Recent content by mikeve

Does anyone have a contact name and phone number for marketing at DJI? I want to pitch a joint venture for a high-value niche market in Canada and can't get past the palace guards. Thanks Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots mobile app

COPA - Cdn Owners and Pilots Assoc has commercial drone insurance.

I have had a brief fly-away while using the follow me function by flipping the mode switch out of F mode returned control. The reason that I posed the question is that I am developing contingency plans for a commercial operator and, if a fly-away is always horizontal, the plan is simpler if...

You can tell I'm Canadian, eh! A question for anyone that has experienced a fly-away: has the Phantom climbed at all or was the flight always horizontal (or downwards)? Many thanks

The d-d from the camera is the noise it makes while updating the F/W. See the red/green flashing camera status led. Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots mobile app

I had the same thing and, after a short test flight, that motor was a little warmer than the other three. On the next test flight, it was fine and ever since. I DID NOT see any irregularities in the flight characteristics. Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots mobile app

@ferraript has created an excellent tool to convert the TXT files to csv. He has posted it on the forum.

Try using Disk Utilities to mount it.

Sorry for your loss. Is the bird well enough to recover the DAT file. That would tell a more complete story.

By the way, Follow Me won't engage if you are below the minimum height.

Its possible (maybe likely) that the bird trashed the tablet lat/lon when it entered the follow me mode. It happened to me and the dat file proved it (with help from @BudWalker). It is possible that it was pilot error. Its also possible it was a Phantom/DJI bug. It could also be a combination...

Lets go one step at a time. Are you on a Mac or a PC? Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots mobile app

Like any large aircraft accident, we'll never know if it was pilot error or a system malfunction until the black box is recovered. The DAT file downloaded from the bird itself will tell. With my follow me fly away, it was proved that operator error was not the cause. It's easy to determine...

I don't know how to post a link using the iOS app but look for my post "Follow me erratic behaviour ". You might have had the same glitch I had. You need to get the DAT file off the bird. Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots mobile app

I had one flight when I wanted to land quickly and did a CSC without thinking. Bird tipped and one of the motors on the grounded side didn't shut down. Had to pull the battery to get it to stop screaming. Smoke came out and I couldn't put it back in! Point is: one motor did NOT shutdown with...