Hey all:
Just received a Phantom 1.1, first I am surprised at how much prep and assembly is needed. I have viewed many videos and read hundreds of posts on other boards but wasn't quite expecting this... mainly though the paper and downloaded manuals are really about useless.
I also got an anti-jello camera mount and if I understand it's assembly the only thing which will be securing the 2 halves and my camera will be the little rubber spongy things, but a bunch of screws and nuts came with it ? I only need 2 screws to attach it to the quad.
For example it says on the bottom of the quad to "see manual to use correct screws" regarding camera mount installation but I see nothing about that in the manual.
I am at the point of charging the battery (which in the manual comes after another process which requires the battery) and then I guess I need to connect to my computer and install the software. But in this "extended" manual it says "switch on the transmitter first, then power on the aircraft" ... does this quad even have a power switch?
Has anyone taken the time to rewrite the manual in real english? if so can it be downloaded somewhere? Everyone is a newbie at some point, right?
If it gets much more complicated I may have it up for sale, perhaps even before flight.
I'm not bad with figuring out mechanical stuff but don't have much patience for it.
Thanks for any help,
DP
Just received a Phantom 1.1, first I am surprised at how much prep and assembly is needed. I have viewed many videos and read hundreds of posts on other boards but wasn't quite expecting this... mainly though the paper and downloaded manuals are really about useless.
I also got an anti-jello camera mount and if I understand it's assembly the only thing which will be securing the 2 halves and my camera will be the little rubber spongy things, but a bunch of screws and nuts came with it ? I only need 2 screws to attach it to the quad.
For example it says on the bottom of the quad to "see manual to use correct screws" regarding camera mount installation but I see nothing about that in the manual.
I am at the point of charging the battery (which in the manual comes after another process which requires the battery) and then I guess I need to connect to my computer and install the software. But in this "extended" manual it says "switch on the transmitter first, then power on the aircraft" ... does this quad even have a power switch?
Has anyone taken the time to rewrite the manual in real english? if so can it be downloaded somewhere? Everyone is a newbie at some point, right?
If it gets much more complicated I may have it up for sale, perhaps even before flight.
I'm not bad with figuring out mechanical stuff but don't have much patience for it.
Thanks for any help,
DP