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    My first drone meet-up

    I have moved so its been a long time since I have flown. I found a drone club on FB and was able to attend a very small meet-up of about 7 people. All were nice and video and photographer enthusiasts. there were no crashes as everyone went through about 2 batteries each.
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    Can anyone identify these parts

    I am going to be replacing the upper and lower shell on my Phantom 3 advanced. The kit came with for little black cylinder thingies and I have no idea what they go to. Does anyone know?
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    Loose or missing prop warning. Would not respond from 3300ft away!

    Had a scare today. Got a loose or missing prop warning some 3300 feet from launch. The drone would not respond to the controller but the return home function worked properly. Luckily I was able to control it on landing or it would have ended up in my tree!.
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    Been so long I almost forgot how to arm the thing.

    Partially because I have had so many different drones. Anyway, I finally was able to get in some flight time.
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    HELP! Futaba binds with R7006SB but not the R7008SB it came with.

    Problem solved. It was in the wrong mode although I did go through the mode change process about three weeks ago. Looks like I did it the right way this time.
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    HELP! Futaba binds with R7006SB but not the R7008SB it came with.

    I cant figure it out, but since I have two R7008SB's that will NOT work even after getting the green light show they have binded or linked while my cheaper R7006 SB does, I figure it is something I am doing. There is always a chance neither of my eBay 7008SB work and both were purchased broken.
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    Why I don't Like Tarot Frames

    Great critique. My main issue was the landing gear (650 Ironman), everything from the carbon fiber threads to the clamps that have closed on me due to a heavy battery and a not too soft landing. I am about to build a frame from scratch using carbon fiber sheets. I will take your advice and place...
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    Cheapo range extender got me 1000 extra feet.

    Flew my Phantom until I lost contact, then threw on the range extender and got about 1000 feet more of contact. Lots of variables but it did work.
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    4 crashes in 1 minute video. The ones I have caight on film

    Lol, I always do my hover tests above a nice soft pepper tree. The one that I crashed into in the video was a nice soft pine tree :-) My deck was not so forgiving.
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    4 crashes in 1 minute video. The ones I have caight on film

    That crash on my deck remains a mystery. I had flown that quadcopter, my beloved first homemade quadcopter probably 100 times. It was always my go-to. I just got a Tarot T810 that has capacitors, but to tell you the truth, I am a little gun-shy right now. Had so many crashes all within a short...
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    4 crashes in 1 minute video. The ones I have caight on film

    Flying isn't the issue. I can fly great. It seems to be the landings that occasionally give me trouble :-) sometimes even the takeoffs.
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    4 crashes in 1 minute video. The ones I have caight on film

    You have to have a good sense of humor and look at the bright side, now I get to build another one. Ok, easier said than done. These are my crashes I have caught on video.
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    All props on backwards. Ooops. My eBay deal of the year video!

    LOL, you are making fun of me right :-) okay, I will explain what happened. Normally I mount the LED facing backwards on the landing gear so I can see it when I am 20 feet away when waiting for the green lights. This one came with the LED mounted in the back correctly, but mounted facing...
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    All props on backwards. Ooops. My eBay deal of the year video!

    I think I got the eBay deal of the year ($456 total). It was advertised as never flown and it appears to be true. There were no real scratches but just a thin layer of dust as if it had been sitting for a while. I plugged it into the computer and setup everything for my Futaba 14 and it flew...
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    Got a new toy. Need help identifying a part on it??

    In this case I'm going to have to go with the, "if it ain't broke don't fix it..." it flew very nicely.
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