Recent content by volace

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    How to know if a mission is too long for my battery? Mapping help needed!

    Anyway even in litchi , the bird will go home and quit the mission if the battery does not have enough juice to complete the mission
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    Flying in sub zero makes plastic brittle

    I have one black and one white propeller fasting mechanism I can send them to you in mail
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    P4 Controller battery

    Changing the lipo battery inside your controller would solve the problem and it is not a difficult task
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    Top shell crack

    I would use superglue and monitor the crack size and extension , changing the shell is a very labor intense process and it took me time and effort with a lot of mistakes before succeeding. As Ted said if you decide to replace the shell Do Not Splice the motors ! I learnt this after doing it .
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    Which flat gimbal cable

    I want just update you guys about my phantom 4 gimbal flat cable change. I was able today to replace it successfully with a $19 cable from eBay vendor . Although I am sure it is not original it worked just fine . Replacing this cable is a very tedious process and it took me like 2 hours to...
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    Which flat gimbal cable

    I crashed my phantom 4 original, I noticed that the gimbal does not respond and there is no video feed back although everything else looks fine. I think the flat cable is damaged. I google the part number which is 36 I found several vendors on eBay and Amazon Price starts from $14 to $59 My...
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    Replaced Shell and now ESC Error for all motors... Anyone else

    Does it produces the initial chime sounds of the motors. If not : You need to reopen the shell and check your soldering for electric continuity. In fact they made soldering of the motor challenging.
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    esc errors

    Thank you for your help in my ESC issue Just to update you my friends . I changed 3 motors and I found that spending $80 on a descent soldering iron pays back , I was using a 10 dollars piece of trash that makes soldering impossible and lured me to cut the wires of the motors , and then suffer...
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    esc errors

    I think I have to replace the 4 motors now But before ordering them ,having no chime on start Can be the result of esc error ?
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    esc errors

    Any way to clean the sliced terminals from the insulator I am thinking of solvent
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    esc errors

    In fact I did not because the sliced looked clean and shinny
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    esc errors

    I crashed my phantom 4 , I ordered new shell new landing gear , and one new motor. In the process of repairing I sliced the wires for the 4 motors and connect them then applied heat shrink I did that because I figured it is difficult to soldier the wires to the esc . Now when I start the...
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    Is this safe to fly ?

    I heard that those batteries has very strong spring under the weak plastic packaging , and it exerts stress force on the batteries all the times , even if the batteries just setting on the shelf , repetitive use of the batteries may contribute too since those batteries are around 350 flights...
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    Is this safe to fly ?

    I will discard the first one for sure, my question now , is it cost effective to change the p4 shell that has stress cracks everywhere , or just retire the drone and buy a magic pro
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    Is this safe to fly ?

    Also my p4 has several stress fissures , although never crashed