Phantom 4 Advanced

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Just two days ago I bought myself Phantom 4 Advanced. I debated within myself whether I needed all the features of Phantom 4 Pro and decided that the extra pair of anti collision sensors plus the ability to use 5.8Ghz spectrum wasn’t worth it. I noticed in all the screenshot from Phantom 4 Pro that everyone still uses 2.4GHz. 5.8GHz is designed to be used in built up areas. Due to the fact that the whole area where I live use the same ISP, which provides 5.8Ghz routers as standard it wouldn’t have helped me. Out in the open you would still want to use 2.4GHz as it provides a superior range. In the end the deciding factor was the deal that I managed to get on eBay – I got a brand new Phantom 4 Advanced for a mere £700. How and why would someone want to sell a…

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A morning with new Phantom 4 Advanced

Got up at 3am yesterday to take the new drone for a spin. Went to a lake, canal, mountain drawing, windmill and a hill.

Had a really close call first thing in the morning when the drone went into the brunches of a tree. No way did I think it would be able to survive that and I thought it would plummet into the canal under the tree. To my surprise the drone came unscathed! No propeller damage, just dirt from the tree. Phew! Great job DJI!

Again the collision avoidance just made things worse! It is now permanently turned off.

The parabolic reflectors seem to decrease the range rather than increase it, so they are going to the bin.

Positives: managed to clock about 2 hours of flight. Phantom 4 Advanced seems to get along very well with Phantom 4 Ver 2 propellers and I’m averaging 29-30 minutes of flight time with 10% to spear!

Got a lot of great footage, which needs to be cut, edited, colour graded etc.

Some photos from yesterday:

Still can’t believe how great the camera on the drone is. 1 inch sensor is definitely worth it. The UHD footage looks unbelievable on 4K monitor!