Recent content by Jon Linn

Don't give up. I wrote off my I1, 50' up in a maple tree, 2 mile walk from trail head. I was certain I couldn't climb. It was in a nature preserve, so I couldn't bring my saw and cut the tree down, and no way to bring in machinery. It spent 2 weeks, same position as yours, on its side, through...

I just make a habit of pulling the battery and dropping it in the charge cradle until the next expedition.

The rattling props is nothing. The source of the noise is just some space between the mortice below the prop's hub and the tenon on the motor's rotor where they meet. I silenced mine with some scraps of packing foam. But once I saw the actual source and effect (lack of effect) on performance and...

This is exactly how my X5 behaved its first day. Then I noticed that the rumble also got set off when I carried the I1 through a dark hallway on its way outside. I then checked the camera settings, and fiddled with ISO and the two 'auto' buttons. I think the ISO had been pegged at max, so I set...

Mine was growling at first too. I now think it had something to do with camera settings. It came pinned to the highest ISO setting and 'auto' de-selected. That's the 'auto' on ISO. I re-set this to 'auto' and the growling went away. Now I'm focused on dealing with 'auto' exposure hunting for...