A few issues we are having with our new Phantom 3 Professional Drone.
My son and I purchased the Phantom 3 Professional drone with a 4K camera. We had one with a 2.7K camera but I crashed it a few times. He rebuilt it and we need to purchase a new camera for it. We thought the Professional 4K would be an upgrade but there are TWO different types of Phantom 3 Professional drones with a 4K camera on them. One has a wifi interface (cost: $800) and the other one has the wired connection (cost: $1000). We got the $800 one and that was a mistake. We don’t really like it.
Cons/Problems/Issues:
The range on this Professional (with wifi) sucks compared to our old Phantom 3 Advanced model with 2.7K camera.
The wifi is always (and I mean always) having some kind of wifi interference. It’s ridiculous how many “notices” pop up when you are flying. It drives us nuts. We have done some flying under bridges drone videos and it is a bit annoying to have the video feed disappear.
This video was done with the 2.7K camera.
There is a lag time when you are viewing the video feed and the response time on the drone control. In the Mercer Island drone video, my son was trying to follow the jet skis but the lagging of the video made it impossible. Our old Advanced model could have done this without any problem.
This one was made last weekend with the 4K camera.
We will purchase a new camera for the old Phantom 3 Rebuild drone.
Tip: Purchase the insurance offered on the Amazon website. A small price to pay. When I crashed the drone the second time, the camera was totally covered. I learned my lesson the hard way.
