Recent content by AdonDrone

I only use RTH to show off how cool the tech is and a few times when I lost signal. Ok once I used it when I realized I wasn't going to make it home due to wind so I had it RTH while I ran to my car and drove to it to meet it half way and get it over a park before forced landing.

Just once trying to fly indoors in atti with just the controller and no phone. I was surprised to have almost no control, It behaved awfully. Props clipped a bookcase as I literally had to put my foot down on top of it to force it to the ground. 2 broken props.

"Manual RTH - Stick EMI2" Help!!

You would think the smart battery would stop self discharging upon being powered on. Anyone know the battery self discharge current?

Its an amazingly fun flying cell phone camera packed with computerized genius.

Another way of looking at this is fully charging them and leaving them at room temperature ages them at least 10x faster than storing them at 40% in the fridge.

Yea what is this "altitude drop in sport mode"?

Meh, accidents will happen. I've heard those pesky automobiles cause accidents now and then.

Nope. Seeing as it's a magnetic compass that is being disturbed the most likely culprit is stray magnetic fields from the high alternating current engine wiring. You can't effectively shield from magnetic fields without special high mu (magnetic permeability) materials. It is rarely done and not...