Recent content by dennyc39

Thank you all for the answers. I conclude that my expectations of Course Lock agree with what you say should happen. For some reason, my drone is not behaving this way and I will have to look for an operator error. For now, if I yaw 90 degrees to flight path and push right stick forward (12...

What I want to do (and expected would happen) was to constrain the Mavic Pro's movement to flying along a particular straight line, using right stick 12 o'clock / 6 o'clock inputs to adjust forward/backward speed along the line, while I used the left stick to yaw it around to point at and...

Similar possibility about 15 miles from here. Traffic tie-up due to accident with line of cars stationary for more than 15 minutes. A guy pulled a drone out of his car and flew it up and forward to see what was going on --- just in time for approach of a Lifeflight helicopter. I never heard that...

I tested "Find my Drone" today, one test. My Mavic Air 2 had a good GPS lock when I took off (15 birds). I flew around a bit, out to 2200 ft., then did RTH. I paused rTH when it was apparent that it would miss the takeoff point by about 5 feet and get into trouble. Then as a test, I flew over...

There is no Tripod mode anymore, regardless of the switch label. I sorely miss it, and am quite disappointed in this change for the worse. Nearly wrecked my drone on first flight because of this. DJI chat verified this with me, but no words on what they were thinking.

I got some use from the Attitude indicator in the Mavic Pro. It gives you a nice and accurate indication of the actual wind direction. Rotate the drone until it shows the maximum nose-down tilt on the AI. It is now pointed directly into the wind. Safety is higher when flying in this direction...

Chatted today with DJI support. 1. "Tripod mode" switch on the Mavic Air 2 controller is actually "C mode" in the drone. She said "C" stands for "Cine" or Cinematic. The forward speed limits at 5 m/s, but there actually is no Tripod mode, regardless of what the RC switch says. The manual seems...

First, be sure you get one with adequate video speed. Not sure what specification to look for, but I used a cheap "BLU" phone for a short time, and it just could not keep up with the video from the drone. This essentially made it unflyable, except by using the little display on the Mavic Pro...

Nearly wrecked my brand new Mavic Air 2 on first flight. I have had a Mavic Pro and I thought I knew what Tripod mode was. I have several shrubs and a deck in my yard and use Tripod mode regularly to creep around and over the obstructions. Having gone through the manual before first flight, I...

I'm way behind on recent rule changes, but I think I remember a guideline: a.) Property owner does not own the airspace above the property., but b.) Property owner has a right to his privacy. Anyone: am I still correct on this or have things changed? Admittedly, the overlap between these two...

That is the kind of thing I use my Mavic Pro for. I have a geology interest and sometimes use the drone to view or photo things that I cannot otherwise get to. Be careful of the trees that often grow near waterfalls. Go in high, then hover and use the video to look straight down before you...

1 inch on the barometer is about 1000 ft of altitude measurement change. However, since the reading is "change from takeoff altitude", there should be almost no effect on this relative altitude that the drone (and you) care about. In that way, it self-calibrates at takeoff. Theoretically, if the...

I have photographed several waterfalls, and with geology interest sometimes record places I can't easily get to. Only one mishap so far (in two years). The drone has never done anything I didn't tell it to do, even stupid things. 1. Don't fly underneath anything (bridge, overpass) that might...

I don't think it was in RTH, but if it was, it would climb into the obstruction. There was no beeping that occurs in RTH, and it was still moving forward, rather than a vertical climb. There could have been some air currents around the bridge structure, but nothing that triggered a high wind...