In this video i show you guys how to make your DJI Phantom 4 look  Obisidian.
Just with this painting your props black will give your Drone a little bit Obsidian Style.   Hope you like this video guys!

Dip the whole thing in black paint or tar.
It won't fly anymore, but it will look cool on the shelf.

bad idea i think .. better buy a professional carbon proppellers ( 25 euros)  if you dont want to crash your bird

Eye candy. Haha



RedHotPoker

Worst idea ever. Your props will become unbalanced and you will get a lot of micro-vibrations on your drone.
If you want black props, get obsidian props as I did.

Nice to see.

Interesting to watch

Nebuchadnezzar Posted at 2018-2-16 00:18
bad idea i think .. better buy a professional carbon proppellers ( 25 euros)  if you dont want to crash your bird

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Good Idea! Looks really Awesome!!

Giammi Posted at 2018-2-16 01:12
Worst idea ever. Your props will become unbalanced and you will get a lot of micro-vibrations on your drone.
If you want black props, get obsidian props as I did.

I think youre Right. Thanks!

Dutch Drone Adventures Posted at 2018-2-21 21:54
I think youre Right. Thanks!

But you can check them with a prop balancer, sand a little off, to rebalance them.
Weigh them, add a little scotch tape.

Actually, I'm leaving mine OEM... No hassle.



RedHotPoker

RedHotPoker Posted at 2018-2-22 02:25
But you can check them with a prop balancer, sand a little off, to rebalance them.
Weigh them, add a little scotch tape.

Rather than scotch tape I use a drop or two of clear nail polish. It works well. I prefer OEM also.

Kevin Halle Posted at 2018-2-22 02:56
Rather than scotch tape I use a drop or two of clear nail polish. It works well. I prefer OEM also.

Where does a single guy, me, get clear nail polish?

Would I have to buy it? Haha ok.



RedHotPoker

RedHotPoker Posted at 2018-2-22 03:04
Where does a single guy, me, get clear nail polish?

Would I have to buy it? Haha ok.

You could always be discrete and buy it online.

Kevin Halle Posted at 2018-2-22 03:09
You could always be discrete and buy it online.

Ah, haha yes. Or just ask one of my three sisters to pick me up a vial. ;-)

Now adays nothing is too over board. So yes,  online shopping and shipping.


RedHotPoker

RedHotPoker Posted at 2018-2-22 03:15
Ah, haha yes. Or just ask one of my three sisters to pick me up a vial. ;-)

Now adays nothing is too over board. So yes,  online shopping and shipping.

However you get it the end result will still be the same  

Kevin Halle Posted at 2018-2-22 11:32
However you get it the end result will still be the same

Yes, I prefer to lightly sand my props. If necessary. ;-)



RedHotPoker

Interesting vid!     

Dirty Bird Posted at 2018-2-22 14:46
Here's my way...long before the Obsidian was released.

Looks awesome, does it still fly OK. Did you disassemble the Phantom to paint it.

Zimmerman

Dirty Bird Posted at 2018-2-23 09:47
It is the "Special Edition" Black P4 that Best Buy was offering last year.   I just had to add the decals.

How'd you make the decals?

Jeff

Giammi Posted at 2018-2-16 01:12
Worst idea ever. Your props will become unbalanced and you will get a lot of micro-vibrations on your drone.
If you want black props, get obsidian props as I did.

I agree. There's discussion of a firmware issue that's causing motor shake and creating stress cracks in airframes. I can't imagine adding unbalanced paint to props not having a bad result.

Jeff

Dirty Bird Posted at 2018-2-23 09:54
I had been planning on doing a custom black/florescent green Phantom for a bit so I already had them on hand when the Special Edition P4 was released.  The stripes came from uavstickers.com.  The are just standard P3 decals so you can get them anyway in lots of colors.  The lettering decals came from diylettering.com.  They are made custom sized & available in loads of fonts & colors.  Very inexpensive too.

Thank you.

Jeff

Dirty Bird Posted at 2018-2-23 09:47
It is the "Special Edition" Black P4 that Best Buy was offering last year.   I just had to add the decals.

Still looks impressive. Are you working on any thing special at the moment with regard to planning for flight missions with Litchi?

Zimmerman

Dirty Bird Posted at 2018-2-22 14:46
Here's my way...long before the Obsidian was released.

Wauw! Awesome!!! Cool Design!