Recent content by Dspace

Ok, sounds perfect. I’ll be an eager participant when you’re ready. And no worries on the risk. I’ve owned enough drones to be realistic , plus I always have my State Farm drone PAP policy in place. Even if I don’t go for the M3, I’ll at least get the Air2S. BTW, where are you located? That...

Wow. This is way way over my ole-guy head but I assume you’ve written your own custom open source Mavic “tracker-phone”controller app using Python, and it requires you to unlock the controller firmware to gain access to control functions (figuring this voids typical warranty). Is this something...

Yeah, Active Track on my original Mavic pro was generally useless and I was really hoping that my Skydio2 would solve things. It’s great for certain applications, but these over-water wind sport applications just don’t cut it. Skydio doesn’t even have an Auto-RTH function, plus it’s tracking...

Surfbird, that’s awesome. How does your tracking phone work? And how are you programming a delayed takeoff and emergency landing locations? I assume this is the Go 4 app on your phone? I’m really rusty on my DJI controller knowledge since my Mavic Pro days. And you’re exactly right, long...

Yeah, perhaps just wishful thinking on my part. I set my Staaker to fly at a fixed”compass” angle and it‘s obviously at a fixed altitude above water. Our hand wings are pretty large and provide decent contrast with the water, and I’m not going all that fast or changing direction too quickly, so...

So, I’ve owned a Mavic Pro and a Skydio2, but neither have been very effective for my niche self-tracking application. I wing foil where I launch from shore and ride around for awhile with the drone tracking me. Beyond reliable tracking, a key requirement for the drone is to have an...

Longtime kiteboarder here with a similar issue though I’m already at the age where the joints won’t sustain landings from even 10 m jumps, and a recently torn meniscus to prove it. Active Track in any of the DJI drones wouldn’t survive tracking an aggressive kiteboarding session at all, and...

DJI Active Track will always be limited by line of sight issues and fast direction changes of the target. This has been rehashed many times over on this forum from day one. Forget all the latest Active Track improvements, or things like contrasting clothing, etc, it’s still pretty crude. If you...

I’m not surprised they added it later. Not in the market for an MP but this (along with the EVO about to go live) definitely makes me think an MP 2 is getting closer

(You forgot the first one on the list) Mavic Pro with 1 extra battery $899 = $189 off

Not at all. FPV racing drones, cheapie crash’m learning drones, small selfie drones, cinematography drones (mostly DJI with basic to Studio level), and the type I’m most interested in, autonomous self follow drones. I have a Mavic and just ordered a Staaker (autonomous Follow drone). The only...

The Skydio looks awesome for close in follow and even dealing with heavily wooded areas but it also seems to have its limitations. Cost: $2,500 (ouch). Developers also say the vision algorithms don’t like flying over water so they recommend flying over water bodies no larger than 30 ft wide...

Plenty of threads describing the weak performance of DJI Active Track and Follow Me modes. Hence the reason that specialty drones like Staaker and Airdog II have a niche market following. One thing I did to improve upon DJI’s weak follow mode was to switch to the “Autopilot” app, and come up...

Hand grab landing gear makes it a lot easier on a drifting, bobbing boat without much deck space

As far as Autopilot goes, there are several video tutorials including follow mode function that will get you going. The part about putting the controller/phone in a small waterproof case is just my own little solution for making Follow mode work while riding/paddling with the controller...