Recent content by BerndM

I have always thought that it would be a GREAT idea for the forum rules to REQUIRE a location. At the very least, the COUNTRY and STATE because, as you said, there are such a variety of rules and regulations based on location.

Very sad for your loss Audrey. ? It is an unfortunate but irrefutable fact that next to trees, water is the biggest reason for the total loss of a quad. At least with a tree strike, you can almost always recover the quad and exercise your warranty. When you crash into water, the recovery rate is...

Just a quick suggestion for you that has nothing to do with the issue you had, but I noticed on one of the alarms you received on your log, it indicated that your RTH altitude was set to 120M...... WOW!!!!! that is way way higher than you needed for where you were flying based on the map. Using...

To me, based on your map, you had to drive along the train tracks on railroad Right of Way property. I don't know about Florida, but here in beautiful Kalifornika, ALL railroad Right of Ways are definitely the private property of the railroad and will subject you to possible fines for trespassing.

I have 3 quads. I call them Mavic (DJI), Evo (Autel) and Flamewheel (DJI) Whenever possible, I try to adhere to the KISS philosophy (Keep It Simple Stupid) :D Thumbswayup

You wrote this......but I have to fly over some houses and not looking for any more confrontations. ........ Why do you HAVE to fly over houses to get to open land? Couldn't you stay over the center of the roads to get there? I would think that might solve the problem. Also it is a FEDERAL...

AWESOME photo!!! What did you use for this shot???

If at all possible, try to fly your outbound leg INTO the wind, so that your DOWNWIND return leg will be helped by the wind. Also, always adjust your RTH altitude so that you don't waste valuable battery trying to climb to an altitude way higher than you actually need for your particular flying...

I bought my Mavic Pro in January of 2016 and have never updated anything. It works just fine. IMHO, If it ain't broke, don't fix it. ;)

WOW Spookiest thing I have ever seen. :eek: Thanks for sharingThumbswayup

You're using 3 bladed props? ? Thumbswayup

Aerial tracking is most certainly a privacy issue however, most drones usually have a max of a 20 minute total flight time. Given that half of that time most likely will be needed to return home, there isn't a lot of tracking you can do in the short 10 minutes you have before you have to start...

You should always set your RTH height for the specific location you will be flying in. Keep in mind that if your quad enters RTH mode it will try to climb to your set RTH altitude. This may be OK BUT if the reason it entered RTH mode is a low battery, forcing it to climb to a height higher than...

I have seen video report of metal detecting "Treasure Hunters searching beach areas finding non waterproof digital cameras which may have been submerged for quite some time in FRESH water and the sd card was still functional after a good drying out. So don't give up hope. Also your motors might...

Sorry for your loss. Does that water flow like that all the time or is there ever a time of year when the flow it GREATLY decreased?? If so, there MAY be a possibility to retrieve your Mavic. I can't see how deep those pools are but with a low flow, you mat be able to see your Mavic in that...