Currently the way to stop the motors after landing is to hold the throttle all the way down for a few seconds. Is there a way to change this? It seems like a mistake could be made whilst desending to fast and hold the throttle all the way down causing the motors to stop while still airborne. I have read mentions on here about holding both sticks down and in to stop the motors. Is this just a secondary way to stop the motors or is it an option?
Thank you in advance.

DJI designers aren't that stupid.
Left stick down won't kill your motors in flight.
You can safely descend vertically at full speed from great heights.
The motors won't stop until the Phantom detects that it has stopped descending for 3 secs with the left stick hard down.

Are you sure? Today i was flying and brought it down to just over my head where I can reach it, let it hover for a second, and had my hand just under the skid as to catch it if it were to fall. I lowered the stick to zero and counted to three and it dropped into my hand.
So, as you say so arrogantly, maybe DJI designers are that stupid.
Also, I have read a couple crash reports from people who had there phantoms "drop out of the sky" and the report that they got back from their flight recorder showed them descending and holding the throttle all the way down for around three seconds, the motors stopped and it fell.
I will need a second opinion. Thank you for your help.

04red6 Posted at 2016-5-10 12:55
Are you sure? Today i was flying and brought it down to just over my head where I can reach it, let  ...

Am I sure?
I've only done it a couple of hundred times.
And your question gets asked by excited new flyers every week  - it's not new.
Just a little searching will bring up many, many second opinions - all the same.
Left stick down is the normal method of descending.

And it's pretty naive to think that you've discovered something so critical that the designers didn't think of and that hasn't been discovered by thousands before you.
Come back again when you wonder what will happen when you fly from the top of a cliff.

04red6 Posted at 2016-5-10 10:55
Are you sure? Today i was flying and brought it down to just over my head where I can reach it, let  ...

Well if you were holding it then it would shut off as it senses no altitude change. That's how a lot of people hand catch their birds.
It is %100 safe to pull down on the throttle stick for as long as you want while in flight, it will not shut off motors.

labroides@yahoo Posted at 2016-5-10 11:00
Am I sure?
I've only done it a couple of hundred times.
And your question gets asked by excited new ...

You just can't help yourself, can you? You just have to belittle people in almost all your responses!
He obviously is new to this and has concerns, Don't get offended when people don't take your word for it.
By the way it is not necessarily "left stick down". It is the throttle stick, as there are different stick modes!

rayrokni Posted at 2016-5-9 23:03
Well if you were holding it then it would shut off as it senses no altitude change. That's how a l ...

Okay, thank you. I was mistaken. It makes sense to me now.

04red6 Posted at 2016-5-10 11:37
Okay, thank you. I was mistaken. It makes sense to me now.

You are welcome. The crashes you refer to are caused by people doing CSC, which I strongly recommend you go and read in the User manual so you don't do one inadvertently in mid flight, as it will shut off motors and your bird will fall from the sky.
Good luck

labroides@yahoo Posted at 2016-5-9 23:00
Am I sure?
I've only done it a couple of hundred times.
And your question gets asked by excited new ...

Geezus, someone didn't get enough hugs as a kid...or maybe you are just a little whinny kid.
I have been building and flying my own quads and hexacopters for a long time. Using many different types of flight controllers all with their own characteristics. So don't try to belittle me with your "look at me I know everything" attitude. I was just asking a simple question that I did research before asking and there were varying responses. I am not a little kid, learn some respect. Don't be an A@#HOLE. I guess the very first time you took your very first RC craft out to fly you already knew everythng there was to know and did not have to ask any questions? I didn't think so. So sit down. I did not ask you to answer my question, you choose to. Next time just go back a page and do not reply, I will do the same when you have an issue that you can not figure out.
Have a good day mate.

rayrokni Posted at 2016-5-9 23:32
You just can't help yourself, can you? You just have to belittle people in almost all your respons ...

Yes, thank you. I should have stated throttle stick.

04red6 Posted at 2016-5-10 11:47
Yes, thank you. I should have stated throttle stick.

The throttle stick comment was not aimed at you, it was for Mr. Know it all

Good grief.  Is there a full moon.  Ray, I have never known you to be such a jerk either.  What's up?  Have a drink and relax.  The question was asked, and answered, and you came unglued.  Sheesh.

AG0N-Gary Posted at 2016-5-10 11:55
Good grief.  Is there a full moon.  Ray, I have never known you to be such a jerk either.  What's up ...

Cuz, it's the same story, post after post after post regardless of the thread or subject. He makes direct attacks on people and makes it personal. Yes I know I can ignore him, and I have been, but after having read a few of his answers today, the jerk had to come out!! By the way I don't think I was being a jerk, but we all have opinions and I respect yours.
Have fun

rayrokni Posted at 2016-5-10 14:13
Cuz, it's the same story, post after post after post regardless of the thread or subject. He makes ...

What's your problem?
The OP asked a question and was promptly given the correct answer which he chose to disbelieve and called me arrogant for simply answering his question.
And then gets abusive just for good measure.
A real class act!

labroides@yahoo Posted at 2016-5-10 12:45
What's your problem?
The OP asked a question and was promptly given the correct answer which he ch ...

Go read all your other posts and see if you can figure out the problem

04red6 Posted at 2016-5-10 10:55
Are you sure? Today i was flying and brought it down to just over my head where I can reach it, let  ...

Hey there, my guess is if it was over your head and you held your hand up underneath the crafts sensors it may have sensed your head/hand as being ground zero and therefore shut down thinking it was at ground zero, just a thought. I have descended in sports mode from 120m to 10m with no problems at all.
Hope this helps.

It will not stop the motors until the sensors on the bottom of the Phantom detect the landing. Legitimate concern and it is covered.

Hasn't CSC been change to throttle down whilst pressing RTH?

Hawks100 Posted at 2016-5-11 02:32
Hasn't CSC been change to throttle down whilst pressing RTH?

hi,
he is not talking about CSC. he is talking about throttle fully down while in flight. Two separate animals altogether. CSC should only be used in an emergency and not the normal way to shut off motors once landed.
Have fun

rayrokni Posted at 2016-5-10 12:13
Cuz, it's the same story, post after post after post regardless of the thread or subject. He makes ...

I agree with you. I cant stand holy than thou labroides. People like that should be banned.

Yes, I understand what he is saying and I know CSC is only a emergency shut down.
I was just stating that the old way to CSC has now changed.
I thank you.

AG0N-Gary Posted at 2016-5-10 11:55
Good grief.  Is there a full moon.  Ray, I have never known you to be such a jerk either.  What's up ...

You must be new.

Hawks100 Posted at 2016-5-10 11:32
Hasn't CSC been change to throttle down whilst pressing RTH?

Only in air

Let's just clarify. I wasn't saying that it had anything to do with CSC.
I was just putting it out there as  rayrokni mentioned about CSC,that the New way to CSC has changed in a recent update.

Elmer Fudd Posted at 2016-5-11 04:32
I agree with you. I cant stand holy than thou labroides. People like that should be banned.

maybe i just exaggerated, i dont know. he does have good points and can be valuable to a forum like this, its just the way he comes across, it is as you described.
but we all have to remember that the way things are said, specially when you cant see the person, is just as important as the value of the content!
either way, i wish everyone good things in life!
you have fun

Hawks100 Posted at 2016-5-11 04:33
Yes, I understand what he is saying and I know CSC is only a emergency shut down.
I was just stating ...

yes you are right, they have changed the combination on P4. P3 and earlier is still the same.
have fun

rodger Posted at 2016-5-10 05:29
It will not stop the motors until the sensors on the bottom of the Phantom detect the landing. Legit ...

Landing is detected (as I understand it) by the barometric pressure and GPS, not the VPS sensors.  In fact, the VPS can be turned off.  If you reach up and hold the leg as it comes down, like some of us do, it detects that as a landing and will shut down.  Many land that way regularly, to keep it from going all the way to the ground, which may be too rough, or have tall grass, or water, etc., that is undesirable to land in.

Hawks100 Posted at 2016-5-10 13:32
Hasn't CSC been change to throttle down whilst pressing RTH?

Not on P3, only P4.

AG0N-Gary Posted at 2016-5-11 05:12
Landing is detected (as I understand it) by the barometric pressure and GPS, not the VPS sensors.  ...

you are absolutely correct, if it does not sense change in altitude then holding the throttle down for 3 secs will shut off motors. for example if it is hand caught or if it is caught on a branch at 50feet up!!

rayrokni Posted at 2016-5-10 06:18
Go read all your other posts and see if you can figure out the problem

All the posts I see him make are very informative and straight.

In fact I think I've seen him give out more helpful info on these boards than anyone.

AG0N-Gary Posted at 2016-5-10 14:13
Not on P3, only P4.

gary,

The new firmware changed the CSC for the P3 also. So, the Inspire 1, both the P4 and P3 are using the new method.







Rich

RichJ53 Posted at 2016-5-11 08:58
gary,

The new firmware changed the CSC for the P3 also. So, the Inspire 1, both the P4 and P3 are  ...

I just downloaded the manual for the P3P, the latest 1.8 version, and it does not show the CSC as being the new method, it is still the same old one.

RichJ53 Posted at 2016-5-10 17:58
gary,

The new firmware changed the CSC for the P3 also. So, the Inspire 1, both the P4 and P3 are  ...

I'll give it a try next time I have it out, but I know that one of the DJI guys specifically said in another thread that the P3 did not change.

AG0N-Gary Posted at 2016-5-10 17:25
I'll give it a try next time I have it out, but I know that one of the DJI guys specifically said  ...

I thought for sure that DJI Tim said it changed on the P3.....
I could be wrong then in this case.... I have not risked trying this on my aircraft, as this is only for emergencies.

So, maybe one of the DJI guys could help clear this up for all of us.

Rich

Geebax Posted at 2016-5-10 16:32
I just downloaded the manual for the P3P, the latest 1.8 version, and it does not show the CSC as  ...

You could be right, I would like to hear this from one of the DJI reps

Rich

Hawks100 Posted at 2016-5-10 13:33
Yes, I understand what he is saying and I know CSC is only a emergency shut down.
I was just stating ...

I may be mistaken, since I never use the csc,  but I believe it is only changed for the P4.    However,  I am still running f/w 1.4.0,  so maybe it covers the P3 as well if you have current firmware.

Elmer Fudd Posted at 2016-5-10 13:33
You must be new.

Had to lol at that one

RichJ53 Posted at 2016-5-11 14:57
You could be right, I would like to hear this from one of the DJI reps

Rich

If DJI was going to make such a drastic change for the half-million or so P3s out there, somehow I think they might make a little effort to inform users.
And since they didn't, and only the P4 has any documentation to say it applies, and since several times DJI Ken has adviced that the new method doesn't apply to the P3 ...
I'm guessing that it doesn't apply to the P3.

Guys,I said Hasn't it changed?? Not it has changed.
I could of read a P4 thread about it an not a P3 thread.
It would be good to hear from a DJI rep as we need to know what to do just before we Crash {:4_142:}

Thanks for clarifying labroides, as a relatively new flyer, your posts have been extremely helpful in this thread and others. An absolute credit to these forums