DJI - Phantom 3 Professional Quadcopter - White
Model: CPPT000181
SKU: 9322044
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Customers are impressed with the camera quality, ease of use, and stability of the Phantom 3 Professional Quadcopter. Many appreciate the battery life, impressive range, and GPS functionality. However, some customers have experienced issues with firmware updates, connection problems, and the initial setup process.
This thing is a dream to fly. Charged the flight battery, charged the Remote Controller, updated firmware, and away I went on my first flight. Simple to control, beautiful 12MP images and amazing 4k videos. The DJI Go app has worked flawless on my ipad mini 4. The camera even does well with longer exposures for night time stills over the city. With the flight logging capability, I see that I have flown a total of 99 thousand feet (nearly 19 miles) so far. Maximum range I've reached so far is right at a mile away with 100% RC control and HD Video signal. Super stable in the wind too even in gusts to 35mph, though the landings that day were a little "exciting". This is not a toy, the props can do serious damage to human flesh, your dog, the neighbor's cat, or your Ferrari. Fly responsibly!
Posted by TINVEGAS
I originally purchased this product on 10/31/15, and immediately fell in love with it. Having never flown a quadcopter before, I admit I was a bit intimidated by it at first. After reading the paperwork that came with it, I took it outside for its first flight. With my heart racing, I used the auto-takeoff feature and lightly moved the controls. With that, all fears or worries were eased. This thing practically flies itself! It does take a little while to master all the features this drone has, but that's a good thing. It allows you to learn and perfect one thing at a time, and you'll start to feel like a pro as you start to put it all together. It's truly fun for the whole family. The DJI forum app is also a big help. Still trying to figure out how to send entire videos rather than smaller clips from within a video, but that's not nearly enough of a gripe to get me to rate this thing less than 5 stars. It's truly awesome! If there was anything I was less than thrilled about, it would be the lack of available affordable cases that can accommodate the aircraft WITH prop guards attached. So far, I've found one at goprofessionalcases.com. Pretty spendy though.
Posted by Key2Hm
I have to say I love this quadcopter. I work at a car lot. One of the guys at my work had the same one and he works in the other building. I'm standing out front and down comes this drone with no pilot anywhere in sight! I was so impressed that I shopped and pondered spending the money. I am 36 yrs old and still a kid at heart! After many days of watching videos and dreaming of owning one I decided to make the purchase! Figured I don't ever buy myself anything and I was just gonna do it! I have to say! I love this toy. The camera quality is truly a professional grade. It is fast. It is fun. I really like the feature that allows you to stream live to facebook. All my Facebook friends think it is awesome too. I literally find something new on this thing every time I fly it. It has multiple automated flight modes. GPS tracking. Return to home function. You really have to be sucky at flying this thing to crash it, or flying it in a place that you never should have been. I flew this thing out a couple of miles and lost signal. I have to admit I was very nervous and thought that I would never see this toy again. As I was kicking myself in the butt and walking back in the house thinking that I just lost the most expensive toy I had ever purchased and BOOM! my video feed came back. The drone was flying itself home. What a great feature. If you are even remotely interested in a drone this one is great. The next one I will buy is the DJI Mavic Pro. It's a compact version of this one and I like the idea of being able to fit it in my pocket, but I will be waiting for the price to come down a bit. All in all. Super happy. Love it and definitely recommend it to anyone that wants to buy a drone. I will include a photo of a neighbors field that I stumbled across. I would have never seen this without my new drone!
Posted by David
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