DJI Phantom Quadcopter 1st flight and Crash!!!….no damage03:30

WARNING THERE ARE NO EXPLODING BITS OF PHANTOM SHOWN IN THIS VIDEO……!!
This is a short video covering the first flight of my new DJI Phantom Quadcopter. The first thing that you should do before flying your new machine is to watch the how to videos that DJI have uploaded to YouTube. They cover opening the box, attaching the propellers and landing gear all the way through to your first flight and more. It would also be a very good idea to download the user manual and then print a copy. My first flight was made on Tuesday 5th March, a sunny day with very little wind and in a large open field. I crash landed the Phantom because I closed the throttle to quickly, on my second flight I caught the Phantom by the landing gear, no problem! I used a Sony RX100, hand held to record the video.

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    1. zero00tolerance

      The weirdest thing happened to me.. I was able to land very good and flying
      around with this thing, then started flying near trees and I ended up
      breaking 3 blades. Anyways ever since then I was unable to land properly
      LOL, my Phantom always tip over and crashes like yours.

    2. Howtech55

      I’m looking to get a quad and have been shopping around a lot. I like the
      Phantom but I don’t like it’s landing gear stance. I think I’ll go with the
      Witespy just for the more stable gear. Happy flying!!!

    3. italovalerio

      I made an protection to propelers, it resolved this ridiculous landing, so,
      this is near of final landing, first time i saw what the legs is little to
      firsts users. i made a “X” using cover of groove (used to pass wires over
      the wall), attatch on legs and the final after the point of propelers. When
      this happen, the cover of groove prevents turn around. Found pic on flickr
      flickr.com/photos/italovalerio/8738486078/

    4. theghostontheline

      I may try that, could not view the video, just came up with error message!

    5. Artur H

      The same happened to me at the beginning, I don’t land to the ground
      anymore, just catch it in the air

    6. xrillo281

      no go pro :/

    7. Bkeytx

      Im fixing to buy the Phantom and gopro for aerial photography, can you tell
      me how yours is working out??

    8. theghostontheline

      I have only just got round to using my GoPro Hero3 Black edition on the
      Phantom. I have used the original mount with some 4mm sorbothane between
      the fixing and the body. Had to use some 10mm screws as the original ones
      are only 6mm long. Results are a bit better some jello effect, but I’m not
      going to spend a lot more money, just have fun with the Phantom. I have
      used my GoPro to great effect on my cycle and garden railway.

    9. Bkeytx

      Thanks, I agree on the spending of more money, I like the Gopro, and figure
      it may be a better way to go versus the new Vision coming out, I like the
      vision, but, will have to watch any youtube videos of others first, Hobbies
      are expensive, for me, its just giving up that much money is hard.

    10. Bkeytx

      BTW: I like Garden Railways,, when using your Gopro, is it possible to turn
      the volume down on the camera to keep from hearing the motors on the
      Phantom?

    11. theghostontheline

      You can change the volume on playback but I have found no way to adjust
      when recording! I have made several vids on garden railways with the GoPro
      pushed around on a flat wagon (16mm scale). The camera does very well
      hardly any vibration comes through onto the recording and the sound is good.

    12. Bkeytx

      Ok great, thanks.

    13. LyudmilaRGVK

      Well Done.

    14. MrSoarman

      had mine for 3 months, chicken to fly it, guess i will have to go for it!!

    15. NISHE - One Minute Songs

      LUCKY YOU, soft crash !!! I’ve got one today, and (luckily ?) filmed it (on
      my channel) low altitude, high speed, that was terrible, I was so pissed
      off because the transmitter signal was lost and it wasn’t my fault !

    16. Valentin Petre

      boring… and a wast of my time….

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    18. Michael J F O'Connor

      G’day, nice Hi Res video. Wish mine was like that..

    19. theghostontheline

      Thanks for watching and leaving a sensible comment I seem to be wasting
      some people’s time—:-)

    20. Chris Walker (ApptopiaTV)

      You call that a crash? That’s not a crash …. this is a crash: DJI Phantom
      – epic crash into a tree …. no damage btw :)

    21. theghostontheline

      That is a great crash, I will have to try better next time—:-)

    22. to all peace

      hi

      do you rally recommend to me to buy Dj phantom ?

    23. ShadowGaming AU

      are you high?? my 6 year old can fly the phantom.

    24. Martha's Vineyard Rockets

      Dont get a Phantom. People are buying these things for so much $, then
      finding out there not the easiest things to fly, and boom there goes all
      your money. Check out what my quadcopter can do for so much less $ than the
      phantom

    25. Iben Kallestad

      yes i really recommend to buy one !!!

    26. to all peace

      +ShadowGaming AU Thank you ^_^ , i am proud of my name ^ـــــ^

    27. ShadowGaming AU

      with a name like yours i would advise you to not buy a drone….for the
      armys sake

    28. hawcio Hawranek

      hahahhhaha

    29. ricardopr54

      You did a good job hovering your quad. That was just a rookie mistake but I
      wouldn’t consider that a crash but a hard landing. Good thing is that there
      was no damage to your bird. Good job. Thumbs up. Happy flying. 

    30. theghostontheline

      Thanks for watching and for your very fair comments and thumbs up. Yes I
      agree it was a hard landing, but to me at the time it was a crash. Some
      other viewers seem to have got very annoyed because my Phantom didn’t break
      up when it hit the ground, I have had many successful flights since. 🙂

    31. tvgomesreporter

      Esse piloto é ótimo.
      http://www.videolog.tv/gomesreporter

    32. suptrto

      If we count this as a crash, then Im in very bad shape as a pilot

    33. Mc M

      BoRiNg!!!
      

    34. Mc M

      I woke up again. Excellent Quad tho, put her through the paces and lets see
      what she can do.

    35. theghostontheline

      Thanks for keeping awake to make a comment :-

    36. Martha's Vineyard Rockets

      You call that a crash? LOL

    37. TeamYankee2

      2 words: prop guards

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