Hi,
Today I received a new stock tx for my Phantom v1.2 to replace the one I burnt out while fitting the gimbal lever. This new one has a gimbal pot added to the front of the unit already wired in. Both tx have the sprung throttle controls. My old tx had v1.2 on the back of it and v3.5 in the battery compartment. The one I got today does not have either of these markings just the serial number. I am assuming this is a slightly older version of the tx even although it looks identical. However there is one key difference so far. When you power it up you get audio sound which continues until you pull the throttle downwards from its default centre position. The led light them flashes a few times and them stays on. If you hold the throttle down before switching on you don't get this audio alarm. On my first tx I never got any audio alarm and the throttle was always in the centre position when switched on.
After linking the new transmitter sucessfully I decided to try the Phantom minus its props to see how everything sounded after having the body apart. Everything sounds fine but one thing I noticed was if you throttle upwards from the centre position till the motors were going full wack they did slow down when you released the throttle and it returned to its centre position. You had to pull the throttle back below the centre before the motors started to slow. Now I never tried my old tx without the props so cannot tell whether this is different or not. But do know that once you let the throttle drop back to the middle position the craft just stopped and hovered as expected. But hearing the motors going at full speed on this new tx after releasing the throttle cannot see that happening. I could only see it going upwards and fast! I would need to throttle back below the 50% position to slow it down. Does this behaviour sound correct or not?
Also I tried calibrating the tx after this happened as I assume you need to calibrate the tx when you change it. I followed the advance instructions where you "Set the switch S2 at the OFF position, and the switch S1 at the GPS position
2. Push the Throttle stick to the top position, and push the Pitch stick to the top position. Keep the Pitch
stick at the top position manually since it can return to the central position when released.
3. Turn on the Power Switch of the transmitter, you should hear the indicator sound of “Di—Di Di” from
the transmitter repeatedly. Toggle the switch S2 to the CL position, you should hear an indicator
sound of “Di” from the transmitter, in this case, the transmitter has entered the calibration mode." Its hard to say whether the sound sounds like "Di" or not!! But when I toggle the switch S2 to the CL position I do not get a further audio sound. There is no bleeps at all. So guess I am not in the calbration mode? Have they changed the procedure since those instructions were uploaded?
I had no issues with my original tx and wish I had not burnt it out. And am a little bit worried about the results I have seen from this replacement. Or do you think its ok? Thats seem to be the snag with dji keeping on tweaking and changing things ever so slightly! What a long post!!
cheers
bill
Today I received a new stock tx for my Phantom v1.2 to replace the one I burnt out while fitting the gimbal lever. This new one has a gimbal pot added to the front of the unit already wired in. Both tx have the sprung throttle controls. My old tx had v1.2 on the back of it and v3.5 in the battery compartment. The one I got today does not have either of these markings just the serial number. I am assuming this is a slightly older version of the tx even although it looks identical. However there is one key difference so far. When you power it up you get audio sound which continues until you pull the throttle downwards from its default centre position. The led light them flashes a few times and them stays on. If you hold the throttle down before switching on you don't get this audio alarm. On my first tx I never got any audio alarm and the throttle was always in the centre position when switched on.
After linking the new transmitter sucessfully I decided to try the Phantom minus its props to see how everything sounded after having the body apart. Everything sounds fine but one thing I noticed was if you throttle upwards from the centre position till the motors were going full wack they did slow down when you released the throttle and it returned to its centre position. You had to pull the throttle back below the centre before the motors started to slow. Now I never tried my old tx without the props so cannot tell whether this is different or not. But do know that once you let the throttle drop back to the middle position the craft just stopped and hovered as expected. But hearing the motors going at full speed on this new tx after releasing the throttle cannot see that happening. I could only see it going upwards and fast! I would need to throttle back below the 50% position to slow it down. Does this behaviour sound correct or not?
Also I tried calibrating the tx after this happened as I assume you need to calibrate the tx when you change it. I followed the advance instructions where you "Set the switch S2 at the OFF position, and the switch S1 at the GPS position
2. Push the Throttle stick to the top position, and push the Pitch stick to the top position. Keep the Pitch
stick at the top position manually since it can return to the central position when released.
3. Turn on the Power Switch of the transmitter, you should hear the indicator sound of “Di—Di Di” from
the transmitter repeatedly. Toggle the switch S2 to the CL position, you should hear an indicator
sound of “Di” from the transmitter, in this case, the transmitter has entered the calibration mode." Its hard to say whether the sound sounds like "Di" or not!! But when I toggle the switch S2 to the CL position I do not get a further audio sound. There is no bleeps at all. So guess I am not in the calbration mode? Have they changed the procedure since those instructions were uploaded?
I had no issues with my original tx and wish I had not burnt it out. And am a little bit worried about the results I have seen from this replacement. Or do you think its ok? Thats seem to be the snag with dji keeping on tweaking and changing things ever so slightly! What a long post!!
cheers
bill
