Recent content by unit338

Just a great write up!!! I wish you all the luck in the world as this is not an easy task. Keep a clear head and take your time. You will get this done. It is a shame due to mass production and to lower consumer costs what the engineers will do to meet their goals. Some designs make sense while...

Wow!!! I have not observed any that tight! I wonder if somebody used Loctite on it before. The aftermarket is what I used anyway and they work fine for a tablet.

Why did you do the mod? Were you having problems before the mod? If you were- what did your data tell you? Sounds like a controller issue to me.

I ran into the same problem years ago. I had to very carefully drill the heads off and once the shell was apart- use needle nose pliers to remove the stub. The screws are very soft material and you have to have the right size phillips to even try.

Why???

Why is the gimbal hanging loose from the copter? When you start the drone the gimbal and camera self tests and it is not going to do that laying on the table. Did you crash it?

It appears you are just outside of Washington D.C. One of the worse areas to fly in the nation. Class B to the surface. I personally would not even try to fly there. You should be glad it didn't take off.

Beautiful country and very well done!!

Yes- The heat gun will work. A friend brought a Phantom by for me to look at since a tree jumped in the way.. Using heat to just soften the plastic- the arm can be realigned. You could not even tell it had been bent. Just go easy with the heat.

Just make sure you have some kind of release for your hook. It would be heart breaking to have the hook get snagged in the tree and the copter hooked to it.

rebelyellNC- My DT7 radios both had auto center sticks and the copters would stay in position (GPS mode) while you were filming. I had no trouble at all. I was using the NAZA V2 and never had a problem.

rebelyellNC- Years ago I started out with a F450 And a F550 both with the DT7/DR16 combos. I quickly found out I needed more channels and went with Futaba systems. The DT7/DR16 combos worked fine but I have two of the systems on the shelf now gathering dust. There are numerous systems out...