The ALL New DJI S900 Hexacopter!

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Ronan

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sguarch said:
Nice I wish I could get an update on mine as well. I ordered the s900 with GH4 too. Has anyone in the United States receive theirs yet? It seems like DJI isn't giving any updates on the shipment orders..
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Lots of people in the US already have one. They do sell out quickly though.
 

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Multidp

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Got mine the other day and within 2 minutes found a serious design flaw.
The collar on the landing gear that holds the spring is plastic (versus aluminum on the S1000 & S800). Both were crooked and loose so I tightened them slightly. Without putting much torque to it the bolt head ate right through the plastic. To save a few pennies DJI....errrr. I temporarily borrowed the ones from my S800 to make it right. To those with S900's watch out for this.
 

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Tahoe Ed

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Multidp said:
Got mine the other day and within 2 minutes found a serious design flaw.
The collar on the landing gear that holds the spring is plastic (versus aluminum on the S1000 & S800). Both were crooked and loose so I tightened them slightly. Without putting much torque to it the bolt head ate right through the plastic. To save a few pennies DJI....errrr. I temporarily borrowed the ones from my S800 to make it right. To those with S900's watch out for this.
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Can you send me a picture. I have an early production unit and it has aluminum spring mounts. I will forward to DJI for their review.
 

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Multidp

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The collar that is standing up is one of the plastic ones from the S900. The bolt head destroyed the plastic with the slightest bit of torque. The other 2 are the aluminum from the S800. (leaving the S800 inoperable). I doubt I can get these pieces separately.
I suspect this will be a problem for many S900 owners with the plastic collars.
 

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Tahoe Ed

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Multidp said:
The collar that is standing up is one of the plastic ones from the S900. The bolt head destroyed the plastic with the slightest bit of torque. The other 2 are the aluminum from the S800. (leaving the S800 inoperable). I doubt I can get these pieces separately.
I suspect this will be a problem for many S900 owners with the plastic collars.
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Thank you. I will forward to DJI. I will also check mine. After I posted, I started to question if mine are aluminum or plastic. I get back to Vegas tomorrow and I can check then.
 


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Ronan

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So the S800 aluminium version of the parts are a direct fit? If that's the case... got a part #? I'll replace mine ASAP.

Wednesday is when i should get my S900... @_@
 


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Stratifier

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Any case for the S900? Flymotion media seems great but out of stockat Troybuiltmodels... I couln't even find their website. Any leads?
 

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Motoxer311

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They're getting the GoProfessional cases any day now from what I've heard.. I'm guessing with the change in landing gear they had to revamp the cases..
 



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Multidp

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Are you sure this isn't from a Phantom 2?
I kid!

:dejection::tennis:

What kind of flight times are you getting with such light payload?
 

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CG Photo

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Multidp said:
Are you sure this isn't from a Phantom 2?
I kid!

:dejection::tennis:

What kind of flight times are you getting with such light payload?
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Flight time is 22 minutes using a pair of 8000 mah Multistar batteries with about 20% remaining. Still waiting on my real gimbal so this is just screwing around!
 



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Ronan

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CG Photo said:
22 minutes of actual flying. Not super aggressive but normal flying like I was shooting something.
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Impressive, nice!

I can't wait to see how much flight time i get with my 16k and 22k packs. My camera with gimbal only weights 1100 gram (which is what a light gimbal usually weight alone!).
 

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Ronan

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Got mine assembled. Installing the A2 today.

I'm using it with a A2 and Futaba 14SG, anyone have gains they are happy with?
 

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CG Photo

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Start at 100 for all of them. It makes it smooth and controllable. After your first flight you may want to up the gains a little. I don't like it too twitchy. When you add a gimbal and camera you will need to bump up the gains again.
 

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Ronan

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CG Photo said:
Start at 100 for all of them. It makes it smooth and controllable. After your first flight you may want to up the gains a little. I don't like it too twitchy. When you add a gimbal and camera you will need to bump up the gains again.
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Yeah i do not like my large rigs to be twitchy. Needs to be smooth and 'slow'. Especially when live imaging.

Anything i should watch out with the S900/A2? It's my first frame that has the angled arms.

Multidp said:
The collar that is standing up is one of the plastic ones from the S900. The bolt head destroyed the plastic with the slightest bit of torque. The other 2 are the aluminum from the S800. (leaving the S800 inoperable). I doubt I can get these pieces separately.
I suspect this will be a problem for many S900 owners with the plastic collars.
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Took a look at mine, they are plastic and do NOT feel strong. I would prefer them in aluminum like on the S800. Anyone know where to buy replacements?

And does anyone know the length of the long legs? AFAIK i got a latest batch S900 since they were freshly restocked here.
 
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