Recent content by Jim abbatoy

Richard above said by my own admission I was above 400ft. Obviously he needs to reread my post. I was at 200 feet agl and 400-450 feet distance from my house. My suggestion wasn't for our convenience, it was for the safety of the manned pilots and people on the ground should a mishap occur...

What? Where did I say I was above 400. The drone was 400 feet from my house. The ultra lite was right above my house. I'm amazed at how many people want to argue over nonsense. My eyes were on the sky. The ultra lite was over my house approaching me from the north. My drone was on the opposite...

It's scary. It would be nice if the technology advance to a point where you could detect oncoming traffic. Line of sight works to a point. But in this case, one minute there appeared to be nothing but clear skies and next minute the ultra lite was directly above my house. Scared the heck out of me.

I live along Lake Erie in NY and love to take flights over the water. The scenery is beautiful this time of year. So here's my rant. FAA limits out altitude to 400 ft agl. I generally fly from my house at 200 ft to insure I clear all the trees. On occasion I'll have to ground myself due to low...

All I do know, as a fellow boater is like to attend next year. It looks like a blast. And a whole lot closer than Lake Havasu.

I'm far from being an expert, but I recently had to do a firmware update on my P3P. After the update all my settings were back to default. Is it possible you were set to beginner mode with a lost signal action to land?

Already took them off. Haha. I just wanted a second opinion. Unfortunately it's too windy to try it out and see if my old phantom is back to normal.

Only reason I put them on was due to the potential of bird strikes as most of my flying is from my house on the shore of Lake Erie. Since I've put them on I haven't been please with my P3P performance. I think it's time to take em off.

What's your thoughts on prop guards? Do you find the quad is less stable in wind when using the guards or is it my imagination?

I did a complete imu, compass and gimbal calibration and tried again with the same result although it improved some. I have VPS disabled. I had 13 sats during the flights.

30 year Army retired

Are you using DJI go? I just flew 2 flights. One with Litchi the other with go. Litchi was fine and DJI go was all over the place. Both flights originated from my deck which has never been a problem with either app.

I was thinking the same thing. As a general rule, I'll respond twice. My third response is GTFO or mind your business.

Trying to learn something new. Someone asked if it's part 12 or 133. What are they talking about? Are their different batteries made for P3?

Neon Euc gave the best advice. Don't give up on your bird. I lost my P3P in a tree recently due to low battery RTH issue. It was also hung with a branch through the landing gear. Once I recovered it, the only damage was a broken ribbon cable. Cheap fix and thanks to Amazon sending me the wrong...