Recent content by Rob-Duran

  1. Rob-Duran

    Crashed.....Rookie Mistake

    Interesting! The lake is about 1400 miles from home but maybe i'd have been better off leaving the compass alone. Thanks for your comments.
  2. Rob-Duran

    Crashed.....Rookie Mistake

    Thanks, Nigel. I hadn't considered the dock as the problem, but you undoubtedly are right. I've only had the P3S about two months and, until the lake incident, had been very deliberate in gradually increasing range and planning more elaborate missions. Compass was correctly calibrated for the...
  3. Rob-Duran

    Crashed.....Rookie Mistake

    I feel for you. Took my P3S to Okauchee Lake in Wisconsin (visiting friends). I'm pretty good at flying on the wide-open Florida golf course by my house, but this was overly ambitious - take off from a small dock surrounded by trees. Thought I had successfully calibrated the compass but...
  4. Rob-Duran

    To good to be true

    I received my $314 refurbished Phantom 3 Standard from Newegg about ten days ago and it works great - absolutely no issues thus far. It has the same warranty as a new 3S and by all appearances looks brand new, in the box, with all standard accessories. This is my first drone so I have been...