Recent content by hank970

Yeah, sometimes it takes as long as five seconds to put the cover on or take it off, and I can't imagine how either process would be damaging unless a person completely lacks manual dexterity. The manufacturer provides a gimbal cover with every drone. Use it.

What DJI make next year? It'll makes lots of money selling excellent products to everyone but customers in the USA.

Would the loss of GPS invalidate the compass display in the lower left corner of an RC2 screen?

I use a stretchy black rubber sunshade (works great!) and have experienced no signal transmission issues, but then I don't operate my Air 3 at anywhere near its published distance limits. I had no idea that there are antennae inside the RC2. What purpose do they serve?

I suspect you're right in the case of someone who might make an impulse purchase of an el-cheapo drone from someone selling stuff out of a holiday kiosk at a shopping mall. Such buyers are probably driven by novelty when they watch the in-store demonstration. "I could do that," they say. And...

It helps beginners and non-beginners alike to have drones with forgiving, built-in fail-safe features like obstacle avoidance, inertial awareness mechanisms, and RTH that's automatically prompted by signal loss or battery depletion, etc. Such features add to the purchase price of a drone...

Discovery would demand any documented evidence amassed by the government that drones of Chinese manufacture pose a threat to national security. Where's the proof that the CCP or any other foreign adversary has access to data collected by our drones other than imagery -- like my aerial photos of...

I've never changed the spark plugs on my drone. I haven't changed them on my car either, at least not since cars came from the factory equipped with iridium plugs. Neither have I checked or changed the oil on my drone. Where are the dipstick and filler cap? ;) I fly often enough that I...

Drone owners could go to the courts if they were to band together, file a class-action suit, demand discovery, and cover legal and other fees. Drone owners who are 18 years of age or older can also go to the polls and vote.

That must be the mechanism the Chinese Communist Party would use to access vital strategic information about my flights, which record photos of scenic rock formations, Christmas lighting displays, and derelict mining structures, etc. Pretty clever... and sneaky.

Turn on RC2 controller, but not the drone. Select "Profile. Then select (at bottom left) "More," That'll give you a list of your flights. Flights are identified by date and time. Select a flight to display its route map. On the map, there's a cursor showing the location of your drone, a...

I've never played video games but did have a flirtation with MS flight simulator back in the day. With the simulator stick or yoke, as in a real aircraft with stick or yoke, the pilot pulls the control back to point the nose up. I've always thought it strange that one would push the DJI...

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I've been through Hanksville and beyond many times, most recently two years ago to observe the total eclipse from near the entrance to Capitol Reef NP. There's captivating desert or mountain scenery nearby in every direction from my home.

Have you ever visited McConkie Ranch northwest of Vernal? Fabulous display of rock art.