Recent content by mshieldsjr

bofe of dem got loose screwz

He got it.... loose screw.

Not sure about that - again not a lot of concern shown when I mentioned it.

My buddy sent me this video of his P2V camera flaking out. swiveling up and down fast then slow, but certainly more than it should! any comments or suggestions? the camera is going crazy.... thanks for comments Short you tube link is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIREs0Kn ... e=youtu.be

One of my motors has that "slight" vertical movement as well. I took the cover off and the e-clip was firmly in place. We are a motor control company so I asked our chief engineer about the movement and there was not a bunch of concern. So I'm still flying with it.

Nope - once in the air it was really stable.... I don't care if you comment on every post - but I do appreciate you commenting on mine. Sounds like you have a secret follower.

Thanks to everyone for your advice - quick update and a quick question. I mentioned the battery wouldn't fit - so I tried to open it up and ended up just hacking it to death. Sure enough the shock from the fall crushed the top part of the battery and dislodged it from normal position. I have...

Thanks Pull_Up. All good information. It's like that first dent on a new car... loses that new feeling and never feels the same. thanks again....

I've been so darn careful, but finally got a little over confident and flaked out and crashed into some tree branches. If anything good comes from this - unit tumbled off a few branches on the way down, but enough to rip the camera off and the pop the battery out. I learned a lot from this...

How often should I change the AA batteries in the PVT581 controller? Will weaker batteries reduce the distance I can operate the craft? Thanks!

Own: P2V Received in December. Have flown about 2 hours. 1) I can't seem to get much above/beyond 200' (200 feet) without having a "controller lost" error shown on my phone. I have yet built up the courage to continue pushing through that. I simply come back closer or drop in altitude. I am...