Hi guys,
Forums are always full of great info and colourful people! Wish I had come here first, instead of just reading manuals.
I got a Phantom 2 Vision for my birthday from my Mum. She bought it a couple years back (when they were $1200) and used it a couple times. They love toys and technology, but don't really have the nack for piloting RC. They need a P3 or P4 with all the bells and whistles turned on. A friend on mine has a P3 Advanced? The most expensive one, which ever that is with the 4k. I have flown it a couple times, but I always hated the thought of damaging it and having to replace it, or fix it or whatever. So, cool... I got my own to mess with. The P2V is a lot.. um... less featured than his, so I have a bit of a learning curve to deal with. Plus with his, it was set up, and he hands me the controller, already configured, and ready to fly. I think that's where I am stuck.
I got the firmware all up to date, and charged everything, and got everything 'sync'd' up in my living room, of course, at night and living in the city, I had to wait to fly it. So I take everything out to the Farm, and get it all out and did all my checks, and such... and I think I am ready to go. Oh, let me give you a run down of gear...
Phantom 2 Vision
Nexus 7 (2012)
Litchi for P2
RE500 thingy
So I fire up the Litchi, and it crashed a couple times. Never did that at home, but whatever... rebooted the device, hoping a fresh boot would make it more stable... and it did! Good news. So unit is sitting in the driveway, huge open space. Blinking lights, beep beep beeps, and all is a go. I hit the Green Launch arrow, and it's asks are you sure... and I think I am.... GO!
If comes to life, and fires itself up in the air... to about 10 feet or so. I hit the sticks... nothing. It sat there, and just mocked me. Blinking and whirling... Jerk. Sooooo now what. It just hovers. (I got a great video of me standing there, looking up in confusion). I was going to go and get a ladder but just as I did, it started to climb again, out of reach... I though, someone is messing with me! It went up as high as the barn, rotated a couple times... and slowly set itself down on the drive. Serious? So I then figured out that the battery ran out and the return home function kicked in. Intradesting!
Fight number one... flawless failure.
Forums are always full of great info and colourful people! Wish I had come here first, instead of just reading manuals.
I got a Phantom 2 Vision for my birthday from my Mum. She bought it a couple years back (when they were $1200) and used it a couple times. They love toys and technology, but don't really have the nack for piloting RC. They need a P3 or P4 with all the bells and whistles turned on. A friend on mine has a P3 Advanced? The most expensive one, which ever that is with the 4k. I have flown it a couple times, but I always hated the thought of damaging it and having to replace it, or fix it or whatever. So, cool... I got my own to mess with. The P2V is a lot.. um... less featured than his, so I have a bit of a learning curve to deal with. Plus with his, it was set up, and he hands me the controller, already configured, and ready to fly. I think that's where I am stuck.
I got the firmware all up to date, and charged everything, and got everything 'sync'd' up in my living room, of course, at night and living in the city, I had to wait to fly it. So I take everything out to the Farm, and get it all out and did all my checks, and such... and I think I am ready to go. Oh, let me give you a run down of gear...
Phantom 2 Vision
Nexus 7 (2012)
Litchi for P2
RE500 thingy
So I fire up the Litchi, and it crashed a couple times. Never did that at home, but whatever... rebooted the device, hoping a fresh boot would make it more stable... and it did! Good news. So unit is sitting in the driveway, huge open space. Blinking lights, beep beep beeps, and all is a go. I hit the Green Launch arrow, and it's asks are you sure... and I think I am.... GO!
If comes to life, and fires itself up in the air... to about 10 feet or so. I hit the sticks... nothing. It sat there, and just mocked me. Blinking and whirling... Jerk. Sooooo now what. It just hovers. (I got a great video of me standing there, looking up in confusion). I was going to go and get a ladder but just as I did, it started to climb again, out of reach... I though, someone is messing with me! It went up as high as the barn, rotated a couple times... and slowly set itself down on the drive. Serious? So I then figured out that the battery ran out and the return home function kicked in. Intradesting!
Fight number one... flawless failure.