Recent content by Jthomp

I lost control of a P3S (night flight, clear visibility, 100' max altitude [high enough to clear all the trees in the neighborhood] wind out of the east at around 20 - 25 mph, ATTI mode, GPS holding the drone in position about 200 fee north of take-off point). Had a momentary loss of GPS lock...

Litchi or DJI Go?

Looks like a good deal to me. Does it have FPV?

By your last statement I understand the stress cracks are at, near, or around the motor mounting screws. These cracks are USUALLY caused by over-torquing of the mounting screws, or by use incorrect-length screws (such as those that are used to mount some types of prop guards on the P3S). The...

I have this same problem with a P3S - the camera "looks" to the left about 10-15 degrees. Sometimes I can calibrate the gimble and that takes care of the problem - for about 1 or two flights, then it re-occurs. I have loosened the screw, re-psitioned the shaft, then re-tightened the screw -...

I believe you can do that.

I don't know the answer to your question about advantages / disadvantages but you WILL have to get a 900 mhz controller for your 900 mhz drone. I may be wrong but I don't believe you are allowed to fly a 5.8 ghz drone in Japan.

To remove and replace one (or both) of those black wires requires you to purchase a replacement kit (which will have both antennae wires in it), and then you have to open up the body of the drone by separating the top half from the bottom half. After you do that you will see that each of the...

The crack is only in the shell of the battery. If you set the battery on end so that the lights and the on/off switch are facing upward, the tops of the 4 cells which actually have the li-po material in them are just about where the lower end of the crack is. No matter what technique you use...

How much do you want for your bird?

I use a Samsung tablet (android, but with a VERY reflective screen surface). Got tired of not being able to see a thing while operating in sunlight so I built my own sunscreen. Bought a sheet of black posterboard - the kind with two pieces of posterboard with a piece of foam sandwiched...

Refurbished stock P3S - out of factory warranty - no modifications. Firware/sofware versions: as received from DJI - no updates installed (at least none that I know of!) . I am having a problem with the gimble not "settling in" upon powering up the drone's battery. I had to replace two...

Let us know if this part works after you replace the old one. I have one of these connectors that has a pin set missing. b

The bird might be glad it wasn't in mating season! It would have gotten a little more "action" that it was bargaining for if it had tried to mount your "bird"! LOL

My first thought is the gimbal yaw arm is not attached to the yaw motor shaft properly. The tip of the set-screw which attaches the arm to the motor shaft is suppose to contact the flat spot which has been machined along the side of the shaft ("snuggly" but not over-tight). In addition, that...