Still learning how to fly my Phantom 4

Doing well too. Beautiful scenic place to explore with the P4.

Nice flight!  Were you taking off and landing from a boat?

Awesome little video right there.

I Love being on the water, so much.

Thanks for bringing us all along... ;-)


RedHotPoker

Sportbike_Pilot Posted at 2017-10-5 04:48
Doing well too. Beautiful scenic place to explore with the P4.

Thanks! Yes, the drone view gives you another perspective of the landscape.

ALABAMA Posted at 2017-10-5 05:55
Nice flight!  Were you taking off and landing from a boat?

Yes. I learnt how to do it myself, there are several videos on YouTube. You just need a lanyard for the RC.

RedHotPoker Posted at 2017-10-5 07:06
Awesome little video right there.

I Love being on the water, so much.

Thanks! And I can tell you that running Beta .300 and the latest DJI GO 4 app I see an improvement in Active tracking. Now it does recognize the vessel as being a boat and it follows much closer then before.

Nice work
So, I see you were launching and recovering from the boat.  How were you launching it and recovering it?  Off the deck or by hand?

Genghis9 Posted at 2017-10-5 08:05
Nice work
So, I see you were launching and recovering from the boat.  How were you launching it and recovering it?  Off the deck or by hand?

Thanks! I do hand launching and recovering. Only once I had someone holding the drone with two hands, otherwise I do it myself like in the video. You need a lanyard for your RC.

Callatis Posted at 2017-10-5 08:11
Thanks! I do hand launching and recovering. Only once I had someone holding the drone with two hands, otherwise I do it myself like in the video. You need a lanyard for your RC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQ287joX_I0&t=469s

Have you had or experienced any cracks on the bird?

Genghis9 Posted at 2017-10-5 08:50
Have you had or experienced any cracks on the bird?

No. Thanks God! I only have 9 hours of flying.

Instead of a lanyard neck strap, look into the shoulder harness system. DJI carry their own, Inspire version: https://m.dji.com/product/inspire-remote-strap
Its ergonomic design ease the pressure to the cervical vertebra. Useful to off-load the weight of the remote controller when flying for long periods of time so that you can focus on enjoying the flight.

That's which one I have now.

It's much more comfortable, especially helpful for me, with a heavier device on the RC.
Spares me from unnecessary pain, that has plagued me, having arthritis in my neck, inflicting three places.

RedHotPoker

Great video!

Nice video Good job!

For those without any vertebrae problems ... a simple neck strap is far better design and convenient than the 'baby-harness' DJI as in RHP's video !

For those who want convenience and weight carried another way ... then get a tray ... which then keeps RC level and sorted without the falling over than straps do.

Here's a cheap tray that is easily modified :

https://hobbyking.com/en_us/9xr- ... -polycarbonate.html



Nigel

Beautiful area! I love going there and the Georgian bay are incredible!