Recent content by Mark The Droner

You cannot use P2 batteries in an original Phantom. Good luck

You have a straight Phantom 2 which is completely different than a P2 Vision. It operates at a different frequency. Unfortunately, the straight P2 was not nearly as popular as either of the vision series Phantom 2 drones. That means it's going to be significantly more difficult to find info...

If it just says Phantom on the box, then it sounds like it's probably a Phantom, later known as a Phantom 1. But they didn't have a gimbal or a camera. Some photos would help. If it's a battery for the original phantom, I don't know much about those little guys. Good luck

IIRC, you don't need the mobile device or the app to fly the P3S. The drone can communicate with you via the rear lamps. Make sure the S switches on your controller are up. When you attempt to launch and it doesn't, the rear lamps should give you a clue that something is wrong. Good luck.

I would look on eBay - either get a non-working one (cheap) just for the good broken part or the entire assembly used and guaranteed to work like new (expensive). Good luck.

Wow - you've been here longer than me. It would be helpful if you were more specific. Do you have a straight P2, a P2V, or a P2V+, or maybe even a P2V+v3? Maybe you could provide a photo. I hope your new battery is actually new new and not old new. Also, there are several different remote...

Sorry, I don't have a P3 4K. That model was released almost ten years ago. You might search youtube. Lots of good old Phantom mods illustrated on youtube back in the day. Good luck

There is a lot involved besides transmitter power. Most important thing may be to learn how to aim your transmitter. I think the record for both a P3 and P4 is sixteen miles out and sixteen miles back. Something like that. Another guy flew a P3 20 miles out and landed it safely, IIRC. Both...

Yeah that's from way back. Even those aftermarket antennas are old and outdated. They were eventually replaced by other aftermarket antennas that are also old. Dipole? It's hard to remember the names. My first concern would be Does the gimbal work correctly? If not, I would not even mess...

Sorry, but I don't really think it's that simple. It seems to me the manufacturer will be forced to pay some of it indirectly because the importer will raise his fee. And the importer will pay a chunk of it because he knows or will quickly learn that many buyers will balk at a 34% increase...

I'm pretty sure there's no fix for a bad ESC, so you'd have to replace the centerboard. That's one of the things that bugged me about the P3 when they first came out is the ESC was integrated with the CB. With the P2s, the ESC was an independent board which could be easily and cheaply swapped...

Good idea. Still beeping - then it must be the ESC which is part of the centerboard. Sorry.

It's not likely the centerboard. I would assume the motor is bad and replace it with the exact same motor. Be mindful of the clockwise / counterclockwise direction of the new motor. Be sure to get the right one. Good luck.

I would wonder if there isn't a grain of sand in there. Try to tap it out or blow it out. Good luck.

You can start a "funny stuff" thread :-D