Recent content by Capt Pete

Here is my solution to the snapped off battery tabs: Postal size elastic. see photos: It doesn't interfere with the camera or the avoidance eyes. and saves buying another battery.

I bought the three, 249 gram batteries and charger when I got my mini 4 pro. the 1st battery physically disintegrated after a year. (clips broke off) It was still under the original warrantee and so they replaced it. Now the second of the three- same thing, the clip was missing when the drone...

One person looks up and sees lights – goes on face book or whatever and then everybody’s looking up and seeing lights. I call this “the Dorothy syndrome”. Dorothy lives down the road, she’s very into conspiracy theories, believes that aliens and the government and maybe the North Koreans are...

I live quite close to a high level nuclear fuel waste site. While flying close to the boundary of the site my drone was met by a larger drone (at the time I was flying an older yuneec typhoon) It seemed to observe my drone and then flew back towards the storage facility. This happened at least...

I fly the M4P. Both from a 12 ft open aluminum row/motor launch and from my 25 ft Cape Dory sailboat. I launch off of a piece of plywood set on the bow/forward seat and land on the same place. I mainly use on a large river to capture marsh and tidal river photos and videos. I never hand launch...

You made the correct decision. I've flown my M4P in 20 kt winds with good picture quality. Sometimes the RC2 displays a high wind warning higher up when there's no wind at takeoff...Even flying 20 meters below a high speed jet and the turbulence could sent your drone into a spin. I worry more...

thanks, I was only hoping.

Is it possible to move and aim the camera horizontally while flying, without changing the direction of the drone?

I guess I'm lucky, living next to a river gives be great access to both shorelines. I just have to watch out for seaplanes practicing once in a while. I've captured some great shoreline photos from my 12 ft aluminum boat. Just get proficient with hand launch-and-catch before you go out on the...

No problem starting with my MP4 RC2 before or after the latest firmware.

it's my understanding that most of the NFL stadiums use some form of counter UAS radar to protect land and air defense operations, there's a you tube video all about it on Pilot Institute.

I worry most in the spring, not so much with the large birds of prey, more with the small sparrows and songbirds. I'm most guarded when the adults are making multiple flights to feed their young. They're flying with food in their beak and also looking out for hawks and falcons. Not watching out...

I don't know very much about the Lake Pocotopaug. I'm doing most of my flying in the Haddam area. After a poor start with a returned and replaced mini4 pro, it's been raining so much that it's been difficult to get out. I got the drone to get where my Nikon couldn't go, mostly bogs and...

It's probably like taxes, once they go up they never go back down.

The mini4 pro, although under 250 g, does come with RID built in...but not activated. It will activate automatically once you use the alternate, heavier battery.