I do have one tiny complaint about the phantom 4 Pro performance. Once landed, I find the machine spins up while shutting down the motors. This is no problem on the ground, but if you’ve landed on the case, it can be just enough to throw the drone over the side. This may be a calibration issue, or just our machine, but please be aware of it for your flights. One of the best and most underrated features of the Phantom 4 Pro is the capabilities of the camera.
This field of view isn’t quite as wide as a GoPro, but provides a good balance between an immersive perspective with little distortion. The gimble is motorized, allowing full wireless control via the controller. This allows the camera to be moved 90 degrees (i.e. a full range from directly in front to directly below). The iPad shows highlight clipping via zebra lines which I found very useful, especially when the iPad screen was hard to see properly in bright sunlight.
Likewise, the remote that ships with the Pro is essentially the same that comes with the standard phantom 4. For example, the gimbal is an actual part of the body instead of an attachment. This keeps the camera steady for smoother shots even in relatively high winds. There are rumors and other DJI Phantom 4 reviews speculating that developers did this to keep the propellers out of the camera’s frame when accelerating.
In the early 1980s, these squadrons began to transition to the F/A-18 Hornet, starting with the same squadron that introduced the F-4 to the Marine Corps, VMFA-314 at MCAS El Toro, California. On 18 January 1992, the last Marine Corps Phantom, an F-4S in the Marine Corps Reserve, was retired by the “Cowboys” of VMFA-112 at NAS Dallas, Texas, after which dji drones the squadron was re-equipped with F/A-18 Hornets. The RF-4C was operated by four squadrons, and of the 83 losses, 72 were in combat including 38 over North Vietnam . Navy and Marine Corps losses of 233 Phantoms, 761 F-4/RF-4 Phantoms were lost in the Vietnam War. On 5 December 1961, another Phantom set a sustained altitude record of 66,443.8 feet .
But the thing that really deserves commenting on is how good the automated features are. S&F Land Services has flown over 500 missions with their Phantom 4 Pros. To see examples of the work produced using the DJI Phantom 4 Pro with Pix4D software, check out their media-rich website or YouTube Channel to experience some fly-throughs of the data produced for their clients. Simply put, the Phantom 4 Pro will always take clearer photos under the same lighting conditions than even the newest high-tech drones.