Recent content by Dragon2650

Screw it... At my age, I'm giving up drones and going to fly a Paramotor...

Ask Ken Heron! Flying too close to radio towers with a drone

Yes. There are some state parks on the SW corner of the lake, but I had no problems.

A video produced by the University of Dayton Research Institute shows in alarming detail what happens when a drone collides with a plane. | Fox News https://fxn.ws/2pZpCAG

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I use Strobe on lights. One white one on top using white Velcro on my white Mavic air, and a red one on the bottom using black Velcro. Extremely bright! Cheaper than Firehouse and you WON'T be disappointed! Like MavicFlyer, I use them all of the time since it's so easy to see a small drone far...

Hey Pilots! I have recently noticed that the map is not populating in the DJI Go4 App little box in the lower left corner. I have downloaded the latest map in the app settings/menu to no avail. I fly in Airplane mode. Is this the cause? I have the latest version and everything is updated...Any...

Yep! No issues whatsoever. I use white velcro on the top since by MA is white, and black on the bottom.

I use strobes and Velcro them to the battery with no problems whatsoever.

Here's the response I got last week: From: Gregory Edwards <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2018 9:43 AM To: John Sims <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Respectfully Request Permission to fly my personal Drone in Bimini Airspace Mr. SXXX, The Bahamas Civil...

On my excursion the MA seemingly never regained the connection.

Wow! The exact scenario I had. I also re-loaded the MA firmware but this time through the DJI Assistant program in my PC, just to be sure since I have read a few threads about this issue, and I reset all settings to factory default. I have not yet had the time to fly but will do so soon...

Ain't THAT the truth!

I understand that part, I just don't understand the Loss of Downlink for no apparent reason.