Re: what is the general consensus as to the rash of failures
I have been out with 4 batteries on my P2V+. Hit tree-leaves at approx 2.5 meters AGL. It dropped in long grass, and was unharmed, except green propellers. Had the craft land in longish grass when going in low-bat failsafe from hovering at 3-4 ft. More green on the propellers, but nice landing. And I did one perfect landing on gravel by turning off the controller. Now I am in NAZA-M mode. Has had one coming home, where I took over before landing switching to ATTI mode.
Everything seems to work fine after I stopped using iPhone 4 (too slow I guess, all video lagged). My only issue is the high video compression. And DNGs are not razor sharp (but fine when scaled 50%). Sees the video bitrate as a larger issue.
I don't expect any fly-aways, as I can fly the ting, been flying other quad in manual mode. and I ensure I have the slow blinking green light before takeoff.
Now I land by parking it in the air and grabbing it.
I can't see how flyaways can happen, but I am ready for when they do. Ready to run. Ready to go to ATTI mode and land in spot. But can't really see it happen.
I have been out with 4 batteries on my P2V+. Hit tree-leaves at approx 2.5 meters AGL. It dropped in long grass, and was unharmed, except green propellers. Had the craft land in longish grass when going in low-bat failsafe from hovering at 3-4 ft. More green on the propellers, but nice landing. And I did one perfect landing on gravel by turning off the controller. Now I am in NAZA-M mode. Has had one coming home, where I took over before landing switching to ATTI mode.
Everything seems to work fine after I stopped using iPhone 4 (too slow I guess, all video lagged). My only issue is the high video compression. And DNGs are not razor sharp (but fine when scaled 50%). Sees the video bitrate as a larger issue.
I don't expect any fly-aways, as I can fly the ting, been flying other quad in manual mode. and I ensure I have the slow blinking green light before takeoff.
Now I land by parking it in the air and grabbing it.
I can't see how flyaways can happen, but I am ready for when they do. Ready to run. Ready to go to ATTI mode and land in spot. But can't really see it happen.