Recent content by jpilk99

Thanks all. One more "limit" type of question: I read that the distance our birds can fly away from us is approx 3 miles. Does that mean uninterupted line of sight, or can it go over a hill and keep going if the remote is not in direct line? What happens if you fly out of the max distance...

Hi folks, I read on line with DJI that the Specs for the P3A and Pro was approximately 6000M or 19k feet. Is that right, or even close? Sorry if I haven't read the part in my owners manual on how to ...allow that, because mine hit about 300 or so feet and told me "maximum height" and wouldn't...

HAH!!! You mean this thing??? No, I had not removed it (what an ARSE). Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi all, Would anyone mind sharing a video so I can see how smoothly their PSA performs? I am new to owning mine and may not understand how smooth, or not, the video should be. But, I seem to have what are to me significant "jumps" in the video stream when I am 100% NOT jerking the joystick to...

I was thinking of titling this post as: "What stupid thing have YOU done with your drone today?". I thought I could land on top of a stump, but, right before touch-down, a little gust of wind and I clipped the side and broke all 4 props! (What an idiot). Hopefully that's all I did. I'm...

Thank you. I'm up and running now Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots

Hmmmm. I just searched Amazon, for that product name, and they're not available at that price. I'll keep looking. Thanks.

I bought an extra battery for my P3A on ebay and it had a bad cell - have to return it. It cost about $60; (I guess you get what you pay for). I want/need an extra and just wonder: Do all the smart people just go to DJI and pony up full retail, or might I get a good one elsewhere? Also, how...

Hi All, I'm noticing, when I watch my videos after flying, that the video stream seems to 'jog' or bounce - side to side - just a little. It seems to be when the drone is hovering in one spot, looking in the same direction, and just clicking side to side every couple of seconds. It's starting...

Absolutely concur with Jtrjr and others - do NOT quit. It is one of the most exhilerating things I've done in a very long time. May be a silly tangent, but, trying to set the stage on how much excitement I'm getting from this AWESOME drone: I grew up on dirt bikes. Kept increasing engine &...

UPDATE: I downloaded the video to my "work" laptop with Win10 and it is flawless. Thanks all!!!!

Thanks all. I went out and got a SanDisk Pixtor 64GB micro SD XC card and it is Class 10 (SanDisk - Pixtor 64GB microSDXC Class 10 Memory Card - Gray/Red ). No idea what resolution I recorded in and I am trying to look at the video on an older laptop, but, I will try my Surface with Windows...

Hi again, I know there are probably many links to this, but, I've not found them. Again; I know I'm doing something wrong, but: Can someone help me understand why the video file I just copied off the mini SD card in the drone is SOOOO choppy? Barely watchable. What setting have I not set...

The primary one was getting the correct firmware in both the drone and remote. I had made, what I thought was, progress by getting the Go app on my phone and linking the remote to the drone. Then the phone app said, 'upgrade your firmware' so I did. That began to get things out of sync. Then...

Thank you to everyone who helped me go from 'out of the box' to ...up in the air. Gotta admit, I haven't be scared about anything in many many years, but, i was pretty nervous on my first 2 flights; worrying I was gonna bounce off a tree or slam into the ground. Thankfully, neither happened...