Recent content by James G.

Good info. I have read about and now use cell voltage rather than battery percentage to tell me when I should land. I never go lower than 3.6 volts regardless of what percentage is showing. Once a year I discharge all my batteries to under 10%, wait for them to cool and recharge. This...

Taking them down to just 10% is sufficient for conditioning the cells and will usually balance them also. Although I have all mine set up to self discharge after 5 days I condition all my batteries once a year by draining them down to 10% or less, wait for them to cool, then recharge back to...

Maybe you might have a neighbor that knows how to solder? Very simple and reliable fix. If not, I would suggest buy a used arm. Only problem with that is you have to remove upper body section to expose ESC board and also solder antenna lead so you are right back where you started. It would be...

Closest distance between two points is, a straight line. Basic common sense.

Hi Don, welcome! I'm in Simi if you have any questions or would maybe like to get together and do some flying.

To be honest I'm not sure. It was my understanding if it was DJI refurbished the last character would be a "R". They may have changed, not sure. If I were you I would make contact with DJI for clarification. Probably only way to be sure what you have.

Not sure if you are familiar with DJI policy, but if the unit is refurbished the serial number will end in "R".

That's pretty easy. I have two very tall palm trees behind me in neighbors yard. I flew up above the tallest one and when I was directly overhead I pointed camera down and started to descend. I got within a couple of feet as viewed through my camera and I could see palm leaves waving from my...

I did buy some cheap aftermarket props. My son and I did a load test on all of them before using by me holding drone and him throttling all the way up for maximum load environment. They passed and I feel they are never going to be under that type of stress for normal flights. I also like MAS and...

The 20 lead video cable swap is less challenging than ribbon cable because it is more straight forward. The ribbon cable takes a few twist and turns so attention to detail is critical.

I just drilled a small hole through my gimbal lock cover (the one with two tabs that lock gimbal in place) used small screw and nut to fasten. Works perfect!

Percentage is just an average. I look at battery voltage. Not sure about Air2s, but my Mavic PP has the ability to show cell voltage. It reports the voltage of lowest cell on your monitor in real time. When I hit 3.6 volts I land regardless of what (percentage) is reporting. If you look on...

I will agree with that. It is a bit challenging the first time, but after a few times it becomes much easier.

Looks like the person that did your repair didn't even take the time to to replace the silicone "stays" on the wires. I agree with one of the contributors above. Sounds like a faulty connection or solder joint. When the aircraft is sitting on the ground with motors off there is no vibration...

I crashed my MP1 and broke a left front leg off. We were in the desert and still wanted to fly so I removed broken leg and took a piece of plastic drinking straw and slipped over antenna and taped it on. Worked perfect the rest of the trip. When I got home I ordered a replacement and put it back...