Recent content by RCFun

That drone almost cost someone their hotdog. Cheezeless Crust, will the insanity never end.

I am by no means a scientist and definitely not the smartest guy in the room, but I am curious about how the tech works that I rely on. I've discovered a few interesting things and thought I'd share in case it helps someone else. Altitude measurement is not reliable, and why you can safely fly...

In South Africa UAVs (UASystems here) are classified according to weight, with 7kg being the cutoff point for high probability of lethality if it fell from the sky or hit an airplane and thus requiring a license. (our authorities go on to give examples of typical joules on impact and such, which...

Last year over 20,000 people were killed in car accidents. Last year 0 people were killed by Mavics, Phantoms, or Yuneecs. (Not sure about Karmas) Rather snitch on cars. Every time you see one driving near a school... report it to the AA because it *might* hit someone. :p

Also when flying indoors remember to disable RTH, otherwise if your signal is interrupted (quite likely in a cluttered environment with pcs and wifi routers), the craft will shoot up to the RTH altitiude. When I was giving a demo to a colleague and let him fly indoors he switched off the...

The USB comms works on a separate thread, and sometimes that thread hangs around after an app quits, blocking or interfering with other apps.Might be worth doing a reboot just to check. If it can't connect after that you may have a faulty cable, or worse, faulty USB connector on either the...

A quick way to access flight modes is to press the 5D button down like a button. (thumb controller next to the right stick) It will open the flight modes selector in DJI Go 4. I believe this extra button is configurable in Litchi, but not in Go.

I've been 39 for 4 years now :D Moved to Cape Town, South Africa, and loving all the scenery to fly around.

The new Mavic is so advanced you don't even need it

Yeah, that's the one. At least I know what it's called now :)

I discovered 2 possibly undocumented features on both the Mavic and P4 controllers. On the Mavic: Press the small thumb stick (the one next to the right stick) in like a button. Up pops the flight modes screen. This does not seem to be configurable like the directions. On the P4: Press the...

Hi from Cape Town. Obs & Strand. Keen to meet any other drone enthusiasts in the area.

Loving the Mavic, truly a work of supreme engineering. Still plucking up the courage to fly it higher and further :) A bit windy in Cape Town, so flying days are valuable!

Was just flying with this new mode (been a bit lazy to upgrade firmware because everything was going great). It slows down yaw and braking, or makes it a smooth curve. You know when you let go the controls and it jerks to a halt, or hit the yaw a little too hard and the Mavic spins around like...