This is the second and final part of my “how to upgrade your DJI Phantom 3 Controller”. Looking for part 1?

The DJI Phantom 3 advanced & Professional controller is great. It has amazing build quality, good controls, long battery life and much more. However there are a couple of ways to upgrade your existing controller to make it even better.

This how to focusses on upgrades with official DJI products. Today I won’t be upgrading the antennas or other things. Consequently this means that the upgrades in this blogpost will not void your warranty.

Disclaimer: I can not be held responsible for any damage to your controller/drone or iPad/tablet during or after following this guide. If you follow every step in the how to there should be no issue what so ever. Ultimately you are responsible for your own upgrades.

What upgrades are there?

Currently there are two official upgrades you can do to your DJI Phantom 3 Advanced or Professional controller.

1. Upgrade of the plastic mobile device holder to an aluminium one.
2. Upgrade the output module to an HDMI output model.

Today we will be looking into upgrading the Output Module to a HDMI Output Module.

The DJI Phantom 3 advanced & Professional controller is great. It has amazing build quality, good controls, long battery life and much more. However there are a couple of ways to upgrade your existing controller to make it even better.

This how to focusses on upgrades with official DJI products. Today I won’t be upgrading the antennas or other things. Consequently this means that the upgrades in this blogpost will not void your warranty.

Disclosure: I am not sponsored by Think Tank and they have not given me any money to do this review. This review and it’s contents is purely my personal opinion. It has not been shaped in any form by anybody.As you might have read in my previous post I travel the world with my DJI Phantom 3 Professional in a Think Tank Airport HeliPak. I’ve had it for quite a while now, so its time to write a review about it.

I’m breaking the review up in a few parts;

• Reason of purchase.
• Think Tank the company.
• Why this bag?
• Other options.
• Bag overview.
• What’s in your bag?
• When to use it and when not to.
• Overall thoughts/Conclusion.

This is the first post in a new series that I will be doing. It’s called Pilot spotlight and will be released on Sunday’s. In it I will be featuring one pilot that has posted their video in one of the DJI Phantom groups on Facebook or by a professional.

This series is intended to give new drone pilots more exposure and give beginning pilots tips and tricks from established pilots. In other words it’s inspired to make you more creative and a better pilot.

For most people travelling with their drone seems very daunting. It’s unsurprising that a lot of people feel this way. Not all countries have specific drone regulations, while others are a bit of a grey area, and others outright ban them.

Taking your drone with you can make for some pretty spectacular imagery and video. But even before operating in a foreign country there is the art of actually transporting your drone through security/customs, the gate and into the plane. Scary right? Will it even fit in the overhead baggage?

To help you out I have written a blog post about it. Right here in the plane. Yes, this article is (mostly) written on Turkish Airlines flight TK1980 from London Heathrow to Istanbul, Turkey.

(this blog post has been updated [19/07/2016] to reflect new laws and regulations).

Three days ago during the IFA in Berlin, a global trade show for consumer electronics and home appliances. DJI announced that they would be releasing a new firmware update for both their DJI Phantom series and Inspire One on September 7th.

In this update they are introducing a series of what they call “Intelligent Flight Modes”. These modes are introduced after 3DR released their drone the 3DR Solo with modes like these “pre-installed”.

A very good response from DJI to include them in their series as well. Lets go through all the modes that have been introduced and put some real world examples next to them to see how useful they really are. Do we need all of them? Or are they just gimmicks to stay on top of the competition.

When you are interested in drones and you do a little research you are presented with two ways of getting a drone. You can either buy a Ready to fly in short RTF Drone or you can venture into the world of building your own drone.

I’m writing this post to help you decide which option is best for you and help you manage your expectations. I’m not trying to tell you one is better then the other, because both options are worth it. But completely different.