Recent content by diver dave

I fly with a pal most of the time, not always in the air together, but regularly we have 2 drones in the air. It can take a little thought and planning, mostly during take off and landing, but also altitude as we move about. In the early days we did a lot of training, comparison tests of props...

Sorry for the delay in responding, in Scotland, summer is a relative term, and the heat makes no difference. Its not a thing i really consider in terms of ipads, controllers or batteries. We have perhaps a 25 degree temperature change across the whole year i guess, so the heating of a unit is...

I use airdata and it has a service interval programme. My pal and i were on a wee flying trip, and in the evening over a beer we followed the services required for all the aircraft. We found a number of props had very small damage, but what surprised us was how slack some of the bushes were...

I have an ipad mini 4 and 5, and dont notice a huge difference between them. My work ipad is a 11.9 pro, and though it was a battle to find a clamp big enough i now have one, and its superb, though really large and unwieldy, so not ideal unless i am at a picnik bench or similar, though the...

I am finding that the drones handle wind far better than i would expect, and the conditions in post 1 would be fine in the environment i fly, open moorland hills and very few trees. I generally have a good bit of height and almost always fly into or across the wind initially, so return home with...

Most of my flying is in the scottish mountains, so i am regularly flying 300 plus meters up hill from take off point. If you are reasonaly low above the ground, up to 100 meters i guess, conditions can be fine, but be very careful about automated RTH, as this can have your drone really high up...

I can look, but they were all cheap eBay ones, nothing special, the mavic ones are plastic with a gold reflector and the inspire ones are big alloy jobs. I will look tomorrow.

I dont think the loss of leg weight was the issue. I tried a drop kit on my mavic pro for the first time last week, a small bag of gravel, a target and a stupid test for a laugh. It flew perfectly, though it was clearly noisier as it needed more thrust to lift the bag. First test was at about 20...

I have only been questioned once, though to be honest i am lucky to mostly fly in private estates. I was flying over a Scottish castle, which has been closed for months, its miles from anywhere, and no one was about, the carpark was empty. After i guess 15 minutes of flying a game keeper stopped...

My pal and i tried antenna attachments last week, both yagi style and parabolic style. We were both super sceptical, and expected no difference, but the costs were low and it was a laugh. To set the scene, we fly over a private highland estate, the owner knows, my holiday home is 100 meters...

I was surprised the difference in precision landing my pal and i were getting with 2 drones, MM and MP, we both have one of each. His were spot on every time, mine were slightly off every time, just a few feet and no problem to correct. However, when he flew my drones they were spot on. We...

Very interesting, I had an inspire fall like a rock from a little over 220 meters, RTH on its own after being up the side of a hill looking at deer. It lowered its landing gear and fell like a rock, i wish i had thought to try to re start the props - i just stood there open mouthed. However, i...

If you can load it onto the ipad, and turn everything off when using the ipad , then it will be fine. If you run the flights as minimalist as possible it works, so to push the ipad as lightly as possibe it will be fine. I have a mini 2.3 and 4, as well as standard and pro ipads and all work fine...

I use it and its a great general guide. Do some trials in stronger wind conditions at low height and in close and then set it up to match your observations. I always check the higher altitude and return to home height, as its more important whats happening up there than down here. Mine is set to...

This is similar to much of my flying, in the scottish mountains looking at deer herd movements. I take off from a lodge, fly up to the hill top, where the deer often are, in a dip by a pond, and if i dont find them i go over the top to look for them. However, i dont dip down on the far side, as...