Colorado4130 said:
What seems to be the problem?
Basically the problem seems to be some sort of fault in the RC transmitter where it either stops transmitting or sends garbage data after between 5 and 10 mins of use.
I've worked this out by a process of elimination and I'm an electronics and software engineer by trade, so I done quite a lot of this sort of thing in day job.
I strongly suspect that the 2.4GHz RF module is faulty, as the RC Tx seems to communicate with the PC software after the phantom is no longer receiving its signal.
If I turn it off for about 1 minute it runs again for a few mins.
Its not the batteries, Ive tried several brand new sets, and also the PC s/w reports 6V or above from the batteries even when its no longer working.
Unfortunately I didn't buy from a dealer, and my supplier wants me to ship the whole thing back to china for testing, and I'd not get either a refund or a new Phantom until they've determined if it was a manufacturing fault or if I broke it etc.
So basically, I'm on my own with this, and I've contacted DJI direct to see if they can suggest a fix, or give me a price on a replacement RC unit, or preferably just the electronics and RF module
However I suspect all they'll be able to offer is perhaps a new RC unit, and I've no idea how much they'd charge.