Recent content by Peter Patricelli

I am absolutely paying attention and very thankful for the excellent information. As usual, I see something and think, "that would be nice to have". And then begins the process which too often involves 2 or 3 steps back as a "first you need this....then that", twice as much gear as originally...

CityZen, Thanks for the excellent information. I have the original board...using your identification method. I don't remember seeing anything about the CAN bus issue in my research on the iOSD Mini. I will double check that. I will probably try wiring the CAN bus myself. Hope there...

Justin00, Thanks for your help. In the 15 months I have owned my bird, I have popped the hood maybe 10 times, have the right tools and screwdrivers, and have not stripped anything....YET. However, ALL screws and bolts, if they require significant tightening/untightening, have a finite...

I have a P1 and am considering installing an iOS mini. It requires either a NAZA V2 or the PMU V2 (whatever that is). I THINK I remember from last time I opened the bird that I have NAZA V2....and my Assistant in the title line shows NAZA V2 (altho it does that even when NOT connected to the...

Dan, Very nice solution and very useful and needed IMO. I am interested and have sent you a PM.

You are NOT going to get a carved in granite clear answer....right now. In the final analysis, "legal" is something that is covered or prohibited by a clear LAW....AND.....AFTER that law has been upheld by a court after challenge. THAT situation does not exist right now. The FAA directive is...

One possibility.....of flying directly overhead and holding the controller vertical.....so the antenna is pointing straight up.....there can be a dead zone where you lose control. So if the bird is directly overhead and starts climbing....it could keep right on going for awhile. The answer to...

Re: 9" Prop Upgrade - Takes Off If you do not have a self-centering throttle.........YOU NEED ONE!!! I haven't heard of any discussion re- pro/con issues around that for a year.......basicallt the life of the P1. Other than perhaps experts flying stunts and other things in MANUAL mode us...

Re: What is the biggest and best battery I could use on Phan I'm using the 4000 mA Multistar. The only mod to the stock door was very slight dremeling of the opening edges top and bottom, and opening power wire holes, 1/2 in the door and 1/2 in the frame in the upper right corner for the...

Re: 9" Prop Upgrade - Takes Off I have bought several versions of those props from eBay Chinese suppliers, so what I got may or may not be exactly what you got.....but......in playing around with non-DJI versions of the originals, triblades, carbon-fiber props I always found the differences to...

I saw this, bought it, and solved the problem with my 8" monitor. http://www.shapeways.com/model/2179322/ ... erialId=62

If you put a stock landing gear on a iron roof, you are putting a compass scrambling iron thing RIGHT NEXT to the compass....on the bottom of the leg.....while the bird is booting and calibrating. That WILL scramble the calibration. You apparently already know that and say that your roof is...

Google Earth will give you a better overall view of that "napkin spread" than anything the P can do.

The programming technology of lock-on auto-focus exists, since my D800 camera in video mode will lock on thefocus of a 600mm lens, very critical, to a moving windsurder against a background of moving waves. From there to centering the locked-on subject ought to be relatively simple...

Where you are going with this is the inevitable future of drone videography. Someone has got to be the first, and stay out front on this development, might as well be you. But if I might suggest..... "it's really tough to aim the camera while flying a quad in anything but a straight line. I...