Recent content by Dave Pitman

It's some years since I used them. But, for testing the waters, I would recommend looking at Maps Made Easy and Map Pilot Pro.

Not likely under the current environment.

DJI is being driven from the US market. That has been the goal of a segment of the gov't for some time. It has been a pleasure using DJI gear for over 10 years.

I have read mac users rolling back the OS to an older version is the solution. Not a great solution, but at least it works.

Yeah. They are all morons. 1. They can own the device. 2. The device can be air-gapped from any network 3. They don't understand that with 1 & 2 above, there is no leakage. These are not bright people.

Congrats! Try to become proficient at flying the drone back to yourself and landing.

The NDAA mandates a risk assessment of drones manufactured in China, including those by DJI, to be conducted by an appropriate national security agency. If, within one year, no agency undertakes this assessment, DJI could be automatically added to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC)...

That is a decent summary. The "issues" for the M4P is a complete mess at customs. DJI has chosen not to bother until that is addressed. The mentioned article is a different issue, the '25 NDAA. I think we can count on this admin to do absolutely nothing toward conducting this audit. The...

Impressive stuff. Frightening as well. I think US production is so incredibly far behind, unfortunately.

Apparently, you missed my post. This person purchased from Adorama's initial batch. He said the Care Refresh is NOT available. There ya go....again!

Warranty, who knows until someone actually tries it. But since they usually replace a drone rather than repair it, it is likely that they won't do that until they are officially selling in the US. Care Refresh is not available per someone that owns one.

No idea. Have you asked Repair Services

Remember that APAS is simply a tool to try an help the operator in cases where the operator didn't see some obstacle. But it is always the operator's job to see and avoid. So, if a crash occurs because the drone hits something; #1 it's operator error. And #2, the APAS, if it was enabled, was...

I've only launched from a boat a few times, and all went okay. Watching some of the videos where guys that launch from boats all the time only to have one basically commit a forced drowning after multiple good take-offs make me wonder if the initial start up imu cal while being on a moving...

Adam Bry (Skydio) must be wetting himself with excitement. If you think banning DJI will foster innovation in US manufacturing of drones. You'll have to find some new manufacturers. Because the ones there are now are certainly not cutting it. And, you'll need to spend your retirement savings...