Recent content by adamcrow64

I've been enjoying the litchi app (Beta) for mavic mini. The VR function is the one I use most. (I wish the VR mode could easily hide the on screen display)

The mavic mini VR runs through the phone, so the phone resolution limits VR a bit. This means that there is no real point in using Occulus Quest etc style equipment. I use my iPhone 11 Pro with Litchi. It works fine. I have two VR camera googles. One was expensive from Dubai. It has earphones...

My daughter and I played with the same arrangement yesterday. A lot of fun!

Because, in any such system, the weak link is the human. Every soldier, every pilot, every professional who needs to not make mistakes learns to develop habits that work to reduce errors in the course of a sustained campaign. We don't always need to wear a seatbeat, or a helmet. But given...

I agree that it does not need to be done everytime (I've a Masters in Electrical Engineering and designed a lot of electronic systems). However it is easier to form a habit and do it.

You don't have to plug your phone in to fly if you don't want. The controller will happily allow you to fly the drone without a phone.

LIkely that the calibration was adrift. Be careful where you calibrate your mavic mini (I also recommend calibrating everytime as a habit). Watch out for calibration areas that may distort the Earths magnetic field. Also check you have plenty of satellites for your GPS. Sometimes when your...

My mavic mini had a flock of pigeons fly through it. Here is the video. No damage at all and the mini corrected itself quite quickly!

This was a great idea. I set up windows 10 on my macbook under vmware. I attached my mavic mini controller to the macbook and it all works! Some tricks involved in getting it to run (installing other helper programs).

Got my Mavic Mini drone early July. Love it! I have been testing it out. Made quite a few flights before stage 4 lockdown commenced. So I've been flying it up and down my driveway.