Recent content by Biggles54

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One day I raced outside with my mp2 and smart controller to quickly send it up to film a steam train that was nearby (I had little warning). I thought the smart controller had plenty of charge but when I had the m2p up at around 30 meters the screen went completely blank. A short pause to panic...

I thought I'd be clever and impress one of my photographer friends with my Mavic Air skills and flew inside. At the time I was very much a novice and it left a number of deep cuts in the wall of our newly renovated home. I tried to cover up the damage before my wife arrived home and then sort of...

My warranty and Care Refresh ran out in Feb 2019, so I was lucky. I know my retailer was helping me in the background.

I'm not an expert of the batteries, still learning. I had traveled quite a distance the day before to the town where I flew the drone. This particular battery (my no. 2 of 3) hadn't been used much over the 18 months and prior to the flight was connected to my car charger. But it did have more...

The main problem was that the aircraft dropped into a river, there was not enough time to get it back to the shore. Bad battery = lost drone. I've attached the flight record if that helps.

Good news (for me!). After a few emails and pleading with to DJI, and with the help of the Melbourne D1 Store, they asked for all my flight records and data files. DJI then agreed it was a warranty case and that they would replace my 18 month old MA. Big yay! I received the brand new MA...

we had no hope, I had a totally empty Ford 351 XD panel van with a limited slip diff, no grip whatsoever. Spent an hour in Ivanhoe trying to clean off all the mud!

even with a slight gradient my panel van ended up on the other side of the road. We were stuck for 2 hours.

remember getting bogged on the drive from Menindee to Ivanhoe many years ago, quite an experience.

some great tips thanks guys!

love the video, great work

Agree with Moose, I've had issues with aircraft landing areas, my MA auto landed from about 5m. I also had trouble in the UK with lack of available frequencies.

thanks for the welcome guys. I'm trying to pursue some sort of compensation via the retailer and DJI but not looking promising. I've attached my flight data, is anyone able to please pull from this the performance of the battery?! Or is this the wrong file?

Last Saturday the fully charged battery in my MA dropped instantly from 90% to zero and I didn't have enough time to prevent my lovely drone from ditching in the river on its way back to me. The batteries and MA are 18 months old, I am currently pursuing DJI with a claim. Luckily I have all the...