It all works as advertised and it’s really up to you which mode you prefer. So, if you launch your Phantom 3 in F mode and push the control stick forward the drone will always fly forward regardless of the direction the front of the drone is facing. Incidentally, A-mode functions the same as P-ATTI with the added bonus of still being able to return to home.į mode engages the intelligent orientation control feature which simply means the controls will be communicated relative to the direction the Phantom was pointing when it took off. P mode actually has three sub-settings P-GPS uses both the GPS and Vision positioning at the same time, P-OPTI kicks in when GPS signal is low so the Phantom uses only the Vision Positioning to maintain its location, and P-ATTI which uses the Phantom’s barometer to maintain altitude but not GPS position. P mode stands for Positioning mode and it’s the default setting for flying your Phantom because it uses the GPS and the Vision Positioning system.
Phantom 3 standard camera guard manual#
We wouldn’t have known what these letters meant unless we dove into the manual and it turns out knowing how the different modes work is pretty useful so here is a quick overview: The Phantom 3 can be flown in three different flight modes, labeled P, A, and F, which can be selected by the switch on the right shoulder of the controller. The only way the Phantom moved was when we told it to. Even on a breezy day and up 100+ feet, we could not perceive any drift to speak of. When the Phantom 3 is just hovering, it is locked in position as if it were supported by a tether. The downward facing Vision Positioning system, which uses ultrasound and image processing technology to ‘see’ directly below the drone, is the single most impressive feature of the Phantom 3. The reason the DJI Phantom 3 deserves to be praised is because it improves upon everything that made the Phantom 2 and Phantom 2 Vision + so impressive. The Phantom is easily the most popular drone because it packs seriously advanced technology into a relatively inexpensive package, it requires basically no assembly, and it’s easy to fly. There is a reason when you hear a news report about some idiot crashing his drone, the drone is usually a DJI Phantom. The Phantom 3 Professional’s 4k camera is the best camera of any ready-to-fly consumer drone on the market. This is the part where I usually take a moment to discuss the camera specs and how they stack up against other drone cameras on the market:
So, if you took off in your garage and flew out the doors, don’t expect the Phantom to land itself back in your garage. It is important to note that when you hit the return to home button, the Phantom will ascend to 100 feet and fly to the GPS coordinates it recognizes as ‘home’ (conveniently displayed -and edited- on a little map in the bottom left corner of the app) before descending to the ground. Unlike the return to home functionality which was not clearly indicated in the previous generation of Phantoms, this safety feature is prominently displayed for when (not if, when) you get in trouble. The second button is the return to home button. The first button is the power button which, creatively, turns the system on and off. The front of the controller features a collapsible mount for your phone/tablet, LED lights that indicate battery life, and two big buttons.
Technologically, this may seem like a step back from the Phantom 2 which connected via WiFi, but the image display quality (720p) and delay on your phone/tablet is so much better (to say nothing about how many steps a physical connection takes out of setting up a wireless connection) than the previous method, you will wonder why DJI ever bothered with WiFi in the first place. This last button only works when the controller is connected to a smartphone or tablet.Īs mentioned above, the new controller requires a cable to connect to your phone or tablet for FPV viewing. Next to the light saturation wheel on the left is the button for taking still photos and a button for playing back any recorded media. On the right shoulder next to the wheel that controls gimbal angle there is a button for recording video and a switch that toggles flight mode (more on this below). It sports two antennae that give it a range of about 2 km and dials on its shoulders to control the angle of the camera and light saturation, respectively. Like the last generation of Phantom 2 Vision + controllers, the Phantom 3 controller resembles that of DJI’s Inspire 1. 1 intelligent flight battery (not compatible with any of the older generation Phantoms)ġ gimbal clamp (USE THIS when you are not flying.
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