Recent content by zaheed

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    Phantom Rain - Why you should hand catch every single time you land your drone .

    It's funny how a lot of people think hand catching safety is only about being good at it. Guys, there's a reason you aren't supposed to fly drones over people. There's always a chance of a mechanical failure, if not electronics or battery. If it hasn't happened to you yet then that's because you...
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    I Dropped my battery and this happened...

    It's NOT safe to use a LiPo battery that has been physically damaged. You might get lucky and nothing bad might happen but it's not worth the risk. In general, handle LiPo batteries like glass - you don't drop them and hope you'll get to continue to use them. The big difference though is with...
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    Mid flight motor failure

    Hi, The front right motor (M1) of my phantom stopped working barely 30 secs into my first flight for today, and made it crash. Fortunately it was just couple of meters above grassy field so there were no damages except the Zenmuse gimbal dampers came off and the first prop to hit the ground got...