Just a phantom ban.
What one Redditor said
“Phantom Thread is really good btw, check it out if you haven't”
What Reddit thinks
Pros
8- +good starter drone
- +liked the design
- +completely fine for fishing
- +more disposable
- +good for fishing
- +ok price
- +flew again after retrieving from a tree
- +far better movie
Cons
6- −annoying
- −Subject to bans/restrictions
- −didn’t have its own camera system
- −crashed it
- −can’t get the firmware to update anymore
- −has now been replaced by the Mavic/neo line
Where Reddit talks about it
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Reddit reviews
The wires that run down one landing gear to a box are I believe the compass components on that drone. The loose wires may have been added to supply power to a camera like a GoPro or similar or a gimba
I still have my 330D FC40 Phantom 1. Its 10 years old and still one of my favorite drones to fly! No sensors except a GPS module. It is a blast to fly. Super maneuverable, fast, and takes an absolute
Which phantom? The 2, 3 and 4 use different apps. Apple or android?
Still around 20 mins or so - I got it from someone for £160 with 3 batteries and a bunch of stuff including ND filters, all 3 batteries work ok but I haven’t used my drone for a few months because i h
Reminded me of when Steele did that to his phantom then got stuck in traffic on a highway and ripped it around while everyone was parked just waiting for the accident to clear or whatever it was
I lived my Phantom 4 Pro. I was sad when it finally died last December.
I fly my phantom 4 all the time. Just rebuilt it last fall. It was given to me by my uncle and is my first and only drone.
Sold my phantom 4 to a guy to do exactly this with it. He loves it.
I have mine on a shelf alongside its deprecated brothers (OG Mavics, newer Phantoms...).
I have a Phantom 4 that’s been sitting in a case collecting dust. Was my father’s. He crashed it and bought a mavic or something new.
I have a phantom 4 and an fc40. Can’t fly either of them because I can’t get the firmware to update anymore
Probably when they started requiring registration for them. I had a Phantom 2 as my first one then that got me started on DIY rigs. I built a hexacopter over the course of a summer in 2016 and it wo
If you're meaning drones like the Phantom, which has now been replaced by the Mavic/neo line; in the UK/Europe I see plenty of them around, but maybe used for a bit more 'utilitarian' purposes - on a
The Phantom is a good starter drone but a lot clunkier to set up and lug around.
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