Recent content by makg

I just traded in my Mini 1 wifi on Amazon for 94 and picked up a Mini 2 LTE for 156 on eBay. It's just as fast as the 3 and I'm not willing to pay for the 4 as all I do is web surf, read books on it and now, use the DJI Go app.

I've seen those shields that you place behind your antennas, lined with metallic tape. You can pick them up for less than $10, does anyone have experience with them?

I'll buy a P4 battery separate..,only have one atm.

I think you're missing the idea. The sum of the parts is worth much more than the cost of the complete unit. By parting it out people get discounted parts and he gets money in his pocket for his time and labor disassembling and shipping out.

It will be refreshing when sellers on eBay start buying new P4s and parting them out, similar to what I see being done for Traxxas RC models. Prices are usually quite a bit cheaper than MSRP and there's still a large profit margin.

Excuse my ignorance, but why is adding more channels necessary? Is it just if there is too much 2.4ghz traffic? How do you know which channel to use?

I used this method way back when I was a kid dying nitro rc nylon wheels. It looks cool and doubt it affects the reliability but the only concern I have is when you require warranty work involving a prop failure. Might not be a good idea in that scenario. If your warranty is up why not though.

I am thinking that I will do this as well, did you have to bring the drone in and show registration?

Although the horror stories of fly-away Phantom 4s are few and far between, I am still thinking about getting an auxiliary GPS such as the TK102B so I may track in a worst case scenario. Are people still using these or is there a better/newer alternative? I am able to 3D print a mount for the...

This is from the manual, hope it's what you're looking for. Aircraft can now sense and actively attempt to avoid obstale during FailSafe RTH, provided that the light condition is ideal for the Obstacle Sensing System. The details on how the aircraft will behave during obstacle avoid is listed...