Recent content by Dogpilot

It has some impressive features for sure. I just do not need to track down miscreants. DJI's implementation of thermal software and options for the use of the thermal data is very limiting. For doing what you mentioned, it is great. Using it for research is a disappointment. It is a very tightly...

Of course a Matrice would be better. I sold off my enterprise drones, both the 3T and 3E. Problem is they can only do their one job, not much else. I would still need to strap the survey camera on it, since DJI's multispectral is pretty much an agricultural tool, not geological. I can select...

Real world this week, 9.5 km out and back, sport out normal back. Landed with 26% battery. This is clear arid country on a high point, not too terribly high, but a bit of a knoll. 10 knot wind, measured, flying at 6,200' (1890m) altitude. Trying to track down the wild bison heard we have that...

After a few false starts I finally got large waypoint grid surveys working on the Mavic 4 Pro. Litchi has a beta Hub that can output files you can put on the RC-2 Pro. Still Beta and it does have a few errors that crop up. The M4P is a bit tricky on resuming waypoint flights after battery...

I suppose I too will have to bite the bullet and go for Sequoia as well. I've been putting off that update and IOS 26 as well. Since it seems to fix some video issues, may as well. Otherwise I think I have enough emojis, thank you. I just wish they eliminate the happy face as the model and go...

I did receive my battery for the M4P today from Japan. He did not charge extra for import fees and shipped two day FedEx. Best price I found. Seller was castletown-odawara. He does sell M4P kits as well. Sent some cool origami squares as a gift.

Got trial version #3 from Amazon yesterday. Did exactly the same photo. I also did the same photo stopping it down a few, all the way to f10. The blurry corner moved, again, to the lower left corner. It kind of goes away after a couple stop reduction. It does show, either there is some kind of...

I suppose it is anybody's guess how this is actually working. Thanks for being forthcoming. Really the only way to see how it is working is by the experiences of others. I have two different businesses, one is aviation. Most of the stuff is made here, but since Textron started to make items in...

I am not being a pinhead about this, I just curious if you have any proof they paid it? Normally it is on the declaration with prepaid items. Or it would be an additional sheet, but indicating fees paid and under what rules. Just trying to suss out how this is all going down. Not like anybody on...

Interesting, but did they attach the paid customs invoice? Again, reason I ask is the bill from customs comes months later, well after the 30 day period you have recourse with eBay. Mine did came well after that period. They didn't cut CBP staff. They take their time, but they eventually do send...

I have been curious about the seller prepaying customs. So did you get a receipt showing customs paid or what? I have mentioned before, I have received customs bills several months later. I am also curious which tariffs the seller paid, as they all changed, again, on September 1st. On the...

Not to belabor the point, it does not matter if the drone is used, duty is the same. If the declaration says it is a drill and it appears to be a drone, then it will get special treatment. There is no more de minimus exemption, everything is subject to tariffs, regardless of value...

BTW, shipping is way down. Many countries have paused shipping to the USA. Even container booking are at an all time low. So they are at an all time low on inspections. After midnight though, there may be nothing clearing customs. They may all go on vacation. When they do start back up, it will...

Korea, Japan, Tonga. It doesn't matter, every place you import from has an import duty now, especially since September 1st. Nothing is exempt, especially from the drone perspective. Many things like drones, have stacked duties. There is a stacked duty imposed on top of the minimum 15% of and...

I have had a bit of time to fiddle with the STARTRC wide angle attachment to the Mavic 4 Pro. In many of my images I found the lower right corner to be slightly blurred , or out of focus. Some images had no issues. Obviously this was due to f-Stop and brightness of the image. I returned my first...