Recent content by Monterey_man

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    About to defect from Vision to Phantom 2

    Well, I just took the plunge myself. My P2V had something wrong with the camera where it would quit after about 5' and would not work again until I turned it off for a few minutes. Sure sounded like an overheating problem since the light sometimes also showed the red/green that the manual says...
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    How does one actually take a pic or video?

    Thanks - a little disappointing but it's quite clear now - there is no camera control as you just take the whole thing raw and just edit the video and pics later. No wonder the gopro unit on Amazon suggested 64GB memory cards. I guess I will live with this but it is one feature the P2-Vision had...
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    How does one actually take a pic or video?

    I have a potentially dumb questions but here goes: I just placed an order for: Phantom 2 (non-vision) with H3-2D Gimbal IOSD Mark 2 Gopro Black Hero3+ BTU Bluetooth I will be buying a 5.8GHz unit such as the dji AVL58 or equivalent. I am also partial to the Storm all-in-one FPV combo which...
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    Unstable Flight Mode on the Phantom 2 Vision

    Now that makes sense....falling fast enough to enter into your own downdraft. Interesting. Thanks for the info. I'll definitely lose altitude with some side motion in the future. I also agree that this should be covered in the manual to some extent.
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    Unstable Flight Mode on the Phantom 2 Vision

    Hi Ericdes, No, the motors were not shut down. The unit just had a tough time (read - impossible for 10+ seconds) in recovering from this flight mode which was a fast downward velocity. The unit was struggling to keep level but ended up swaying back and forth while it was descending at about...
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    Unstable Flight Mode on the Phantom 2 Vision

    First off, this is my first post as I just got his great little flying camera. Got some great fly-bys on my house with the California Monterey Bay in the background. One thing, however, is that as I was fooling around with this thing (pushing the envelope), I seem to have hit upon a flight mode...