Recent content by wco81

Are people seeing the same thing when it loses signal with the aircraft? It doesn't automatically RTH on its own. I had to initiate it with the RTH button on the controller at least twice before it started coming closer enough to home, maybe 25-50 meters from it's previous position, before...

Yeah I landed and left, drove down about 4-5 miles where it was only a 50 meter zone and flew without incident. I could have probably hiked maybe half a mile, though it would have been up and down and again, I wasn't sure if there would be a nice flat terrain from which I could take off. I...

It was in the Southern coast of France, near San Raphael. The terrain is a rocky coast with red rocky mountains rising above the water. I went to a rocky headland called Cape Draymont. There is a hiking trail which leads out toward the water but I didn’t head out too far because I wasn’t sure...

So you take off and fly out horizontally at low height to clear the trees before you climb in altitude and Smart RTH will automatically retrace a similar path, that is descend from 100 feet or more altitude down to a couple of feet above the water and then fly to the Home Point under the trees?

I just got an Air3S just to have that Class A1 label indicating that it's under 900 grams. But I probably could have gotten a Mavic 3 or 4 Pro instead and use it in A1 Open Category like a C0 or C1 drone and probably never get confronted to check my drone. But I've seen no indications that...

You couldn't fly in some situations because you were aware that your drone with the extended flight batteries were just over the weight limit or the DJI Fly app prevented you from flying? Did you see signs of enforcement, like police or other authorities who'd ask to verify the weight class or...

You can't change the max altitude during flight can you? Have to set it before take off?

So I guess you'd have to change the max altitude in the settings before preparing to have your drone "climb" a mountain while you control it from the foot of the mountain. You just have to have a good idea of how tall the mountain is relative to your launch point and add 400 feet to it as the...

So if I'm at sea level, I can keep ascending the drone as long as there's a mountain underneath it? Say the mountain is 500 feet above sea level. I can take off at sea level, then just climb along the side of the mountain and eventually reach 900 feet above sea level when it's above the top of...

I've passed by places which would require hours to climb which you may no longer be able to do or just don't have the time to spend, yet you want to get the shot ... But with 400 foot AGL, you can't avoid the climb, though you may not be allowed to fly at the top or the wind conditions may not...

We saw the videos of the Air 3S RTH by going into a parking garage and navigating back to the Home point. Or the Air 3S flying into not only an apartment balcony but going inside the apartment to land. OK, I don't know if those were real or some YouTuber stunts to get views. But I am curious...

You may be right, this one says C-PL but they don't say if it's circular polarizer which you can rotate. https://www.kfconcept.com/KF01.2878-nano-xcel-series--c-pl-28-multi-layer But the company also makes regular circular polarizers which you can adjust for regular cameras.

Any experiences with this Freewell PL filter? https://freewellgear.com/products/dji-air-3s-pl-filter-polarize-filter-for-glare-reduction?srsltid=AfmBOopvIVh-5lL8e2eQI20Xk_yJkdNN9uAv2ulwlGkCEz6a-l7Xepbu It's obviously not a circular polarizer since there's nothing to turn. There is a K&F...

So you have the drone set to capture in 100 Mp, or save 100 Mp DNG files and then in Photoshop or some other software, you downscale it to 50 Mp? And you get better dynamic range in 100 Mp files (before or after downscaling to 50 Mp?) than in the native 25 Mp files? No sign of artifacts in 100...

How many of the areas near mountains are outside of National Parks, where drones are prohibited? Or are you guys listing places which are National Parks but as Part 107, the OP would still be able to fly in them?