Recent content by Toddthecarver

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    Invalid Battery on Phantom Vision..Advice needed.

    Had second "Invalid Battery" incident after soft crash. From my logs: Flight 4 First flight during daylight hours. Initially, fun. Showed off for neighbors. Observed houses in my neighborhood. Viewed beach. Max alt: 300+ Max distance: 500 wind: negligable. Flew approx 10 minutes. Got Video...
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    Invalid Battery on Phantom Vision..Advice needed.

    Well, three flights so far, app 55 minutes of air time. Battery fault has not been repeated.
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    Invalid Battery on Phantom Vision..Advice needed.

    I was careful, at first, but once I got going, I forgot:/ Ah, well, FWIW, I have not updated my stock firmware. Frankly, haven't quite figured out how:[
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    Invalid Battery on Phantom Vision..Advice needed.

    I just got mine tonight. Had some trouble with compass calibration on first trial start. Next start brought up "Invalid battery" Message. That is all, so far. Haven't flown yet. Not in a rush, though. Ok. Back after my first flight. I'M HOOKED! It was flawless, except for getting too low over...
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    South Florida

    I'm a Noob. Did R/C cars when I was younger. Couple of Toy aircraft. Right on the edge of buying a p2v. In Fort Myers Beach. Would love to meet someone in my area with a Phantom, or other UAS.