Recent content by dccraven

I would be fearful of radio interference disrupting the control signals as the drone got close to the cell tower.

I once lost a Mavic Mini 1 in a lake because I set my RTH attitude to allow me to land until a tree canopy. The only place I could launch/land on the bank of the lake was under a tree canopy, so I thought that I could maintain VLOS and, should I need to use the RTH, I would ensure that the drone...

I'm doing something similar with my home & street, making a flight about once a week and filming the changes in the trees & landscape showing the seasons. One tool that I use to try and ensure the sun angle is the same for each flight is this website (see link below). I use it to tell me the...

Excellent work! You took me back almost 60 years to my elementary school days when I memorized that poem. I've often remembered that last line many times in my life, and you've brought it back to life in a most meaningful way! Thanks!

Looks great and something that I would definitely like to do. I often catch myself glancing down to my controller and then, when I return to see my drone, I have lost it visually. My local O'Reilly's doesn't seem to have that exact tape. Could you post the manufacturer's name and the model or...

Your awards were well deserved. I was entranced by your videos! The editing and soundtrack were excellent and made me aspire to do better in my own drone photography. Thanks for posting, Doug

Thanks for the info! From what I read of the data, it only stayed in the GPS Level 2 condition for 1 second. 0.3 seconds into this condition the drone changed from Joystick to PGPS flight mode and stayed there until I pushed the RTH button. I did not push the button for RTH until about 18...

During a recent Maven waypoint flight I received an abrupt alert telling me the mission had stopped. Immediately following that announcement I received another alert stating something about low GPS signal strength (I couldn't remember the exact words). I pressed RTH and the drone returned to me...

I e-mailed the app developer about this and here was his answer: 1) the app have a lot of control, but it’s depends on the connected drones, each drones could have different controls available, example the mavic mini is the one with less capabilities and can't be put in manual so no ISO /...

Did you ever determine whether you can manually adjust the camera exposure or exposure lock? I too have just purchased the MAVEN app and was trying to understand all the controls and adjustments available. Thanks! Doug