Recent content by RickH

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    Broken u-fl plug on Tx Antenna

    Well, after a few agonizing days, there was success! I borrowed an iron from a buddy and soldered the uf-l plug directly to the board, minus the piece that broke off. My soldering skillz must be pretty good, cuz I just went up 1000' and 500' out and no signal loss. Hooray!
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    Broken u-fl plug on Tx Antenna

    I'm usually pretty careful with things like this, but alas, while scraping the silicone off the Tx antenna board, I snapped the ufl plug off the board. I don't have any soldering eq., and even if I did, I doubt I could micro-solder this back on. I took it to a jewelry repair shop, but they...
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    Plug-N-Play 3DPower 2-Axis Gimbal (aka Taco Supreme)

    That is correct. I did not plug into the gimbal usb port. The only thing I have noticed so far, is the camera will contact the ground when installed and is rotated down(as if it were sitting on my desk). When I first power it up, it starts in the pointing down position and then I adjust it back...
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    Plug-N-Play 3DPower 2-Axis Gimbal (aka Taco Supreme)

    Got my taco in the mail today. I simply installed it, plugged the P2V into Assistant 2.0, set the gain to 0 and off I went. The Phantom is definitely a little 'clunkier' but I think that's a good thing, in that your abrupt movements will be a little subdued while shooting. Anyway, did 3 minutes...
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    Plug-N-Play 3DPower 2-Axis Gimbal (aka Taco Supreme)

    I ordered my taco on Tuesday and got another e-mail stating my order had been shipped on Wednesday. The time between order confirmation and shipping confirmation e-mails was exactly 36 hours 3 mins.
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    Plug-N-Play 3DPower 2-Axis Gimbal (aka Taco Supreme)

    I ordered mine today...fingers crossed. BTW, I am reading a ton on this message board. I am extremely grateful for this group!