Recent content by DARKSeifer

Not only drones, for the latter 25+ years everything that's manufactured depends on the globalization, there's nothing 100% made on any country. From raw materials and tools, to chips, electronics and parts. US has basically committed self commercial suicidal, be prepared to pay a ton for...

Since I picked it, the Matrice 4T, but I still have the most flight time with the Mavic 3.

You can go to any major city in Spain and get busted by Aeroscope/RID in no time. Karen wise, they usually get to you when they hear/see the drone and see you nearby. As a photographer I was already used to having encounters by just using a tripod instead of hand helding my camera (for...

The thing with the solar panels is usually to use them to charge a powerbank and then use the powerbank to charge other things, as it will be more consistent.

Tarragona is under controlled airspace, so you probably appeared on the local Aeroscope as there's an airport nearby. The ways of being busted are basically this: You were naive enough to put your operator ID on the Fly App, so the drone was emitting your data through RID/Aeroscope. You used a...

For RID to work properly, you need a dedicated receiver. The app works on Android, but it's slow to get the package and only gets the every now and then, even with the drone flying at a few meters. Despite that, I've been able to pick my M3 at 3Km; as long as there's line of sight with the...

The Mavic 4 is about to be released, around April at most, it will basically replace the Mavic 3, else, you can go for a Mini 4. The best image quality on foldable drones comes from the 4/3 of the M3, nothing else come close. The M3E with the mechanical shutter should be the best option quality...

Both the drone operator ID and the A1/A3 certificates are free. You need to get them from the webpage of the responsible for the aerial security of the country you intend to fly in. Once you got the operator ID and the A1/A3 certificate it works everywhere, except in UK maybe, IDK. A2 is also...

The only advantage of laser or SLS (which could also be a solution) vs photogrammetry is that it's faster on producing the 3D model, as it's basically on the fly. Both commercial LIDAR and SLS solutions are heavy dependent on the calibration and resolution, which won't fit all scenarios, while...

Any drone can do it, even a Mini 2. Just set the timer on the drone to take a pic every two seconds and manually fly around to cover everything, the closer you are to the subject the more accurate and detailed the final geometry will be (polygons or pixels per cm). Then you process the images...

Flying a drone is a two-way communication, you don't just need to boost the controller, you also need to boost the drone. That's why FCC hack is usually the best solution, but if not, and your drone is compatible, there's the 4G module option. You put the 4G dongle on the drone, and you can...

Drones are one of the best discussion starters around; from karens to ciminals problems are always to be expected, that's why I always recommend to search for a takeoff spot that is both private property and closed/fenced or if there isn't; just search for a hidden and hard to find takeoff...

You can process the video through photogrammetry and reverse engineer the full flight and get a 3D model with accurate measurements and data of everything. It's not science fiction, it's Metashape (or any other software alike). As an example of a real case, people did that forensic work on that...

This week the Matrice 4T (and guess other things too, but I was only aware of that price) went up on the official DJI store from 6899 € to 7638 € for no apparent reason, that's a 10.71% (739 €) increase.

Well, that's a remote area with no one around and nothing was damaged except from the drone. Failing is a part of any hobby. The crash could have been easily avoided if he hadn't turned off the OA sensors by using sport mode. Usually you want to avoid sport mode when long ranging, as it has...