So...my magnetic prop balancer arrived yesterday. I used it to balance four of the cheapo CF props I'd purchased - which experience had already taught me produced seriously crappy GoPro video from moderately severe jello. As suspected, they were badly out of balance, which I corrected by sanding. The "after balancing" video confirmed the balancing made a huge difference!
In actuality, I balanced the props for the benefit of the motor bearings because my interest in video creation (at least at this time) is minimal. I'm much more interested in getting back my flying skills after a 25 year lay-off - which means 90% of the time I'm going to be honking that Phantom around sans camera.
Anyhow...This is an entirely unprocessed short test video (~3 minutes) shot in GPS flight mode. The only thing I did was add introductory title and outro. Interested parties can see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_T80U-n ... e=youtu.be
This clearly indicates to me I did my motor bearings a HUGE favor with an investment in time of less than 20 minutes.
PF
In actuality, I balanced the props for the benefit of the motor bearings because my interest in video creation (at least at this time) is minimal. I'm much more interested in getting back my flying skills after a 25 year lay-off - which means 90% of the time I'm going to be honking that Phantom around sans camera.
Anyhow...This is an entirely unprocessed short test video (~3 minutes) shot in GPS flight mode. The only thing I did was add introductory title and outro. Interested parties can see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_T80U-n ... e=youtu.be
This clearly indicates to me I did my motor bearings a HUGE favor with an investment in time of less than 20 minutes.
PF