Finally I placed the GSM antennae to the side of the inside of the Phantom as pictured. The plastic was still sticky enough to hold it in place. All good.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nReinstall the Phantom\u2019s guts<\/h2>\n Again, the video linked above will help you work this out (fig.9)<\/em>. Only difference is that the guy puts his guts on top etc. You have to transfer it over in your own way. I used a cutting mat to hold all the guts, which I slid out bit-by-bit.<\/p>\nCarefully reinstall the parts in the reverse order you removed them, i.e,<\/p>\n
\nBattery plug assembly<\/li>\n RX board<\/li>\n USB plug<\/li>\n Main board<\/li>\n Motor \/ LED boards<\/li>\n Motors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThe tricky bit here will be the battery plug assembly. With the TK in place things get even tighter than before. Just take your time and make sure no leads are being pulled too tight etc. before you re-screw the two screws which hold the plug assembly in place.<\/p>\n
I actually found when I screwed the board back in place it pushed my TK unit forward a touch (towards the Phantom\u2019s USB socket). This was down to the negative (black) lead pushing on one of the cable tie blocks. No major drama, but the TK charge slot I had made needed widening with a scalpel. With hindsight I probably should have made the slot 1.5x \/ 2x larger than it needed to be to ensure any play wouldn\u2019t cause any issues getting the plug in-and-out.<\/p>\n
Reassemble the Phantom<\/h2>\n Again this is just a reverse procedure. Get all your leads through the right holes, then secure the top half of the shell in place before finally reattaching the landing skids. Finally reinstall your gimbal.<\/p>\n
Test everything (indoors first)<\/h2>\n\nRun though basic motor testing, starting up, powering down to make sure all is as expected. Check motors run in the right direction.<\/li>\n Test the TK. Make sure your modification work has allowed you to switch it on\/off easily. Check the USB socket works \u2014 you can do this by simply plugging it into your Mac \/ PC. The computer should recognise that a device is plugged in, much like a memory stick, external hard drive etc. If nothing is picking up, you may have a connection issue with the lead. If you do have a good connection, charging will be taking place while plugged up to a computer \/ laptop.<\/li>\n Plug the Phantom into a computer \/ laptop and check all looks as it should in the assistant app. The usual stuff, IMU etc. I’d recommend checking everything.<\/li>\n Flight test. Definitely do a compass calibration and make sure the craft is flying as expected, the usual drill.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nConclusion<\/h2>\n Hope this is helpful if you’re planning to attempt a similar modification.<\/p>\n
Feel free to post questions and I’ll do my best to help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A comprehensive tutorial for installing a TK102 GPS tracker inside a Phantom 2.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":173,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[5,19,22,25,24,20,7,14,23],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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