Hey Guys,
Just got done upgrading and testing the 3.08 upgrade and thought I would post my impressions here and invite you all to do the same.
First of all the upgrades went fairly easy for me with the exception of one of my 2 batteries which failed in the middle of the update (which made my heart stop since I was fearing that it might be bricked). However, I tried again and it worked fine! Whew!
First flight was pretty good - first thing I noticed right off the bat is that the gimbal (I have a non-vision 3D-HD) makes minor adjustments on stick movement - I am imagining to better anticipate the changes in direction of the Phantom. Once it was in flight - the Gimbal movement was very smooth and accurate (from a visual perspective) - wasn't recording so I will check that out later.
Someone else mentioned that the motors sound different - not so much like a group of bees - but more uniform. I found this to be the case as well. Motors seem to be a bit more in sync - which I think is a good thing as I always felt like they seemed to be fighting and adjusting too much on the previous firmware.
I also felt like the Phantom was making corrections on GPS in a smoother way... Today I was flying with light and variable winds and I noticed the Phantom making smoother adjustments to little gusts.
Another thing I noticed was that the the transition from hover to directional flight felt smoother as well. This might be annoying to some who want snappy movements - but I felt like it produced more natural movements which will be good for camera work. I'm guessing this is probably an adjustment to control curves and gains so it might be adjustable in the RC assistant for those wanting aggressive moves.
two take offs and manual landings and felt very solid and controllable.
Running in Atti felt fine... I noticed no additional adjustments from what I mentioned above... nice smooth movement and predictable acceleration and stopping etc.
All in all - really good first flight - looking forward to more (and more of your impressions)
Just got done upgrading and testing the 3.08 upgrade and thought I would post my impressions here and invite you all to do the same.
First of all the upgrades went fairly easy for me with the exception of one of my 2 batteries which failed in the middle of the update (which made my heart stop since I was fearing that it might be bricked). However, I tried again and it worked fine! Whew!
First flight was pretty good - first thing I noticed right off the bat is that the gimbal (I have a non-vision 3D-HD) makes minor adjustments on stick movement - I am imagining to better anticipate the changes in direction of the Phantom. Once it was in flight - the Gimbal movement was very smooth and accurate (from a visual perspective) - wasn't recording so I will check that out later.
Someone else mentioned that the motors sound different - not so much like a group of bees - but more uniform. I found this to be the case as well. Motors seem to be a bit more in sync - which I think is a good thing as I always felt like they seemed to be fighting and adjusting too much on the previous firmware.
I also felt like the Phantom was making corrections on GPS in a smoother way... Today I was flying with light and variable winds and I noticed the Phantom making smoother adjustments to little gusts.
Another thing I noticed was that the the transition from hover to directional flight felt smoother as well. This might be annoying to some who want snappy movements - but I felt like it produced more natural movements which will be good for camera work. I'm guessing this is probably an adjustment to control curves and gains so it might be adjustable in the RC assistant for those wanting aggressive moves.
two take offs and manual landings and felt very solid and controllable.
Running in Atti felt fine... I noticed no additional adjustments from what I mentioned above... nice smooth movement and predictable acceleration and stopping etc.
All in all - really good first flight - looking forward to more (and more of your impressions)
. I figured I'd at least post my experience which is positive so far.
