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Did you ever fix you horizon tilt?
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Good work there, I will give these a go
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Mine just makes a very quiet click. No screech. ill try swapping mine out at best buy....but yeah even after all the calibration and everything, it still tilts.
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TK-421 Posted at 2016-4-10 13:54
I'm on my third P4 which has the most stable horizon of the three, but still drifts a bit. I'm lear ...

Great write up on settings!

Who did  you get the P4s from and what is the hassle factor on exchanging them?
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Very good summation of setting the aircraft up. Very few people seem to grasp the idea that smooth operation is the key to good pictures.

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Yup, good info, for capturing a dynamic video... Thanks


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My first P4 had the screech/squeak issue. 2nd one from Apple not nearly as bad. Seems to be an electronic sound. Not mechanical.
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Thanks for your sharing, TK-421. It is very useful.
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TK421 have you got any videos to show
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I implemented all of these changes. I'm looking forward to giving it a try now. FYI - I took a screenshot of each page before I made any changes so I can return to my original settings. Thanks for these tips!

Bob
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TK-421 - thanks for these really helpful tips - purely as a matter of interest could you explain in more detail exactly what the "Yaw Endpoint" and "Enable Synchronised Gimbal Pan Follow" actually do
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TK-421 Posted at 2016-4-15 05:02
Yaw Endpoint: think of this as a governor for an engine, only it's a governor for your yaw speed. B ...

It does, thank you
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Great information! Thanks a lot!
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TK-421 Posted at 2016-4-14 22:51
How did it go, Bob...what do you think of the settings, did it help smooth things out?

Much nicer! It seemed a little mushy at first, but I'm getting used to it. It looks a lot nice in playback. Thanks for sharing these tips.

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This is GREAT info - thank you for taking the time to document it.  Are these settings stored in the drone or in the batteries?
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TK-421 Posted at 2016-4-14 23:02
Yaw Endpoint: think of this as a governor for an engine, only it's a governor for your yaw speed. B ...

I had been wondering how to find that setting for a very long time (in phantom 4 time) - thank you for documenting it and taking the time to explain it.
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This is exactly what I was looking for
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Oh man, thank you again. That feels pretty good. I was doing decent pans for the first time I think.
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Thanks for this post.  I intend to try these settings the next time I fly.  
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Jim Watkins
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I just came back from the park and tried these settings.  They are a significant improvement over the defaults.  Incidentally, is there a way to reset all these settings to their defaults easily?  I wrote everything down before making changes, but I always like to know how to reset the defaults if there is such a way other than manually setting them one by one.  I really liked the improvements to the gimbal tilt up and down...much nicer.  The one setting I really couldn't tell made any noticeable difference to me was "Enable Synchronized Gimbal Pan Follow".  I really didn't see much difference with that one.  Thanks again for your efforts.

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Jim Watkins Posted at 2016-4-23 05:11
I just came back from the park and tried these settings.  They are a significant improvement over th ...

Now if we could just put the different setting on a switch or button you could have dual rates and the best of both worlds.

Thanks for the info TK-421
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Thanks for the heads up, I'll give this a go when the weather clears up a bit here (Yes, it's all we talk about ).
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Thanks for these tips! Do you have any videos yet? I just posted one yesterday with default settings asking for feedback and Aardvark pointed me here. Look forward to trying these out. Post I have video on is http://forum.dji.com/forum.php?m ... p;page=1#pid399988.
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Thanks for posting these settings they were exactly what I've been looking for and I've been using them since you first posted them. In fact when I had to return my first P4 and exchange it the first thing I did when I unpacked the replacement was make these changes, they should be the default IMO.

With regards to the Yaw endpoint setting, I see this setting as a double bonus as not only does the P4 now rotate more slowly, I have also have a more fine grained control as the same inputs are spread over a smaller range of figures.

Anyway, thanks again TK-421, I look forward to more of your posts.
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Great write up and very helpful inform.
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Great write up and very helpful information. I noticed that there are many more settings that you didn't cover in the settings. Are there any of these we should be tweaking?  
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TK-421 Posted at 2016-5-8 19:07
The settings I left out generally don't have an impact on panning/yawing the P4 or tilting the cam ...

I tested your settings against default and have two videos to show the difference on this thread. http://forum.dji.com/forum.php?m ... mp;extra=#pid399325
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