Recent content by CDSkeeles

I have often wondered the same. In the radio world we would be concerned of the placement acting as a parasitic element or perhaps producing a heterodyne effect if the any of the radios involved were lossy or out of spec. Considering between the drone, controller and phone there are likely 6...

I am guessing tape?

Just to throw some noise into the conversation, I was having disconnects on my A2s where the camera and controls were lost but telemetry was still streaming. Craft went into RTH as expected and returned home safely each time. However I had to power down the craft and turn back on again in order...

Unfortunately I do not believe it does. If so, please someone correct me as I have hit the battery limit many times.

Update: I have been lifting and landing from my car hood pad for over a dozen flights now with zero issues. It is the perfect solution to some of the concerns I was having. One of the areas I am a frequent flyer in is an extremely large Amazon warehouse construction site that I have been...

Definitely 3d printed add-ons. I will likely pick up a set myself.

I had the same issue today. Flying a typical route, well within VLOS, nothing exciting when 12 minutes into flight the camera disconnects. I got a signal loss warning with a RTH in 10 second which I accepted and the AC returned home with no issues, although just like before, it would not sit...

I was thinking the same thing. I purchased the fly more pack and it did not come with terminal covers. I do see where you can buy 3D printed ones on Amazon (which I am considering). What package did you buy that came with those covers?

2.5 second shutter. The fact the A2s can maintain this amount of stability for two and a half seconds at just below 400ft AGL is absolutely amazing to me.

Everything looked nominal after shutting down aircraft and app and restarting both. Camera looks good, all systems checked out normally.

I have had the Air2s for over a month. I have about 30 flights with in, zero issues until today. Yesterday I updated the Fly app when I was prompted (yet again). I also updated all firmware on AC and batteries. Today when flying around my neighborhood about 4 minutes into flight at about 200...

They are called paper lantern lights and yes they are battery operated. I purchased a bag of 24 from Amazon cheap. They come with the batteries installed and should have 6-8 hours life each. Later I can modify them to accept a single common power source but that is for the next pad. Here is a...

Having fun building a custom pad. I used a 20x30 sheet of dry erase board. It is rigid so it won't readily flex, has 4 LED lights that can easily be seen at night and a handle on the back for carrying from my garage or car.

If I could add an additional comment about keeping settings between modes, this also applies to the various automated modes as well. For instance I like to do night hyperlapse with a long shutter speed (2"). The camera settings I choose for the hyperlapse (pro mode obviously) will apply to only...

What is the best method of determining potential compass errors before taking off? Is the icon on the map the only indicator of which way the drone believes it is pointing? Perhaps if I orient my pad so that it is always in a cardinally correct position, and place the drone atop it accordingly...