350 feet above Coral Springs (South Florida

Cool video DrewFlies,

It looks like you have the same issue as me when it comes to yawing. Keeping the stick in the same position is the key. I found a video the other day where a guy cut a hole in a "Box Top" from a box of cereal. He then put the stick through the hole, and held the box top stationary against the controller with the stick deflected to the desired yaw rate. Did that make sense?

Anyway, enjoyed your flick. Keep em coming

 

When yawing it should be a lot smoother than that I think you may have a problem or there is a problem with the frame rate what setting have you got it on?

 

First day? Why didn't you include the crash footage. I crashed twice on my first day. Couldn't figure out how to use the camera though. Probably a good thing, they would still be laughing at me.

**** good job for day one.

Now git ur butt out of town and get to know the beast. There's nothing like being around open sky and just flying. Enjoy the ride and keep us posted.

 

Sorry, I searched before posting and couldn't find it.
Gimme a couple minutes. I have a raisin bran box here. I'll make one and take a crappy pic.
Back in a bit with an edit.

EDIT: There ya go. Now, lets see a nice smooth constant rate of turn.
If it works, ya owe me a Barley Pop.

 

I laugh in your general direction. There is almost nothing within 30 minutes of here.
Your pics are a couple posts up.
Poo mans Yaw Mod. Go man go.

 

Another tip I saw was to extend the sticks.

 

Not Knocking you Drew, nice video for a 1st flight, but, am I the only person who, for my first 4 flights had their Phantom tethered? My first flights were with 300' of kite string attached to the landing gear as a safety net incase it decided to go off on its own, either from user error or it got home sick. Maybe I'm overly cautious, but I wasn't taking any chances with $1K flying around in mid air.

 

No, first flight I took it straight up to 60m but kept it almost above me all the time....I was extremely nervous. second flight in my back yard I took all the way to 120m. then I had a few flights around the local park getting used to the controls and settings never going further than probably 60m away from me. Yesterday was probably about my 10th flight and I took it out to 420m and tested the RTH function..... glad to say it worked a treat.....

This is my first ever quad and the more I fly it the more confident I become in it capabilities..... although I have bought a GPS tracker to fit just in case.

 

My first flight was done with 6" of tether. Now I'll fly it as far as I can see it, up the side of a mountain.

Try this, you'll like it.
Here's something to help you folks find stuff. Enter your text in the middle of the page, not at the top.
https://cse.google.com/cse/publicurl?cx=014775389315664725445:ejku2ysgyhi


DrewFlies, this is for you.
VRS is a good search term for how fast you can descend.
Any lateral motion, or flight into the wind will allow a very fast descent. Watch and listen to the bird, you will know when you're loosing it.