Recent content by terry d

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    Crashed in a city

    Not 100% sure it's a Phantom. The arm looks angular not smooth and round like a Phantom
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    gimbal tilt and iso dials

    Anyone know if the functions of the gimbal tilt and the iso dials can be swapped? It seems it would be much easier if the tilt was on the right dial so you can easily tilt the camera down while climbing in altitude. Trying to do 2 functions at once with the left hand is tricky. Thanks
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    Used Phantom for good today

    Our campsite in Illinois got hit by a tornado last night. 6100 lots over 1700 acres. State police won't let owners in to check on conditions so I flew my P3A over our section to check things out.
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    New guy here. Afraid I messed up my first phantom! 1 slow prop.

    The esc (speed controllers) burn up very fast if the props get blocked from spinning. Cheap part to replace.
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    Chicago area?

    Marty in sandwich, where and when do you normally fly, maybe we could meet up? terry
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    signal lost question

    flying phantom 3 about 100 feet up and 200 feet out today. Lost all fpv signal, black screen. Got a "signal lost" warning, I assume thats just the FPV signal. Lucky I was able to see the phantom and fly it home. What would be the smartest thing to do had the phantom been to far to see when this...
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    Longest distance with a drone. Couldn't see it

    with, I got a low signal warning at 1000 feet today!
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    Neighbor threatened to kill me for flying my phantom...

    I don't get it, I have ultralights, paragliders, small single engine planes flying over the neighborhood all the time and at low levels and nobody says a word, but a 5 pound quad freaks everyone out. As far as privacy, you could park in front of someones house and take pictures all day and get...