Recent content by John Vermeer

Check out "Drone User" its a monthly and is FREE I find it informative (it's someone who puts it on the net free, British). There is also a mag called "DRONE" which i like. Cheers John

Hi Tim, that is a great document thanks. It will take a bit of time to absorb. Cheers

Hi Sojourner, It could be several reasons but I strongly believe it is a dry bearing and would certainly recommend as soon as you can oil the bearing but first blow the motor with clean air ( as per computer pressure can air). I have never blown my motors with air but I don't fly near any dust...

Hi Sojourner60, That is a very difficult question to answer however what I can tell you is that i have a Phantom 3 Advance and have clocked 175 flight hours and still going strong. With care my opinion these Brushless motors will last a very long time. Cheers, John

Hi rvrrat14, It is applied with a very thin needle ceringe and only a couple of small drops where the motor shaft meets the bearing. I have not had any issue with excess or slinging at all. Naturally you don't over do the oil it's always best a little at a time. Cheers John

Hi colinjfischer, Before I answer your questions, I live in Sydney Australia and it gets hot here and have been flying in 40c temperatures so the point is that motors run warmer (oil will dry out with heat). I have oiled all my drones and I can notice a difference "smoother" but it is all done...

I support and adopt The Editor's comments and note that brushless motors have no moving parts except the bearings and would only ad one thing regarding maintaining motors which is that I oil them with special oil used by drone racers. I bought it from Banggood (see photo) and comes with a needle...

I also think a maintenance section would be very beneficial to everyone. We can pick up details from others experience and then do some preventative maintenance. I have the P3P and P3A and both had body cracks and I picked up information from the forum which greatly helped me. I also do monthly...

Hi All, my name is John Vermeer and I live in Sydney Australia where we are enjoying a few days of 40 degree celsius temperatures which makes flying here interesting but the quad motors cope well. I have flown in 44 degrees and no problem with the motors I do have to watch the batteries though...