Recent content by rotation

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    Safe response to police officer who says to stop flying

    The hysteria over this hobby is really getting disturbing. :shock: I’ll post this here, though my altercation wasn’t with a police officer (actually the antithesis of such). I went out to the edge of town this afternoon to fly my P2V since there’s an ordinance against flying in city parks and...
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    Bay Area?

    Just a little east in Stockton... Where in the Bay Area? Sent using Tapatalk
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    How many flights without a flyaway thread

    I also live on a lake and have hovered near, but not over, the water once. If you manage to construct something that works and doesn't drastically alter the flight characteristics, do post a picture and some information on your pontoons. I'd be very interested! 8-)
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    Am I Just Atypical ?

    I'll join the chorus and report that I'm very happy with my P2V. Flown only a half-dozen times over the two weeks I've had it and it's performed flawlessly each time. Hope that continues (crosses-fingers). I'm an amateur photographer with amateur standards, so while the shaky video (getting a...
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    Share your P2V funny stories

    I've only flown a half-dozen times and only one person has come up to talk with me while I was flying it. She did ask if it had a camera, but seemed positive about the scenery I was filming (hard to argue with that: http://youtu.be/n3ZFTEDuLBA). I told her that it's for panoramas, not...
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    Cases for Phantom Vision

    http://safetravel.dot.gov/larger_batt.html Look near the bottom of the page. Batteries for the P2V are marked ~57 Wh, which corresponds to more than 8 but less than 25gm equivalent lithium content (ELC) Lithium ion, making them "larger lithium ion" batteries, according to US-DOT. We're...
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    NEW Version of P2V now Shipping from B&H

    That's the SKU# from the packing slip of mine (from B&H), ordered 7-Jan-2014, received (in California) 13-Jan. I'm trying to confirm whether the OP, who said B&H told him they had P2Vs with "a new stock number", might have this number or something new (indicating whether my P2V is "old" or...
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    First over-water flight today!

    Very nice picture... I see you're "Northern California"... that wouldn't be the Tower Bridge in Sacramento, by any chance? If so, and you're local to that area, I thought I might let you know of another phantom pilot down in Stockton... just getting his first few flights in...
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    NEW Version of P2V now Shipping from B&H

    When you receive it, could you also post the stock number for the P2V from the packing list? My P2V arrived Tuesday from B&H (it has no external USB on the Tx) so I'm curious if it matches this "new" number. BTW: This thing is a blast! For someone who has no RC experience (save two flights...
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    3/5 Updated Autopilot firmware v3.12 released

    Re: Upgrade firmware B4 flying your Vision! Update 1/4: FYI Well said... Perhaps I will (go for it all)... [as he opens a new browser window to order backup props ;) ]
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    3/5 Updated Autopilot firmware v3.12 released

    Re: Upgrade firmware B4 flying your Vision! Update 1/4: FYI Thanks, Pull_Up. I'm waiting for delivery of my P2V (Tuesday can't come soon enough), but like some folks here, I've mixed in some nervousness with the anticipation... :| Then I told myself nearly the same thing you said above...
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    DJI Instructional Videos...

    Thanks, gunslinger. When the videos vanished, I went looking and managed to cobble together many of the same ones you've assembled, but mine are just in a folder on my laptop, not beautifully arranged and organized on a website! Very nice. As someone waiting for his P2V delivery (Tuesday...
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    Flew over the open sea with P2V

    Great video... do you mind if I ask which hardcase you have that is within cabin bag size? I'm going to Hawaii this spring and would like my on-order P2V to be my carryon (with the laptop bag as the "small personal item" haha...)