Just scared the hell out of myself!! Help appreciated!

jwt873 · Dec 29, 2016

Ha.. OK.. Must be because there wasn't enough light for the obstacle avoidance to work correctly then. I've never flown when it was really dark. I live in the country and there are no street lights to brighten things up, so I stay on the ground after sunset.

Steve Gibson · Dec 31, 2016

I'm new to this but why do you need landing gear?

Darren Roach · Jan 1, 2017

When you are hovering close to the ground there is a situation called ground effect. This happens when the rota wash from the aircraft hits the ground and curls back up towards the aircraft causing unstable air. This in turn can make the aircraft unstable were as it will lift and lower irractically. Air temperature, humidity altitude all play there part. I would suggest you take your aircraft out at varying times of the day and different temperatures and experience just how it will behave in ground effect. Knowledge is power happy flying

Matchlock · Jan 1, 2017

You don't have a choice with a Phantom 4 Pro Plus.

Bud

jiggyb21 said:
Just throwing it out there but from everything I've read GO 4.0 isn't running very well causing people tons of issues. With a P4 you're not mandated to use it, you can still use V3.

Matchlock · Jan 1, 2017

What proof is there that it's the app causing all these "problems". Has anyone found a single one of the issues mentioned, happening on a Phantom 4 Pro Plus? I haven't heard a single issue like any of those described here. Any and all of these issue could be caused by the mobile device being used on the Phantom 4 or Phantom 4 Pro.

I don't believe for a second that the problem is with the actual Phantom itself. I think the issues are in the variety of mobile devices used.

Bud

jiggyb21 said:
2.9 stars in the play store might say otherwise. I've never seen so many 1 star reviews for an app. I personally haven't used it though. V3 had been fine for me.

F3honda4me · Jan 1, 2017

jiggyb21 said:
2.9 stars in the play store might say otherwise. I've never seen so many 1 star reviews for an app. I personally haven't used it though. V3 had been fine for me.

The GO app has the same stars.

jiggyb21 · Jan 1, 2017

F3honda4me said:
The GO app has the same stars.

Um...no.

F3honda4me · Jan 1, 2017

jiggyb21 said:
Um...no.

For iOS they are the same.

jiggyb21 · Jan 2, 2017

F3honda4me said:
For iOS they are the same.

Oh right. Maybe we were both a bit presumptive there. I always forget the other side. Sorry.

F3honda4me · Jan 2, 2017

Water under the bridge.

SteveGSY · Jan 20, 2017

OA is disabled by app if ambient light is insufficient. So thats normal behaviour.
OA and VS will be disabled.

Xenomorph · Jan 20, 2017

SteveGSY said:
OA is disabled by app if ambient light is insufficient. So thats normal behaviour.
OA and VS will be disabled.

I'm actually pretty paranoid about doing any night flights because of my initial experience. My drone performs flawlessly during the day. I guess if I ever see the ambient light warning it's just a sign to stay grounded. But, if I was to increase altitude at night with an ambient light warning, would I still see strange behavior? Or do you think it was because I was so low? How are there all these great night videos if the craft has a tough time detecting its surroundings at night?