Recent content by Don the engineer

I think this answer depends on what you do with your rig. I take forensic photos of structures. I've used the Zoom and Pro and even on the same job. I borrowed a friends Zoom and brought it on the job with me a couple years back. I used me smart controller for both rigs, on the same day and with...

Hey Doug, I havent tried the cases you specified but I bought this case over two years ago and it has stood up to airlines, water, back of my truck, El Paso summer... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NXV95H6/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_V1HJ4V4JPE28P3T0WWNM?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 I have a Mavic 2 Pro and...

I had the firehouse lights, which worked well but they were kind of sloppy looking. I recently purchased these from lumecube Strobe 3 Pack - Anti-Collision Lighting for Drones which are much better. The mounts are velcro. I'm not a fan of permanently sticking something to the aircraft but the...

I'm not sure how to do that Thunder. My RC has the strange proprietary port on the left which is hooked up to my phone. it also has a standard USB in the front bottom, but it doesn't seem to take a charge through it. With the exception of trying a splitter I'm not sure I can charge and have it...

For those Interested I got an update to this thread for a job I had to do this last week. I had to map 20 buildings in El Paso and needed to be able to recharge batteries as quickly as possible to get them all done in 4 days. I have a power inverter built into my truck so I could run a battery...

I bought 4 firehouse white strobes for daytime operations. The front pair I put on fast strobe and the rear I put on slow strobe. I took a thick piece of lexan, shaped them like a lens, and put it over the top of each led pack to increase peripheral visibility. They work great. At long distances...

I picked up some high discharge strobe LEDs for my M2P. I could see it from 2.5 miles. Technically, I couldnt see anything other than the strobe. But this was a cluster of .5 mile long storage facilities outside of El Paso just a few days ago. Today I flew a 75 ft building and was no more than...

Almost no lag on the head tracking! These are really cool! Gotta get this range issue fixed though. Saw some other threads with some good advice

Thanks!

The fracture pattern on what is left from the wing indicates that the top was in tension and the bottom in compression. This is not consistent with hitting something during flight which would cause a horizontally oriented neutral axis vs the vertical axis present. The fracture pattern is also...

Have you tried calibrating your compass?

What platform? Do you have anything non stock on it? How high were you?

I'm curious, so like if this is true: I suspect you could break down professional UAV pilots into the following categories: 1) Photographers who wanted the extra abilities 2) Pure drone enthusiasts who are really good and marketed those skills 3) Professionals who come from other disciplines...

First you need your FAA 107 Commercial license. Then you can either put an ad in Craig's list, or check out sites like dronebase.

Hey Dan! I'm from Hutto just North of you. I'm a forensic engineer and I run a M2P and waiting on a Matrice 210. Welcome to the forum!