- Joined
- Aug 5, 2015
- Messages
- 6
- Reaction score
- 3
- Age
- 39
Got my brand new Phantom 3 on July 30th and found it extremely easy to fly, if you glance at it once in awhile. My practice was around our yard and the adjacent areas.
Our 25 year old daughter came home and my wife and her were out in our yard, so I took off and was video taping them in our garden. I started relying on the FBV mode and started "dancing around" at about 50 feet altitude.
Ah, big mistake. I jogged it into a piece of coaxial cable feeding an Amateur Radio antenna. Yes, my antenna. Everything seemed to stop and it dropped like a rock, damaging both the upper and lower shells (housings) on one motor arm. Damaging means totally trashed, so it is off for repairs.
When you fly at low altitude with many trees and an Amateur Radio tower & antennas on your lot, my technique was a bit stupid. OK, all you new owners, please be careful!
Two weeks before repaired Phantom 3 is shipped back, after I pay the repair bill. Really glad I am stimulating the economy!
Chuck
Our 25 year old daughter came home and my wife and her were out in our yard, so I took off and was video taping them in our garden. I started relying on the FBV mode and started "dancing around" at about 50 feet altitude.
Ah, big mistake. I jogged it into a piece of coaxial cable feeding an Amateur Radio antenna. Yes, my antenna. Everything seemed to stop and it dropped like a rock, damaging both the upper and lower shells (housings) on one motor arm. Damaging means totally trashed, so it is off for repairs.
When you fly at low altitude with many trees and an Amateur Radio tower & antennas on your lot, my technique was a bit stupid. OK, all you new owners, please be careful!
Two weeks before repaired Phantom 3 is shipped back, after I pay the repair bill. Really glad I am stimulating the economy!
Chuck