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    cracks under motor

    Just lost my bird due to hitting a quick reverse and watched the motor and prop fly away.Bird dropped 200 ft. To concrete. Totally destroyed. I had made repairs to crack but over time the torque was overcoming and down she came. Wish I had now changed out the shell.
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    Cracks- finally happened

    Well it finally happened. Had those cracks show up under one of the motors, forced it open and did the ole super glue trick. Worked well for several months. My fault .. I failed to keep check on it. Well it happened ,, was up 200 ft, flyin home and as I was comming back it said I had 10 more...
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    Can Someone Hijack your Bird??

    You may want to check a couple of items. Number one if your battery gets low it go into RTH and you have no control. If the battery is really low it kicks into a auto land and make no difference where it's at or what's under it. Those are two functions to help save your bird but they can give...
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    Gimbal motor error help please

    Sounds like a shaft alignment problem. The quad may have had a hard landing or two before you purchased it so this may be a inherited problem. The video may help in identifying the culprit.
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    Smooth footage

    Almost all flight that show good in the video are with nice smooth slow turns and slow panning and no jerking up and down or side to side. Take a little practice and testing with your own videos to learn the tricks. Just have fun and enjoy. Seasoned pilots equal seasoned videos. Happy flying!
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    Battery Woes?

    You can't always go by what the paperwork shows. I had a battery that indicat d it was ok too. However in flight after three or four minutes it would drop from 90 % to 65 then in one muni te drop to 10% and auto land due to critical battery level. Bring it back charge again and same thing...
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    Crashed

    You say you can't get the remote to connect to the quad. 1st thing I would do is to connect to the assistant and see what errors are showing up. Clear those and see if you can rebind the controller to the quad to get them to communicate. You will have to clear up one error at a time. The gimbal...
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    dji phantom 2 vision + message window

    I would reload the app. There are different language versions available. Be sure you download the correct version. Sounds a little screwy to me. That something is not correct. Double check everything..
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    Phantom 2+ lost

    Yep, GPS is your map back home. Just like you were in your car following the GPS to a destination and shut it off..... Ops now your lost with out the map... Same with the Phantom.
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    Finally broke it...

    Bastille have my two Phantom two and flying strong after two years. If it a it broke don fix it is the saying and no need to move up to a new model when the ole gal does everything just fine.no big deal from me from 1080p no needing 4 k. Even though I have a 4 k TV just not that much for viewing...
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    ESC V2 mix with V2.1

    You can mix the 2.0 and the 2.1. The key to success is after you change one out you do a IMU calibration so it adjusts to the new hardware. The only difference in the two is the firmware. They will work just fine. I am flying with the mod myself. It's easy
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    DJI puts UPS shipping service in Danger?

    One of zuzpS requirements is they are to be double boxed also.
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    batteries - short life after 7 flights, and two years. ???

    Batteries without usage will degrade. They need to be cycled every so often to keep the cells working and to prevent degrading them. Some time we find out the hard and expensive way. Even storing a lipo battery at 30-50 % is suspose to keep it in good shape but over the long haul of many months...
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    Anyone with experience flying at 6 or 7000ft altitude?

    The difference in flight time is minimal, just remember when you have changed locations by a long distance that you need to recalibrate the compass befor flight. Get a good GPS lock over land before take off. And ENJOY!
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    What to buy?

    Better have deep pockets... If you happen to loose an inspire. Remember what goes up must come down... Somewhere!