david.p.mann
 Second Officer
Flight distance : 18835673 ft
United States
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I had this same issue with third-party petal lens hoods purchased for both my Inspire 1 and my Phantom 3. On both aircraft, I found that flying at speeds above 10 mph could cause the gimbal to act erratically. I realized the petal filter was adding too much wind resistance to the camera lens and the added force was too much for the gimbal motors. Fearing I may damage the gimbal, I have suspended using these petal filters. Also, on the petal filter I bought for the P3, which was obviously printed on a 3D printer, all the little circular ridges inside the petal filters would tend to reflect sunlight up into the lens causing weird flashing - sort of like seeing prop shadows but these were bright reflections instead of shadows. So, no more petal sun hoods for my Phantom 3 or Inspire 1 camera lenses. |
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