Recent content by DeanWaters

Great advice!!!!! I just took it to a big open field. Sure enough, Smart mode was the culprit. Angle mode is much better and is NOT hard at all (especially in 'turtle' speed). Smart mode is WAY more complicated and the copter does things you DON'T want it to do and it DOESN'T do things you...

So I FINALLY got around to getting my NEW Q500 4K drone in the air. I bought it in June of 2016 and just never got around to flying it.... until today. I (re)charged all the batteries and made sure all the firmware on both copter and controller are up-to-date. I've read the manual countless...

So this is odd...... Brand new Q500 4K. Never been flown before. Bought it about a year ago and now I'm getting ready to start using it. I've upgraded the firmware on the ST10+ controller, the copter, and the camera. Here's the issue.... When the camera is NOT installed in the copter...

Do this: Remove the camera/gimble from the unit and fire it up. I'm having the exact same problem, but only when the camera is installed. If I remove the camera, everything works. If the camera is in, the copter will not get a GPS lock. When I plug the unit into the USB port on the PC with...