Recent content by Steve K

  1. S

    3D Robotics No Longer Taking Calls

    I'll take written word any day of the week. When you get bad advice would you rather it be hearsay or written text? I've only gotten one piece of bad advice from an initial contact phone tech at 3DR. That bad advice cost me $200. I, on their advice, blamed the live feed performance issues on a...
  2. S

    FPV goggles

    I have zero experience with Apple products. It is interesting that you saw that large of a difference. I had a similar experience. I had a bad HDMI cable in Solo. Initially, I was using my HTC One M9 phone with the Solo. It worked fine. Then I bought a Nexus 7 2013 version because I wanted a...
  3. S

    FPV goggles

    After deciding to go with the Shield I did my homework thoroughly. There is so much conflicting info on the web about it's compatibility with the FS HD V2's and the Dom V3's it made my head spin. I emailed FS support and got a response in less than 24 hrs. The answer was the Dom's are NOT...
  4. S

    FPV goggles

    Thanks! A pass-through adapter is the one piece I never would have suspected. Part ordered just to try it but I will probably continue to use the Shield for it's OSD telemetry features. It will be nice to not have to .
  5. S

    FPV goggles

    I like my Shield a lot. Instead of using the SD card slot as a standalone drive I chose to use the slot to extend the onboard memory of the tablet itself with a 128gb high speed card. It acts as an internal drive now. The V3's are using mini HDMI cables now. I have tried all the cables I can...
  6. S

    And so it begins...

    I take exception to one part of this article. The San Bernadino attackers were not Lobos. The premise of the article is good though. The terrorists had better well remember to defeat the RTH/RTL function of their GPS assisted drones for obvious reasons though. The ability of our govt's to...
  7. S

    Gimbal price drop! $199 on Amazon!

    Set my gimbal back to Amazon today. Don't see the need to outlay $200 and have it on the shelf when that is the new everyday price and sales are sure to be had. Got my return ticket from my Amazon account printed out. Went to UPS with the package and dropped it off. No sooner got in the car and...
  8. S

    3DR no longer takes calls...

    Oh, AND Law and Order SVU.
  9. S

    3DR no longer takes calls...

    I dunno. Now I have to learn how to type for customer service. It is NOT on the box that I need to learn how to type for product support. When I placed my online order for Solo at BH they made no mention that I needed to learn how to type. This is a game changer for me. I will seek damages with...
  10. S

    Gimbal price drop! $199 on Amazon!

    User operations do not void warranty unless they are modifications. I had a bad HDMI cable. They gave me the option of sending it back for repair or shipping me a new cable to do it myself. I did it myself. My choice. I understand your apprehension, and your frustration, but we need to keep...
  11. S

    3DR no longer takes calls...

    Used to be I could call various toll-free numbers at 3am when I could not sleep. Psychic lines, date lines, fax machines and such. Later in life I got married. Now I get all the same results without the phone line. She tells me how things are going to be. She leads me to believe I could get...
  12. S

    Antenna RSSI

    Sounds about right for me comparing Alfa to stock.
  13. S

    Gimbal price drop! $199 on Amazon!

    WOW!! Gimbal mania! You should see a doctor about that...:cool: I figure I would buy it and hold it for 30 days. If the prices everywhere settle into this $199 price range I'll return it and not hold the gimbal as insurance. It is Amazon afterall.
  14. S

    Gimbal price drop! $199 on Amazon!

    Spare gimbal ordered! That 12 month crash warranty won't last forever ya' know. In fact it'll only last for 12 months...lol
  15. S

    How to contact airport tower?

    I remember you posting this before. I did this for KBOS and they called me back after a couple days. This is not the proper point of contact unfortunately. At least it's not in this area of operations. I had a great 10 minute conversation with him though. He was very informative and candid. He...