Recent content by Capt Binkley

He addresses that question late in the video. His answer is no, they do not impact the photos or video unless the props are in your frame.

I've been looking for information on increasing visibility of my P4P. I came across this video on YouTube comparing various strobe lights. This guy does a pretty darn good job of testing different strobe lights.

I did ask the seller to charge up the batteries before he brought it over, so he had to at least unwrap those. I'm not a fan of the NFZ system. That was my only hesitation about getting the P4P. But if it becomes an issue, I'll find a solution down the road.

I didn't even bother to make note of it. I just started the update process. Whatever it was, it had to be pretty old.

No problem either way. It was not something I was counting on anyway.

I'm a commercial real estate appraiser. I am using it for property inspections. The biggest issue I had with the P3 was the range and signal strength. Two of my assignments today were 90+ acres, and the P4P covered them with absolutely no problem. I want to start getting into more...

I thought I was going to be trading up from the Phantom 3 Std to one of the new Autel EVO 2's. Well that didn't happen. Last week, I found a local deal on a new in box Phantom 4 Pro that has been sitting in a photographers closet for a couple of years. It still had the plastic wrap on the...

I believe so.

I've heard it said that the Phantom 4 Pro is THE platform for mapping. Why is this? What makes it better than any other drone (less than $5,000) when it comes to mapping?

Yes

Problem solved. Re-binding the controller to the unit worked. I flew it today to just about the end of visual range with no significant problems. Thanks for all your input.

1. The RTH prompt does pop up. It seems to work fine. Tried it the first time then cancelled once signal was restored. 2. Video is still sketchy. It takes several minutes for the video to initially sync sometimes. However it will restore when closer, but it lags most of the time. 3...

I've got a problem. I picked up a Phantom 3 standard with very little time on it. It has been updated with the latest firmware. I can barely get 300' of range out of it. I can control the craft, but telemetry and video coming back is very sketchy. Got any ideas on how to fix this?