Recent content by wildpig

yeah it s def addictive. once someone flies it, they want one. all my friends that tried my drone are ow saving for one. Mavic is more widely avail now. unless you have to have a back up for mission critical purpose, if it can wait then just get one when you need one I am already saving...

Not completely true. you can actually plug your remote controller into a 2amp usb charge cable while using the remote for flying. Maybe someone can test this out and see if this is enough to maintain (and i emphasize maintain, not adding charge) the remote battery level during a flight. I...

was going to get the sharper image dx3 for $30 but i guess that price is no longer avail. also heard this drone has a tendency to just fly away by itself...lol

with cam of course. doesnt have to be 1080 720p is fine. just need the longest range, flight time possible

anyone?

Sports mode=great way to discharge battery fast. was able to barely get 16 min. did have fairly strong wind today though...

I I think when you charge from power bank it seems the mavic battery would get charged at a lower rate, at least it feels like that for me. so no I usually don't charge it along with my battery. I just use my regular 2amp usb phone charger for it.

What i am asking is that it seems like dji is limiting the speed to ground speed rather than limiting the speed by limiting the RPM (pseudo airspeed). at least what I have seen so far in P mode , with or without forward avoidance, the forward speed indicated on the controller seems to be...

So you agree that DJI set a hard limit on the speed? being someone with flying experience, it kinda screw with my head a little planning a flight that i can't take advantage of any tailwind for faster GS but then get all of the slower GS for a headwind.....

Yep 30 mph does give you the longer range than 20 mph, although the battery life is shortened by about 2 mins for me.. My question is it seems like dji locks your speed at 20 or 30 mph so what happen is that you seems not to be able to take advantage of any tail wind but then you get all the...

I am in the middle of a city, not with a lot of high rises though. Maybe you were getting better range and had better elevation of the controller and less signal interference where you are? I still had like 3 bars when i got to 13k ft, but then it started screaming lotsa interference.... The...

44k ft is quite a distance. so far my best is 26000ft on a direct round trip with like 1 minute loitering. got around 19% left. but it did have about 4mph headwind coming back. So it got the 4 mph tailwind going forward. But in P mode with obstacle avoidance, the speed is hard limited to...

So max flight time is 27 min but probably shorter distance due to slower speed as compared to max distance which would be covered maybe faster with faster speed but lower total flight time? Nate, what's the flight time at 30mph?

I cant help but thinking about the overall design of the MP. I mean, all other dji drones are like square or circle. but the MP is more like rectangle. sort of like it's halfway optimized for a forward flight hybrid craft thing. I am still trying to envision how the legs can be made into...

We can have a wing on top of the MP in the form of a "limousine antenna" but with straighter thicker wings and increased AOA. This would prevent prop downwash from hitting the wings.