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Is p4 slower than p3?
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waynepj3
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Much higher quality product and construction but is it just me or does it fly much slower than p3

Obstacle avoidance works but boy does it come close. Is there a way to extend the safe stopping distance
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Sounds like your still in beginer mode
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edbighi
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No way it's slower. In S  mode I get 20+ meters per second. In P mode with sensors off it's supposed to go 15 meters per second and I'm getting a solid 17. 17 was atti mode in my phantom 3. Sensors on it's about 10 but I use that strictly for tracking. For the other 95 percent of my flying I'm on sport or phantom mode.
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I noticed this also.  On mine the lateral movements are extremely slow.  Forward, backward, and ascent are normal.  I'm not on Beginner mode.  Sport mode, however, is normal.  I tried to change the control stick sensitivities in the app.  This helped slightly.
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pgrover516 Posted at 2016-3-20 22:09
it's in the specs, P mode on P4 is 10 m/s, on the P3 its 15 or 16 m/s

It's affected by the limitations of object  avoidance.
Switch that off and check your speed again.
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pgrover516 Posted at 2016-3-21 00:29
Thanks, good to know,  do you know the spec with avoidance turned off?

I've read reports from owners suggesting the speed in P mode is the same with object avoidance switched off.
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sport mode is 45 mph, p mode is 35 mph, if you turn obstacle avoidance than it goes down to 22 mph in p mode
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I suspect it is a trade off. P is a bit slower to allow the obstacle avoidance to work. S is a bit faster because the drone has newer better flight hardware and software. Never having flown a P3, I really like being able to switch between P and S depending on what I am doing.
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Flyin'Bryan Posted at 2016-3-20 12:21
The Phanton Pilllow is slower, because it's overweight.

it only looks like a pillow because the whole gimbal is inside the casing so it looks fatter. Also in real life it doesn't at all look as fat as in the pictures
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Flyin'Bryan Posted at 2016-3-20 12:21
The Phanton Pilllow is slower, because it's overweight.

How come so many people call it the Phantom Pillow????
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tpallai Posted at 2016-3-21 16:12
How come so many people call it the Phantom Pillow????

It could be worse!!!

Pillow is much better than "Staypuft"


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Flyin'Bryan Posted at 2016-3-22 01:23
I started that.... Lol.  Because it looks like a giant pillow.http://forum.dji.com/thread-44006-1-1 ...

I've heard they're bringing out an orthopedic version next...
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Flyin'Bryan Posted at 2016-3-22 09:23
I started that.... Lol.  Because it looks like a giant pillow.http://forum.dji.com/thread-44006-1-1 ...

I'm telling you, go see one and touch it and you'll change your mind.
And the P4 is faster than the P3.
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Flyin'Bryan Posted at 2016-3-22 09:23
I started that.... Lol.  Because it looks like a giant pillow.http://forum.dji.com/thread-44006-1-1 ...

Pillow design works. You would not break your phantom when it crashes.
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Flyin'Bryan Posted at 2016-3-22 10:04
If you want to buy a lightly used P3 Pro, hard case and a few batteries., I might just test out a n ...

Ha, I'd like to sell my P3P as well.
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Flyin'Bryan Posted at 2016-3-22 10:17
DJI-Ken  pops in and makes a reply to something then he's gone.  Guy's like a ghost... or a Ninja.

Ya, I work 40hrs during the week in the forums during the day. And all this evening stuff is my off time, so I pop in throughout the night and weekends
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Flyin'Bryan Posted at 2016-3-22 12:03
Is that all you do for DJI., is monitor the Forum?

And other DJI stuff during the day in the office.
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