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Recent content by dsoar007

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    Close Call

    Sorry, I give up.
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    Close Call

    What does this mean? This is a 20 second video, you would think I was sending "Gone with the Wind."
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    Close Call

    How am I doing?
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    Close Call

    Here is video https://mavicpilots.com/attachments/upload?type=post&context[thread_id]=61508&hash=3b865d472e10e9b59753b638557f9589
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    Close Call

    My video did not attach.
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    Close Call

    This was a close call with Mavic Air, sensors activated. Sensors did not detect the fairly large diameter wires. I made the very bad mistake of looking for the drone in flight vs watching my ipad. Almost lost it in the Colorado River. My wife was spotting!!!!
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    Cell Service Reception

    I am not referring to getting cell service to fly but to update phone, send and receive messages. Just basically update the phone.
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    Cell Service Reception

    I boondock in an R V and can’t get cell phone reception about half the time and when I find a great spot, I stay for over a week. Great spots usually have zero cell site reception and I either have to hike to a high point or drive a few miles to get coverage. If I attached my iPhone 7 to my...
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    Welp, Guys I crashed it...Here's how it went down

    That was a classic, maybe you should give up droning (is that a word?) and start a production company. :) Very sorry to hear about that. Drying, now I am an ultra new pilot, 35 flights on Mavic Air. I would take battery out put it by defroster and when I got home, get out the compressor, turn...
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    Newbie, Parker, CO

    AP, Thank You for the feedback.
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    Newbie, Parker, CO

    Thank You for making me feel welcome.... Questions?!? When I hit the quick shot button and then try one of the maneuvers, it might ask height I want to go or distance, I put that in but cant figure out how to get it to perform circle , rocket, boomerang, etc???? In my settings, you can...
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    Newbie, Parker, CO

    I flew radio control and was fairly proficient 20 years ago, so I have no problem flying. The settings, features, quick whatever it is, I am confused and fairly lost, I take that back, I'm lost and confused. Any pilots that know all the nuances of the Mavic Air that are into a little hands on...