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Shakes head... If a drone is struck by a falling tree and destroyed, it's not pilot error. This is what DJI is saying. Same if taken out by a wave. My last post in this thread. I tried explaining this to a wrought-iron chair in my backyard, and it understood the difference between data from...

Nice find! Learned a few things, love the C1 button for hand launching. It's right there in the little dialog box on screen, but like most people who've been hand launching for years, i paid no attention to it and it was "invisible" to my eyes. I'm very old school, my first hand launching on...

I would not recommend this as a means to learn FPV as it lacks most of the functionality that makes traditional FPV distinct from camera drone flight, and is very limited. No Rate Mode (manual) or full 360 rotation around pitch and roll axes. It amounts to flying Normal mode, a.k.a. Angle Mode...

Sadly, the chick's are harder to hook at the local airman's bar as a crusty seasoned pilot, though. 😁😁

Aside for the moment, welcome to the forum @Nexus Dragoon! Been impressed with your very informed and helpful contributions so far, hat tip buddy!

It's pretty clear @jwilson has the financial resources for a drone loss to be nearly disposable, so taking these sorts of risks is no big deal. I get it. I'm a risk-taker, got the "thrill gene". If I could afford it, I'd be much more agressive with my drones. The Avata was a dream come true...

Correct. There is in fact a limitation similar to that often gets confused with being an offline limitation while it is not. The waypoint feature is not available in Fly until you have paired with and connected to a drone that supports this feature. So if you were flying a Mini 3 before and...

That works for me too, Monterey Bay Area, CA.

It's actually pretty simple, motion blur is related to shutter speed, and that's it. Framerate makes no difference in terms of the smear (blur) in a frame. How long the shutter is open is all that matters. So you want the longest shutter possible. Since the lowest framerate is 25fps, the...

Oh please. Does fraud occur on Amazon? Yes. Is Amazon known for selling counterfeit batteries? Certainly not. Some shady third-parties are. Buy from a reputable seller on Amazon and you have nothing to worry about. It's not hard.

It absolutely will NOT. It will split the power between multiple ports, the total adding to 100W. How it divvies up the power is not specified in any standard, so the split will be however the manufacturer decides to split it. However, 100W is plenty to charge most late-model DJI drone...

Completely agree, but irrelevant. This is a gedanken.

So maybe i wasn't very clear. Assume the following: The media was captured legally, within the requirements recreational pilots must follow YT is not important; assume the theiving party got ahold of it without permission, from a source that is not in violation of FAA regulations Yes, it's an...

There's also the problem of what subjects Active Track will follow, which is only people and cars, IIRC. Used to be able to "lock" on anything, but in the last few years DJI has narrowed this down, likely to improve tracking success. The POI feature of Focus Track can lock on anything, but...

Simply an idea that occurred to me, thought I'd throw it out there... Suppose your a recreational pilot, no 107 cert. You have a YT channel where you post amazing video and pictures, all captured in compliance with local, state, and FAA regulations. People love your channel. Someone...