malibusteve70 said:
I pretty much have the same setup as you and have no issues other than some flickering on the black pearl, sounds like something else might be going on?
"but I have video playback issues, flight time issues, battery issues, GPS mode issues"
Details?
Hi.... Flight time issues for me would be 12 minutes flight time, I could almost get this with a £350 DJI FC40 - most people are getting maybe 14-16 minutes and my flight times must be down to the setup itself rather than the batteries as it appears they are both totally healthy and they both produce equal flight times. When I initially bought everything I was expecting a minimum of 16-18 mins. Anyway, besides this my video playback issues include some jello with both H33D gimbals I have used (first replaced) and I even changed the dampening pads which sorted it out a little bit. There wasn't an incredible amount of jello let's be honest, but a setup which cost me over £1000 I feel the quality of the H33D isn't fantastic. And then we have the flimsy ribbon charging cable to use with my GoPro Hero3+, this is not up to the job! and causes horrible audio interference on all of my videos at the beginning and end. OK I appreciate there is a known fox for this as mentioned quite a bit on these forums but this defeats the whole object of the cable allowing your GoPro to charge while the P2 is on. Basically it isn't good enough either for the money. It is almost as if the newer H33D models were brought out without any realisation about how they had actually taken a step back with the quality of them, or more likely the ribbon is used because of some patent problem with GoPro or to save on cost of materials. GPS mode issues....... I am sure I am just as likely to get these with a Vision 2 plus as with my current setup, but hoping with the updated version 3 P2's and their newer motors and compasses maybe things have improved, but for over a month without any reason my P2 simply decides to drift. I have done everything to correct this - changed the props, inspected internally for anything untoward, done the compass dance (properly), done several (unnecessary) IMU calibrations in order to try and rectify it, done more compass dances, done a transmitter calibration, flown it in various open spaces with no nearby interference, and still....... It drifts and does not hold its position at all - if I left it as I used to do when it was working just fine, it now keeps flying away into the distance but thankfully I am able to correct it and land her safely each time. This is not going to be an issue related to my P2 only, I am sure it will also be seen as often in the P2 Vision+ models but it isn't good enough. Battery issues...... Actually I thought I did have battery issues originally which caused the poor flight times, but this is probably not the case, I mentioned this by mistake in the previous comment in my flurry of words....... Other gimbal issue I forgot to mention, it "twitches" and takes minutes to calibrate, I have done several things to try and fix this following several member's answers and so on, but again it just looks like a faulty gimbal.