when you check it, but only flies for a few minutes, the battery bar goes down, starts beeping warning, and then it lands and propellers stop. I can restart and do the same thing again, but only about a minute flight time. Battery has been used...

Thought i would post my service experience with DJI. I've had my P2V+ for a year, and had a minor incident (well, i lost orientation and steered into a tree), fortunately landed on grass but the crash caused the camera to come off the gimble (breaking the black "flex" band which I believe is the...

Yes, too funny, my friend can be a knucklehead, in a good way. I wasn't there to see it. He bought the prop guards because his first phantom hit a tree. (Back to earlier post about higher = safer.) But, I do believe him when he said he came straight down from hovering. I came straight down...

This is a video of my buddy's P2V+, was hovering at about 400 feet, has on the propeller protectors, came straight down, and he said at about 50 feet he lost control, wouldn't respond to any input, you can see the result. I've come straight down before and full speed and haven't had this...

Are you calibrating the compass correctly (e.g., away from metal interference, confirming it's done right via lights), and waiting until green (i.e., at least 6 satelites)?? Failure to do those two steps will result in what you're talking about. if you're sure you're following the...

that's the one i bought (SanDisk), thanks guys... JB

Check out aerial media pros. I purchased their backpack case for $169, and love it. It's where i keep it, has plenty of room for batteries, specific place for the blades, easy to carry around. http://aerialmediapros.com/store/ I bought my P2+ there as well - they sell the whole line of DJI...

YES, you can turn off gimble If i'm understanding your post correctly... there's an "FPV Mode" available that shuts off the gimble and allows you to fly in true first person view mode allowing your FPV to show the tilts/angles of the aircraft during flight. This should take care of your...

OC Aerial media pros next to John Wayne airport, if you make it down to the OC. They have a great backpack case i bought for $169, and, not sure why, they don't charge sales tax. JB

Key unanswered/unclear facts Key facts: - how high was the Phantom?? - how close was the police helicopter? - who approached who (i.e., did the phantom fly towards the police helicopter, or was the phantom stationary and the heli flew toward it?) And, great comments from the pilot who flys in...

"reckless endangerment"??? Will charges stick? The Fox News article said the drones were never closer than 800 feet away from the copter. The police copter "had to change course" to avoid the drones. Hardly the near miss claimed in the post article. Be interesting to see if the "reckless...

"Foil Mod" - where is more info?? Hey guys... i've never heard of the "foil mod" before the mentions in this post. I'm sure there are posts on it but searching I couldn't find any. Can someone point me there, or explain in more detail??? Thanks JB

Once again, someone writing, or purporting to make decisions, about something they know nothing and have no experience with. Just like the US Parks head claiming "how would you like a drone flying 3 feet from your head while trying to climb El Capitan" (I'm paraphrasing the quote, but that was...

Southern California - Aerial Media Pros Bought mine from Aerial Media Pros near John Wayne Airport. They are great, sell all the DJI products. They also have a great backpack for $169.

I saw on here someplace a recommendation to remove the anti-drop pins from the gimbal dampers, the thinking being that in the event of a crash, the anti-drop pins keep the gimbal rigid, director more force of the crash to the sensitive parts of the gimbal, more likely resulting in a catastrophic...