To all Phantom 3 owners out there: this Help Guide is for YOU!
I'm sure it will help a lot of phantom's owners.

I'm the kind of guy who just hate to flip thru pages and pages of user guideS looking for stuff when only the important things need to be easily found.
Soooo, I made this "little" guide for all the newbies(to be used as a startup guide) and not so newbies(to be used as a reference/reminder guide) out there.

Almost NOTHING is from me, except for the hours I spent looking/extracting/formatting/summarizing important information all over the place :-).
BTW, if you see something you wrote, please let me know, I'll be glad to put your name on the list.

My sources were:
- My Ultimate Guide for the Phantom Vision & Vision+
   http://forum.dji.com/thread-681-1-1.html
- Phantom Safety Guidelines Disclaimer
- Phantom Intelligent Flight Battery Safety Guidelines
- Phantom User's Manual
- Comments found on the net
- Comments found on this site
- Personal experiences

I've extracted what I think is important to know, remember, never forget about flying these birds.

I'm open to comment, improvement, correction, new section, and so on. So feel free to contact me anytime.
This is a WIP-"Work in Progress". So if we work together we could made this thing THE Guide for the Phantom.

Here's the link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/10tozj ... ry%20Guide.pdf?dl=0

Let me know what you think.

Enjoy, Fly Safe and Take Care.

P.S. I will be on vacation for the next 2 weeks, so I might not answer your questions right away :-)

P.P.S BTW, does anyone knows how to reach M. Arthur L. Burke?
        Because I used 2 of his documents AS IS in the guide and hope he doesn't mind.

Excellent! Well done, sir. Thank you.

Thanks for putting all the information you have obtained into one useful batch.   That obviously took a lot of time and will be very useful to many.  Thanks for sharing.  

Fantastic!  Well Done!  Thank you for posting this guide!  

This is brilliant!! DJI should make this a sticky thread and put it at the top of the forum! Great work!

Just downloaded the iOS Dropbox app...
Will have to look into this list and perhaps save it, for future references.

Thanks and have a nice day.

What is a Nice day, if you don't live in France? ;-)

RedHotPoker

is it ok to share the link at other forums so long you are credited?

LICENSED PILOT Posted at 2015-7-25 11:49
is it ok to share the link at other forums so long you are credited?

Sure! Please do.

My goal is to help the most people I can.

Also, if anyone got ideas/comments/experiences they would like to see in the guide, please share. We will all benefit from it.

Fly Safe.

aburkefl@gmail.com
Arthurs email

I've been emailing him back and forth about video editing with Gopro studio.

Awesome guide.  Thanks for putting this together!

Great guide, super!!

I had many gaps, especially in relation to the camera settings ....
With this guide I feel much better prepared!

Thanks a lot for its sharing!

fantastic thanks!

Fant0mas Posted at 2015-7-25 12:43
Sure! Please do.

My goal is to help the most people I can.

It's now a featured resource at Oklahoma Drone Pilots. (not that there are but 2 resources so far, but we'll get there!)     

/shameless plug

Great job! thanks for your time and effort.

Thanks so much. Very good!

Thank you from a very grateful UK pilot.

Hello - I'm in the forum as aburkefl (Arthur Burke in Florida). I do not mind you "using my documents." They were placed there for others to use and they were always free.

Kudos to you for putting mine together with the other items you've collected.

Anyone having thoughts/ideas/suggestions? I can be reached at:

ABURKEFL AT GMAIL DOT COM

aburkefl@gmail. Posted at 2015-7-28 20:46
Hello - I'm in the forum as aburkefl (Arthur Burke in Florida). I do not mind you "using my document ...

Great, thanks

Throwing my "Great job" into the growing list!
Thanks for putting together!

Thank you for an awesome job putting the guide together.  I am at work right now (so I really shouldn't be reading it) but what I have looked at is really good. Thanks!

By the way - before I get flamed for reading on company time - I own the company

bill@northwoods Posted at 2015-8-12 03:43
Thank you for an awesome job putting the guide together.  I am at work right now (so I really should ...

Excellent source of information - I'm guessing this must have taken quite some time to put together.

Thank you for sharing.

Simply amazing, great post!!!  That must have taken some serious time to put together.  Big thank you!

Ladies and Gentlemen, start your browser.

There's a new version update of "THE Help Guide for the Phantom 3" (v. Aug-12-2015) and it's available right NOW.

I've updated the guide with some new information.
Made a few corrections here and there.

Be sure to download it otherwise you're missing something :-)

Here's the link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/10tozj ... ry%20Guide.pdf?dl=0
Let me know what you think.

Enjoy, Fly Safely and Take Care.

Ladies and Gentlemen, start your browser...again

There's a new version update of "THE Help Guide for the Phantom 3" (v. Aug-13-2015) and it's available right NOW.

I've updated/changed quite a few sections of the guide.
Made a few corrections here and there.

Be sure to download it otherwise you're missing something :-)

Here's the link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/10tozj ... ry%20Guide.pdf?dl=0
Let me know what you think.

Enjoy, Fly Safely and Take Care.

Wow this guide has it all, and then a couple dozen more pages, thanks for the guide and the effort that went into it.

Ladies and Gentlemen, start your browser...again

There's a new version update of "THE Help Guide for the Phantom 3" (v. Aug-14-2015) and it's available right NOW.

This is my best version ever!
I've added and updated quite a few sections of the guide.
Made a few corrections here and there.

Be sure to download it otherwise you're missing something :-)

Here's the link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/10tozj ... ry%20Guide.pdf?dl=0
Let me know what you think.

Enjoy, Fly Safely and Take Care.

Great guide, Thanks

Tag, great great work

Awesome compilation.  So appreciated it.  I just downloaded it and will save on iPhone 6+ and Mini 2.

Great job! LOL, I clicked on the first link, then continued to scroll down, clicked on the second link, continued to scroll down, third link, fourth link! LOL Great updates!

Ladies and Gentlemen, start your browser...one more time.

There's a new version update of "THE Help Guide for the Phantom 3" (v. Aug-17-2015) and it's available right NOW.
(I'm beginning to look more and more like Microsoft )

I've completely rewritten the "Disconnected"/"No Signal" Warning and RC Status LED Section.
Now everything is a LOT clearer!
Made a few corrections here and there.

Be sure to download it otherwise you're missing something :-)

Here's the link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/10tozj ... ry%20Guide.pdf?dl=0
Let me know what you think.

Enjoy, Fly Safely and Take Care.

Ladies and Gentlemen...well you know the drill by now ;-)

v. Aug-19-2015 is available.

I've added a new section called "Having Issues after a DJI Update"

Here's the link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/10tozj ... ry%20Guide.pdf?dl=0


Enjoy, Fly Safely and Take Care.

First I'd like to thank all of you for your nice comments. I really appreciate it.

v. Aug-20-2015 is available.

I've added a new section called "Checklist - Short Version" which is easier to bring on site.
Made a few corrections here and there.

Here's the link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/10tozj ... ry%20Guide.pdf?dl=0

Enjoy, Fly Safely and Take Care.

Fant0mas Posted at 2015-8-21 05:19
First I'd like to thank all of you for your nice comments. I really appreciate it.

v. Aug-20-2015 i ...

Love it. Saved a lot of people a lot of time.

Quick suggestions for you.?.?

in the after landing checklist, you tell people to turn off their phones. (someone is going to try to blame you for missing a call from mommy....)  - just messing around

serious suggestions:
1) DJI Pilot app is now DJI Go
2) on page 17 at the top, in the remote controller calibration section. it states "You'll want to do this while your Phantom is turned BLANK and your remote..... (might want to add in which state the Phantom should be in.)
3) at the points where you mention switching to ATTI mode, I would put in there that one must turn on the multi flight mode first

just my 2-cents.

Again, Thank You for taking your time to piece this together for all of us, much appreciated.

Flyhigh7887 Posted at 2015-8-21 18:05
Love it. Saved a lot of people a lot of time.

Quick suggestions for you.?.?

Hey thanks!

I'll make the corrections for my next update.

If you find anything else, please let me know.

To answer some of you who asked why am I doing this:
My mission is to help both beginners AND experts alike make the best/safest use of their aircraft.

Your mission is to spread the news everywhere you can.
EVERY Phantom owners should read this Help Guide at least once if not twice and again.


BTW...V. Aug-21-2015 is available.

I've added 2 new sections: "Lipo Battery - Safety Advisory Notice" and "Side Notes"
Add some more info on the ATTI mode and how to enable it.
Made a few corrections here and there.

Here's the link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/10tozj ... ry%20Guide.pdf?dl=0

Enjoy, Fly Safely and Take Care.

V. Sep-02-2015 is now available.

I've made a few adjustments with the changes found in the new DJI GO app.
Made a few corrections here and there.

Here's the link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/10tozj ... ry%20Guide.pdf?dl=0

Enjoy, Fly Safely and Take Care.

V. Sep-09-2015 is now available and it's more complete than ever.

I've added a great new section: "Intelligent Navigation Modes" made by Sploodge explaining all the new flight modes available with the latest DJI firmware.
Made a few adjustments with the changes found in the new firmware and DJI GO app.
I've updated the Camera Settings section.
Made a few corrections here and there.

Here's the link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/10tozj ... ry%20Guide.pdf?dl=0


Enjoy, Fly Safely and Take Care.

V. Sep-10-2015 is now available.

I have completely rewritten the "Intelligent Navigation Modes" section with a lot more explanation/screenshots.
Made a few corrections here and there.

Here's the link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/10tozj ... ry%20Guide.pdf?dl=0


Enjoy, Fly Safely and Take Care.

V. Sep-14-2015 is now available.

By popular demand, I've added a new section called "What's New" describing the changes made since the initial release.
Now it's a LOT easier for you to track the changes between versions.

Here's the link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/10tozj ... ry%20Guide.pdf?dl=0

Enjoy, Fly Safely and Take Care.