Recent content by David Axworthy

I've noticed my Mavic 3 doesn't show accurate altitudes, much of the time. It is often 10 ft to 20 ft off the true altitude, based on comparing my height above the ground to known altitudes of object around my property, like certain tries, to top of my chimney, my windmill, things like that...

I had a bright orange (USB C to USB C) cable that came with a Seagate or LaCie hard drive and that's the one I finally used, although I tried several and all of the hard drive cables worked fine, I just used the orange one since it is easy to identify. The one that went bad was a "one way"...

Yes sir, a few flights since switching cables - thanks for asking!

Thought I would update my post, in case anyone else experiences this repeated "RC not connected to AC" problem. I tried a lot of different cables on my Tripltek (which I still love) and phone. Strangely, the same cable worked on my Mavic Air 2 controller. After a lot of testing, I never...

I started getting this error, out of the blue, flying Mavic 3, Fly app says connection lost, never actually lost control, it almost seems like it reconnects almost immediately, before RTH kicks in, but it's kind of scary, never happened before. All is normal until you actually take off, and it...

I just got some distressing news from DJI support - I have a Tripltek 8 tablet, super bright 1200 nits, massive 12,200 mah battery, has been working great for 6 months, all of a sudden Fly app says "RC not connected to aircraft", and it just disconnects and reconnects over and over (May 3). DJI...

I'm getting a similar problem w/ M3, running fine up to now, DJI Fly 1.5.10 on Android 10 tablet (Tripltek 8), just started getting "RC not connected to Aircraft" msg just after takeoff, then reconnects, disconnects, over and over again. Never actually lost physical control (low altitude...

Airmap, and some other apps, might show a bunch of airspace warnings if you are within 5 miles of any airport, as displayed in that app. But it is based on how much you zoom in or out, and is not relevant unless you are flying out to the maximum amount as displayed on the map. Not a waste of...

Airspace for B, C and D is MSL - Class E is either 700 AGL (shaded magenta) or 1200 AGL (shaded blue), or sometimes down to the ground (dashed magenta line). The sectional map always shows the altitude for B, C and D in MSL and Class E is AGL. Use Airmap to get clearance.

don't apologize, you didn't do anything wrong

Howdy folks - new pilot check-in, but not new UAS pilot, flying since 2014, have part 107, flown many drones, built a couple. Member Civil Air Patrol in Norman, Ok, working on "UAS MP" rating (CAP mission pilot) for search & rescue and mapping. Fly "tiny whoop" class in my yard, FPV, sometimes...