Recent content by wildpalms

They had permission from CASA to fly at 1000' within the exclusion zone that had been setup for the display and they used licensed pilots. Dave

Thanks for the reply. A little disappointing though. The reason for buying the Phantom 2 with H3-3D and GoPro 3+ was that it should work pretty well out of the box. I did a bit of googling now I knew what to look for. I'm surprised mine is going into hibernation mode. Everything is in spec...

Like any news story in the UK media it is told from one side and probably doesn't include a lot of the facts. What is clear is that he was obviously told to stop some time before that video was shot. Not like they stomped up to him and grabbed the transmitter with no waning. Since we can only...

Phantom 2 (latest version) with H3-3D gimbal and GoPro Hero 3+ Black. All the latest firmware. On most of my flights the gimbal rolls hard over and then returns to level. It does this very cleably and quite often. It however usually does settle down and stop; usually about 10 minutes into the...

I would suggest YouTube. A good few videos on what the modes are and how to enable them as well as video showing them in use. In this case I think pictures really are worth more than a thousand words.

They are not just picking on multirotors. There is no such thing as a drone in any technical definition here in the UK. It seems to be a wonderful media term to make them seem less nerdy that model airplanes. Here in the UK we have Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Unmanned Aircraft Systems...

No misconceptions here. I fly anything and everything from indoor F3P models to turbines and 120cc 3D models. I'm involved in writing the safety rules for one of the clubs in so I'm well versed in most of the relevant CAA documents. Two of my regular flying clubs actually fly from full sized...

Highly doubtful they would have seen you on radar. Even if they got any returns off you they would be filtered out. Always worth knowing what the rules are locally. Here in the UK we don't have any such 400' limit for most model aircraft (>7kg or camera fitted is a different matter) and a lot...

Something else I haven't seen mentioned in relation to GPS is the augmenation systems to improve accuracy. I got my facts wrong on GLONASS so this is probably redundant as well. In the US you have WAAS to improve accuracy and here in the EU we have EGNOS. This is meant to improve accuracy of the...

Well there you go. I was loathe to take the shielding off and have a look. Shame really. I got the Phantom as it was plug and play rather than the faff most of my toys are so I didn't want to play. Got me thinking though. I have an Adafruit Ultimate GPS board here that uses the the MTK3339...

A couple of things that I haven't seen mention of. Whilst DJI says GPS it is almost certain that the receiver is not just GPS but includes GLONASS as well. Almost all receiver manufacturers have added it. It speeds up fix times for one thing making their goods more marketable. As well as the...

In the radio control world there are 4 modes. DJI implemented the two that cover maybe 80% of users. The OP's suggested mode is actually really Mode 2 for left handed people (lefties are always persecuted). There are a number of webpages and youtube videos doing the conversion. It is a common...

Didn't DJI originally suggest the interference board was mounted externally? In fact most tutorial videos still mount it externally. Saves taking the shell apart. It doesn't need grounding either. You simply plug it inline between the motherboard and gimbal. Whether it is mounted inside the...

If by reverse the wires you mean swap the two plugs around then yes. If you take the back off the TX you will see a total of 6 wires from each gimbal ending in single plug that connects to the motherboard. One for the left gimbal and one for the right gimbal. Pull the plugs out and swap them...

Whilst many folks will get away with it, it is fair to say it is becoming more of a lottery. I've been flying RC since I was a teenager (some 30 years ago now) and even when fatalities were involved I never heard of a prosecution although there were a number of investigations. There have been 2...