Recent content by Xanth

Maybe wifi is part of the reason all the marketing videos are shot in BFE - because Wifi control is dodgy anywhere in the world where there’s electricity. Wouldn't surprise me if, thanks to more and more FCC and FAA regulations, drones are being forced to get better and better at being worse.

They got me the last two times with the Mavic Pro and the Spark. The Pro was a win, the Spark was not. From close observation of the two launches I'm willing to bet that the air will be available at a discounted price before the weather gets good enough for me to use it. Oddly enough, the...

From my experience, being understanding is not DJI's strong suit. Things I've read over the last months have made me think they would probably deny my DJI Refresh claim if I were to make one. If not because the screw goo is gone, because it was a Litchi crash. I'd thought that both of those...

I've already reported the testing I did. As far as flying on a cruise ship... I never heard boo about it, either before, during, or after. Of course, I didn't want to be confronted, so I made a point of only flying over the water. So as far as anyone was concerned, all I was doing was sitting...

This is worth testing...but not on a boat. I have a flatbed trailer, and once I find a long stretch of empty road, I could have someone drive at ~5 mph while I try flying off the trailer. Regardless of the outcome, it'll be good to be more knowledgeable about the Mavic's follow features. If I...

Very interesting! I would think flying ATTI in that situation would be a real test. Were you ever able to fly in OPTI? That seems like it should work close to the deck. I decided to do some testing on deck during my boring "at sea" day, and had my son hold the Mavic while I spun up the props...

This has been a unique thread. I feel like 2/3 of the participants understand that GPS generates basic location coordinates relative to the globe, and the other 1/3 seem to ascribe GPS and RTH an almost sentient ability to know where you are, were and will be. To help, I would suggest an...

It's not a job, it's a vacation. And I've taken my Phantom on trips before and it's a pain. Convenient and capable were supposed to be big Mavic selling points. Beginning to wonder if DJI is Chinese for "too smart by half." Next thing we'll learn is that the Spark won't ever work on foggy days...

;) Hover in place IS the problem.

Good point, but RTH really isn't the problem since I don't intend to ever get more than 20 ft off the deck. I'd like to shoot some ship-board activities in tripod mode like you would indoors. My assumption (w/o testing for obvious reasons) is that on deck, GPS would send the bird like a bullet...

I don't see what technical knowledge has to do with flying a Mavic. I've worked in tech my whole life and learning to fly well took hours and hours of practice, and then those skills take constant refreshing. Did you go through the simulator lessons? All that said, with Mavic's "nervous Nelly"...

Surprised I can't find anything on the forum about this, but I'm on a large ship and I want to take some shots while the ship is moving. My fear is that in GPS mode as soon as the Mavic is off the deck it'll head off the back of the boat. Staying in OPTI mode seems the obvious solution, but...

Glad to hear this is common. What's weird is that it will still go full speed in every other direction, but not forward. I find myself flying sideways when needing to cross large amounts of open air. I'm not sure I'll wait for more firmware. Apparently, downgrading with Assistant 2 is pretty...

There are four metal tabs held by black bands on each corner of the gimbal. The forward ones can pop outside of the chassis after a hard impact. At the same time the gimbal mounting plate can come out of the metal clip that holds it in the rear. Video taken under these conditions will look very...

EUREEKA! After 138 posts I can finally answer part of my original question. The ATOP (altitude at take off point) does reset once the props stop. And no Bothans died to get us this information. I found a park at the base of a steep mountain slope, and there was a walking path that went from...