Lost Drone. Be wise before anything happens.

Javier Ruiz O · Dec 15, 2016

I have my Marco Polo tracker fixed to the rear left leg, antenna pointing upwardsand parallel to that leg, and have flown more than seventy full flights with it, sometimes more than 3,000 ft range without any mod and not noticeable problems of balancing or interferences

Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots

iSilentP · Dec 15, 2016

Nice to know. Mine is on order and due to arrive this weekend.

Sent from my iPad using PhantomPilots

Javier Ruiz O · Dec 15, 2016

Have many nice flights when ir arrives!

Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots

iSilentP · Dec 16, 2016

iSilentP said:
Nice to know. Mine is on order and due to arrive this weekend.

Sent from my iPad using PhantomPilots

Just came in today. Time to play hide-and-go-seek tomorrow. Will have my wife hide the tracker somewhere in our housing development and it will be my challenge to find it. Can't wait.

Frankc · Dec 17, 2016

This is what I have been hoping for. A useful tracker. Let us know how you got on and where you bought it from etc. If there is a UK base for this product I may well contact them for some Forum discount. Have done it several times in the UK and managed to get between 10% to 25% discount on product for Forum members, not the Phantom Forum though (yet)

Thanks again for reporting back. Does look like a good bit of kit. Instead of hiding it close by try hiding in a couple of so miles away too. Lost drones are usually at the edge or beyond the area of control.

Frankc · Dec 17, 2016

Javier Ruiz O said:
I have my Marco Polo tracker fixed to the rear left leg, antenna pointing upwardsand parallel to that leg, and have flown more than seventy full flights with it, sometimes more than 3,000 ft range without any mod and not noticeable problems of balancing or interferences

Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots

Nicely done. Where did you get the "remove before flight" pendent?

ldallara924 · Dec 17, 2016

Great ideas, I need to revise my label to add rewards to it. I will do that6 when I get my P4P

Tony Clixby · Dec 17, 2016

GREAT ADVICE

Xcessfun · Dec 17, 2016

Frankc said:
This is what I have been hoping for. A useful tracker. Let us know how you got on and where you bought it from etc. If there is a UK base for this product I may well contact them for some Forum discount. Have done it several times in the UK and managed to get between 10% to 25% discount on product for Forum members, not the Phantom Forum though (yet)

Thanks again for reporting back. Does look like a good bit of kit. Instead of hiding it close by try hiding in a couple of so miles away too. Lost drones are usually at the edge or beyond the area of control.

Xcessfun · Dec 17, 2016

We ship our MarcoPolo trackers to Europe and AU.
You can watch our video at www.UAVfind.com

coullit · Dec 17, 2016

Had a look at this but it's not cheap at $250 expensive postage....only two miles range so what does that mean if it comes down in trees, a lot less...there is a small matchbox size tracker about $10 that you put a SIM card in , ring it and it send s a message to your phone with its position in Google maps, obviously out of range or cellular network it's not going to work, but it's range is limitless and it's inexpensive

Sent from my iPad using PhantomPilots

Frankc · Dec 17, 2016

coullit said:
Had a look at this but it's not cheap at $250 expensive postage....only two miles range so what does that mean if it comes down in trees, a lot less...there is a small matchbox size tracker about $10 that you put a SIM card in , ring it and it send s a message to your phone with its position in Google maps, obviously out of range or cellular network it's not going to work, but it's range is limitless and it's inexpensive

Sent from my iPad using PhantomPilots

I think I know the ones you mean. Ideal for tracking pets etc? Total and utter waste of money. Eyesight would work better than these things. Handy if you do not know which pocket your keys etc are in but other than that don't waste your time. I got 4 TrackR's and kick myself every time I think about it. Could write more but not without swear words .......... lets just say I was very unhappy with the results.

Frankc · Dec 17, 2016

Xcessfun said:
We ship our MarcoPolo trackers to Europe and AU.
You can watch our video at www.UAVfind.com

How about a forum discount then?

Frankc · Dec 17, 2016

Cheap New Gps Dog Tracking System Pet Tracker Marco Polo Pet Monitoring | eBay Id rather support you though as your an official vendor and supporter of the Forum.

Frankc · Dec 17, 2016

More about this system here MARCO POLO TRACKING SYSTEM - The Drones Mag

Heff · Dec 17, 2016

I use the TK102B gsm/gprs/gps tracker (£8) and a £10 PAYG sim. The tenner credit stays on the sim as long as you use it once every 90 days - so no monthly charges and your credit is safe.
I bought a 3D printed mount for my P4 (£4)

Pharm · Dec 17, 2016

jburke90 said:
Haha. I did the exact same on my old p3s. I put on it ( if lost please call ###-###-#### before my wife finds out) it worked. The guy called me in 10 mins laughing. I figured if a wife finds it she will laugh and probably call. And if a guy finds it then he can relate and probably call too. Just a idea.but definitely put your number on it either way

Sent from my SM-G935V using PhantomPilots mobile app

I used to put on any book I loaned "This book was stolen from MY NAME". Strangely, I always got my books back after that.

John_LA · Dec 17, 2016

Marco Polo looks good.

Javier Ruiz O · Dec 17, 2016

Frankc: You asked where I got the Remove before flight pendant... Well, I got the one in the photo as a goodie from a visit to an Airbus plant. You can buy it from many places. If you look in Amazon
for "Remove before flight red key chain", you"ll find them for $4.99, or $7.49 a pack of three.

Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots

Frankc · Dec 17, 2016

Javier Ruiz O said:
Frankc: You asked where I got the Remove before flight pendant... Well, I got the one in the photo as a goodie from a visit to an Airbus plant. You can buy it from many places. If you look in Amazon
for "Remove before flight red key chain", you"ll find them for $4.99, or $7.49 a pack of three.

Sent from my iPhone using PhantomPilots

Thanks. Unfortunately we dont have an Airbus plant in our village so it looks like its going to have to be Amazon. I used a piece of bright card attached to a bright bit of cord attached to the lens cap, but id like something more professional. Thank you for your reply.