Recent content by Air Or

Medford- fortunate to have lots of open spaces to practice in, up here in metro Puget Sound it's a real hassle, 160 miles of continuous city north to south, and the sale of No Trespassing signs does a brisk business. Welcome to the forum, fly safe!

Loud has some very good points for starting out. I'll add: In the initial configuration set your return to home altitude to be higher than the tallest obstacle. In my practice area we have a 130' tree to the SE which also serves as my wind direction and speed indicator at that altitude. Wind...

I just experienced this and maybe, just maybe, it could be a connection issue between your mobile device and the controller. It was with me this morning. You might want to try a different cable. I put in a new, freshly exFAT-formatted 64GB fast SanDisk card*, and got the "NO CARD" error in...

It worked for me. I hadn't flown for a couple of years and reinstalling Go 4 and updating firmware to the aircraft made no difference. Doing the IMU calibration with the Mavic Pro on its right side did the trick. It maybe makes no sense, but it worked, after about 8 tries inside, outside and...

Done. My take is to endorse the ARC recommendation to have automatic radio registration for the restricted airspaces only, and not run by private contractors (who will have virtually no monitoring over what they do with your data, think FACEBOOK). I concluded: This whole scheme is going be...

Get out to Gerlach, Nevada. It's the darkest spot in the United States and with that, you will experience a minimum of RF interference. As a bonus, home will have never looked so good.

I laminated my registration card and clip it to my clothing when flying. A Magic Pro is an sUAS that makes itself disappear.

For about $20 (here in US anyway) you can obtain an adequate Anemometer (wind speed meter) for your future flights. I never take off when winds are in excess of 10mph and if in doubt, I'll take it straight up to about 200' to see if it can hold steady aloft. If it's struggling, I'll bring it...

Here's the main point for me when it comes to video editing: does it help tell the story or does it become the story? Similarly, the best actors are the ones who aren't seen to BE acting. They are the character and the character isn't 'acting" The character IS. As Duke Ellington once famously...

It hasn't happened many times, but during a couple of flights, I have found winds aloft to be much different than they are on the ground, to the point that my Mavic could not maintain a hover without drifting, which would mean what? 25 MPH +? If I hadn't calibrated the IMU and compass...

Not a bad idea, IMO, to post your cell phone number on the top of your sUAS near your FAA Registration number. For local retrieval from some nearby field, but for transport situations like this one, too.

Go ahead and read "The Hundred Year Marathon" and then review that statement.

I admit I didn't read all the responses, in my experience, very serious. In the final analysis it's a matter of being capable of losing your aircraft and easily replacing it or not. Piloting skill is one thing, but skill can't overcome physics. Headwinds or side winds more severe than your...

I use one with my Mavic Pro, (mine is the 16Gb version) and have had virtually no problems in more than 10 months. (I am not a fan of Apple products, so if there had been anything to complain about I'd jump at the opportunity.) ;) The screen is the perfect size for the controller. If you're...

Back when I started, the Mavic Pro box said it was "made for iOS" so I acquired a refurbished iPad Air on Amazon for $150.00. Don't know if the Mavic 2 has the same iOS designation but if it does, I can state that the iPad Air has run perfectly, not a single glitch. Might be a good investment...