Recent content by dmac1

Thank you! You saved me from trying to finish reading 'the rule'. Sounds like they didn't address it. I was trying to find answer to exact same question, without the ocean aspect. And no, I'm not gonna say where I might wanna fly that prompted me to have the same question, but I will say its...

From the Final Rule: There are three ways to comply with the operational requirements for remote identification. The first way is to operate a standard remote identification unmanned aircraft that broadcasts identification, location, and performance information of the unmanned aircraft and...

I got the following from the FAA today. My understanding is that, since I'm a hobby pilot, each of my drones doesn't actually need registration, but I personally do and I am registered. Thus, the rules don't apply to me and others like me. Is that you guys' understanding?? Effective date is...

My drone is a Mavic Pro (see initial post). "Spotlight mode is intended for a stationary target." I wonder if you aren't thinking of Point of Interest mode? Spotlight will for sure follow a moving target. See my vid below that shows it beginning at about 1:11. All footage in that vid of the...

I took my drone out to some wide open country roads and tried out both Litchi Follow and DJI Follow Me. The latter should be called Hover. I got it to move a couple times when I'd walk, but prolly 18 out of 20 times , it never moved. Litchi Follow, on the other hand, actually mostly worked! In...

Not really. I reverted to DjiGo app for my trip and didnt get to try it as much as I wanted and have had too much going on since to be able to fly. On my trip, I cemented the fact that, in DJI optical follow modes, the drone doesnt respond quickly enough to direction changes and thus its...

I ride dirt bikes and recently tried my Mavic Pro 1 in similar terrain. I too found Active Track modes Trace and Profile to be woefully inadequate for high speed action. I could get the drone to stay with me, even at a decent speed (slow actually tho for a dirt bike) but slow down suddenly or...

I want to see if Litchi Track will work better than Spotlight in DJIGO4, but haven't yet been able to get it to work. The instructions for Litchi include the following under Track Mode, but I am unable to control the flight of the aircraft while Track is operating. What am I missing?? You have...

Does this work off GPS signal phone is getting? If so, this seems ideal unless you weren't gonna have gps signal on your phone (i.e. setting turned off) or if you were gonna go into the forest or something/someplace where you wouldn't want the Mavic to go. Does the Mavic land on ya if you've...

I use an S6 and haven't exerienced any problems, but I tried the power bank idea and it didn't work. Apparently, I had things connected wrong though. I had the power bank plugged into the USB on the bottom of the controller. Will try it your way. If it works well, I'd think one could velcro...

My Mavic Pro's gimbal cover (attachment tab) was broken when I got the drone for Christmas. The drone/camera/gimbal works fine so I'm not worried about it. I just ordered a new cover when I got some other accessories. I didn't wanna mess with the hassle of returning, etc for something that makes...

You must register, quiz or no quiz. If you are going to be making $ from drone flying, you should register your drone under section 107 which is for commercial use vs where I'm registered as a hobbyist.

I too ride dirt bikes, but am new to my Mavic. However, I read that a Mavic Pro's controller will fit nicely in a Garmin Rugged Mount for their Montana, which is exactly what I have on the bars of my bike! Apparently, a small soft wedge of some sort is all that is needed for a snug fit. I've...

Yes, but it can be turned off. To check if its on, go to the visual navigation settings in the app and scroll down. When enabled, it only works when flying forward, so not in profile. And how effective it will be is questionable and will likely depend upon what the obstacle is. Related...there...

Well....I can now answer my own question after today's flight. The max distance setting was limiting how far the MP would go from home. It was pretty windy and I was gettin high wind warnings on the controller, but I gave it a go anyway cuz a blizzard is forecast for tonight/tomorrow so it'll...