Recent content by wharfbanger

Re: Help - Phantom crashed, now crashes every time after lau Apologise for this - the post is legit, I was getting a server error every time I hit the submit key so kept trying, then went off to bed (NZ time). I had no idea the message was submitted OK. Mark

Re: Help - Phantom crashed, now crashes every time after lau Sorry about this - I was getting server error every time I hit the submit key, so I kept trying then went to bed (NZ time). This is not SPAM so please advise if you are able.. Cheers and apologise, Mark

OK, Flew into a pine tree at about 160ft altitude. Recovered Phantom at base of pine. Camera/gimbal broke free but appear to have sustained no damage!! I have been flying without the hard plastic drop pins for about 200 flights - this confirms my suspicions about drop pins. Battery was...

OK, Flew into a pine tree at about 160ft altitude. Recovered Phantom at base of pine. Camera/gimbal broke free but appear to have sustained no damage!! I have been flying without the hard plastic drop pins for about 200 flights - this confirms my suspicions about drop pins. Battery was...

Get rid of your anti-drop plastic pins DB. 200 flights without the pins and no problems...

Is Groundstation available?

Re: UNOFFICIAL Vision App for Android (Distance, Speed, etc) I live in NZ and always get 8+ satellites when in the air. Check out this thread as it could be a solution for you: viewtopic.php?f=27&t=19099&hilit=shield

Re: UNOFFICIAL Vision App for Android (Unlimited GS Distance I would donate. Coffee is doing great work.

Re: UNOFFICIAL Vision App for Android (Unlimited GS Distance +1

Re: LIMTED: Phantom 2 Vision+ Camera Ribbon Cables @ DDM You can use Groundstation. This may be of interest: viewtopic.php?f=27&t=27003

Below is a photo showing how I mount the Canon S100 to my spare gimbal base plate. Note the white bottle cap provides a flat surface for mounting. I would suspect the spare base plates are going cheap given the incidence of smashed cameras. Rubber bands are fairly high-tech but have not let...

I have done it and it works very nicely. You can use the stock V2+ camera although most of the time I take the stock camera off and use a Canon A2400. I also have a Canon S100 that works very nicely. Both can be programmed with a CHDK intervelometer script. Agisoft is fantastic. Note...

Reminds me of "Sanford and Son"...Fred would often involves himself in various get-rich-quick schemes, and when things didn't go the way he wanted them to, Fred would inevitably have a simulated heart attack, accentuated by clutching his chest and crying out to his late wife: "Oh, this is the...

Re: UNOFFICIAL Vision App for Android (Unlimited GS Distance regarding 4. - make sure you are on the latest firmware (3.06?), which fixes the magnetic declination error

Re: UNOFFICIAL Vision App for Android (Unlimited GS Distance Great job on this App. Flew 1100m today (one way) into a strong wind (20-25mph). I used the fast setting and it managed about 5m/s into the wind. Much faster on the way home.8-)