Recent content by Travisimo

I think one thing we should all agree on is that the manual is both poorly written and inadequate. The writer(s) has interchanged terminology and failed to fully explain important features and safeguards. There are some very smart people in these forums, and even they can't agree on what's...

I live in the USA, but I bought my P3S refurbished on Ebay. Is there an easy way to determine whether it's already set to 27dbm or not?

I concur. If I hadn't already purchased the P3S, I would have preferred to spend a little extra and buy this refurb instead. Of course, I got the P3S for $350 when this Ebay seller had them at that price, so I have no regrets. But the P3P has significant camera and radio upgrades (4k camera...

Thanks for the info. After about 30 flights since getting my P3S several weeks ago, I have never used auto takeoff or auto land, but I do use RTH quite often. So basically, you are saying to be careful if you try to use auto land in a spot that is at a higher altitude than your takeoff point...

Quite normal on the P3S, which is why I also pick a RTH location that is clear of obstacles in a fairly sizable radius around the home location. Of course, you can always control your P3S while it is descending in RTH mode, so even if it is off, it's not necessarily a major problem if you can...

Did you lose connection to the controller? Does your flight log show any compass errors? Sounds like either compass problem or perhaps the wind just blew it into the hill. Did you try taking control of it or did it just happen too fast? Just for the record, you are right that you do not need...

Footage of the Interstate 74 Bridge in Bettendorf, IA taken with the Phantom 3 Standard drone on February 18, 2017 from Leach Park. It was an unusually warm (70F) day in February, so there were a lot of people out and about. Much of the footage is speed up 2x, and I attempted to edit the video...

We had an unusually warm February winter day here in Illinois, and I took my P3S to the Deere & Company World Headquarters in Moline, Illinois. The property is open to visitors and is very pretty (even prettier in the warmer seasons).

Glad you were able to get your Phantom back up and running. I'm sure realize now that flying in "very windy conditions" is not a good idea.

I second this notion. Although it's an interesting application, there are a lot of risks using a Phantom to do roof inspections. In addition to trees, power lines, and the risk of actually running into the structure, there is also the need to monitor battery life very closely. If the battery...

Wow, I thought I was going crazy until I found this thread by searching. The Phantom Pilots website loads fine when I am on wifi, but when I try to load the website OR the app on my iPhone that's on the AT&T cellular network, it gives me a connection error and will not load. Now I see this has...

"Learn how to fly home without the app" might be the idealistic answer, but in many cases, it won't be a practical answer. Allowing the Phantom to hover while reconnecting or initiating RTH with the switch are the safest answers. Even if the Phantom is in line of sight visually, it may still...

Thanks for the tip. However, when the battery error appears, it doesn't display anything for the cells. Even the battery percentage doesn't update when the battery error is showing in the status bar. For example, it's showed 62% when the battery error appeared, and by the time the battery...

Looks like a very nice place. Color is good on the video, but there's quite a bit of overexposure. Did you try adjusting the camera settings at all? Did you use any filters?

UPDATE: Well, I charged the battery back to 100% and it still shows everything is normal on the LEDs. I inserted the battery, turned everything on and connected, and the app is showing everything normal. I'm in my house right now, so I can't take off to see if the battery error reappears...