Recent content by mostly_tacos

I believe that's the behavior if you have balanced cells. In my case (Hi! I'm OP with the unintentional submarine!) my cells weren't balanced, and I took off at ~30%, so the inbuilt intelligence to prevent this event didn't have a change to kick in before the remaining cell above 3v dropped...

@Fly Dawg That’s fantastic info. Do you happen to know the shutdown point for Mavics Mini, as well?

That’s a somewhat scary video. Did you get any info about what happened from the flight log?

Good to know, and good advice, @Andy9. Thanks again.

@REL no hard feelings at all, quite the opposite. Thanks for your insight. Lesson learned, and I’m thankful that it ends with just a wet quad, a quick swim, and a good story.

That's a DJI video from DJI's website. You can see several more, there. If you're seeing image degradation or lag, you're at the limit of the flight and should bring your quad back. The signal strength indicator on your monitor is the best bet. I think you can find more detailed signal...

Thanks, good advice re: cleaning off. Does the camera and gimbal board handle transmission of images? What concerns me is that I was getting "image transmission strength low" and not good transmission strength and a distorted or black image. @Steve7777 I likely underestimated how bad shape...

Good video. I spent a long time as an enterprise network engineer, and a lot of tme working on wireless at 2.4 and 5ghz. The same points apply to WiFi in your home or at work. People don’t realize that WiFi signal kind of makes a donut from the antenna, assuming an omnidirectional antenna...

Very interested. Thanks for sharing.

Relatively new pilot, here. Took my Phantom 3 Pro out on a family camping trip this weekend. Had several successful short flights. Thought I'd get one more in before we started breaking down camp, and ~12 seconds into the flight over the quiet lake, it fell from the sky. I did not hit CSC...

Hey, Phantom crew. I’m new to quads in general; grabbed a great deal on a couple Phantom 3 Pros in my local area. Never really been into RC stuff, but I am into gorgeous vistas as an avid hiker, cyclist, and backpacker. And I was a pro photographer for a few years in my early 20s, so this is a...