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Recent content by GaryPHayes

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    Extremely close encounter with a bird!

    Used to get bothered by birds a lot with my MP1 and Wedge Tail eagles would often circle my Phantom 4 Pro. Until I put some eyes and mouth on the top of the drone. This has worked really well and now zero close encounters in 2 years and 1200 km of travel on both of those. First thing I did with...
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    I bet not too many people know THIS!

    This feature I would suggest is not used for flying but for filming. I have started to use it already for up down slow pans and horizontal slow pans too ONLY while hovering. Yawing the whole aircraft for those shots is not great on the MA2 yet (start and stop is too sudden) and same with the...
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    Gimbal Misbehaving on startup and calibration

    Thanks Brett - will order in a moment. From what you see re: the odd gimbal behaviour do you think it is the 'usual' slightly damaged ribbon? Or something more PCB ? - from what I have seen it seems a common problem but one never knows ... Best Gary
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    Gimbal Misbehaving on startup and calibration

    Been flying this MP1 for a good 2 years (600+ flights), after a care refresh as the previous MP1 which flew fine for over a year, did the same thing. DJi forum just say send it in and standard repair companies in Australia are likely to charge $200+ just to change a ribbon or something. So, is...