Recent content by shill535

I am a new pilot. I have flown nothing but helis for the past year. I crashed every single time I flew my 450 and would be done for a week or two until I could rebuild. I wasn't learning anything but rebuilding. I had a little quad that I loved and wanted a larger model. I decided on the...

Thanks for your expertise and advice Kloner. It just seems that with all the electronics on board there should be someway to track your quad as long as there is still some charge remaining in the battery. I know that you probably are in los most all the time but know from personal experience...

Thanks for the link PeterLester. That looks like it would do the job.

Now that makes sense to me. I didn't realize that the GPS was just a receiver. I can understand why I would need a transmitter attached now. Thanks for clearing that up 15crewdawg. I've seen those small transmitters on ebay. If I installed a fpv system could I track the downlink transmitter?

Well now that is making some sense to me. I didn't think about it as being just a receiver. Now it is making sense that you would have to add a transmitter. I have seen those little transmitters, but I thought maybe the phantom already had that going for it. Makes sense now. Thanks for that...

What I was hoping for was a tracker like you would use to track a cell phone or an app for the laptop or I-phone like On Star uses to track their cars. I thought there should be something that could see the GPS of the Phantom with out velcroing something else to the bird.

Kilby, believe me when I tell you that I don't intentionally get that far out. I probably shouldn't have flown that day at all. The wind was really strong and I was flying in manual mode and when I realize that I was in trouble, I had lost orientation and it just kept going. It went over some...

I lost track of my Phantom for a few minutes and became a little concerned that it might be lost. Eventually I was able to fly it home but it was a little unnerving to think I might have lost it. Has anyone found an application for their I-phone that could be used to lock in on the phantom's GPS...

Thanks for your advise and observations. I think it must be that DJI's thread locker is just different. I got another bag of treated screws with the last shell but decided to use the old screws with a bit of new blue thread lock instead and save the new screws for future work. it sounds like...

Has anyone converted the phantom to the 330 flame wheel? The frame looks more durable. The only problem I see may be mounting the compass. Everything else looks like it should easily mount to the 330 frame.

Well I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one having this problem. I tried epoxy to stabilize the crack but it only postponed the inevitable breakage that led to the replacement. Is there an after market frame that anyone has heard of that might be more durable?

The plastic frame of my Phantom keeps developing cracks and eventually breaks where the motors mount. I use thread locker and don't feel like I'm over tightening the screws. Has anyone had the same problem and is there something else I need to do to prevent the broken air frame shell. I'm on...

I love this video. What so ng is that you put with the video? It is so appropriate.