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<blockquote data-quote="RockyNH_RIP" data-source="post: 532707" data-attributes="member: 10784"><p><span style="color: #373E4D"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">Well, I flew the phantom, it was cool but calm... several issues but in spite of those I still consider it a success....</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #373E4D"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #373E4D"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">1. SD Card ran out of room 5 minutes into flight (need to clean files off quicker and maybe buy a bigger one!</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #373E4D"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #373E4D"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">2. Lost sight of the quad... was glad that it had home lock (which I used to get it back in my view!) </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #373E4D"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #373E4D"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">3. 1st attempt at home lock, noticed it was flying aware by the telemetry. Realized that I had to say APPLY after I selected HL (I was in essence flying it further away.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #373E4D"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #373E4D"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">4. Home lock worked great, once it was back in view, i put it back in GPS mode and manually flew it home to land.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #373E4D"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #373E4D"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">5. I did get a Weak Signal Report (for about 3 seconds) but never lost control and FPV video stream never lost but stuttered.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #373E4D"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #373E4D"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #373E4D"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"></span></span><span style="color: #373E4D"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">All in all, a good flight and test... She was 1/4 mile away at one point and total travel was near a mile. Gained some experience with lost sight and home lock. I did not fly all I wanted (or get the vid I was after) due to the Memory card filling but I cvan do that flight another day!!! </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #373E4D"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #373E4D"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #373E4D"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">I will share the video I did get later....</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #373E4D"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #373E4D"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #373E4D"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'">Pat in GA</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #373E4D"><span style="font-family: 'helvetica'"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyNH_RIP, post: 532707, member: 10784"] [COLOR=#373E4D][FONT=helvetica]Well, I flew the phantom, it was cool but calm... several issues but in spite of those I still consider it a success.... [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#373E4D][FONT=helvetica]1. SD Card ran out of room 5 minutes into flight (need to clean files off quicker and maybe buy a bigger one! [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#373E4D][FONT=helvetica]2. Lost sight of the quad... was glad that it had home lock (which I used to get it back in my view!) [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#373E4D][FONT=helvetica]3. 1st attempt at home lock, noticed it was flying aware by the telemetry. Realized that I had to say APPLY after I selected HL (I was in essence flying it further away. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#373E4D][FONT=helvetica]4. Home lock worked great, once it was back in view, i put it back in GPS mode and manually flew it home to land. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#373E4D][FONT=helvetica]5. I did get a Weak Signal Report (for about 3 seconds) but never lost control and FPV video stream never lost but stuttered. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#373E4D][FONT=helvetica] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#373E4D][FONT=helvetica]All in all, a good flight and test... She was 1/4 mile away at one point and total travel was near a mile. Gained some experience with lost sight and home lock. I did not fly all I wanted (or get the vid I was after) due to the Memory card filling but I cvan do that flight another day!!! I will share the video I did get later.... Pat in GA [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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