Recent content by erkme73

HE has cost everyone more than that, but I digress. I'm glad to hear that these SS guys were not power-tripping or out to make an example. Refreshing, indeed.

Just keep in mind that if you file a claim for a PAP loss, it will count against your risk profile for homeowners policy renewals. You may find that you no qualify for lowest rates after the claim. Just something to consider. There's no such thing as a free lunch ...

So then probably what happened is I was running an older "improved" firmware that removed max height limits from >2 years ago. I can only assume that firmware had made changes to the descent rates which were well faster (darn near free-fall) than the stock firmware/specs. Now that I'm on the...

Yes, multiple flight modes is enabled. When I switch from normal to sport, the horizontal speed is markedly faster. Even the ascent speed increases from 8mph to 11mph. But descent stays at 6mph regardless of mode. The remote reports sport mode and the options on app also change to reflect...

Ok, I made two quick flights with about 800' in elevation change (all below takeoff point). However, when I go to the flight record directory the flights are not showing up. I'm seeing the ones from weeks ago, but not todays. Is there a step needed to have the app finalize the txt file? From...

I will... As soon as I can break away....

I may do that once I have some free time... my "me time" has evaporated lately (homeschooling my kids)... That's what I presume. It did disable the sport mode and it took a while until I got that ironed out. I'm hoping there is a separate setting that enables the fast descent that I just...

I'm still flying my original Mavic Pro that I bought when it first came out (after waiting months for the initial backlog/delays). It's been months since I took it out of the case, and of course, i did the obligatory (to me) updates. After getting everything tweaked, I started flying both in...

Of all the posts here, what I find most interesting is that it is the group in Yemen that is claiming responsibility. That is surely inconvenient to the boys in DC that are hell-bent on going to war with Iran...

Seeing all the trees growing on the roof tops and balconies was surreal. Looks like that's the thing that may cause the most damage as the roots pry the building material apart enough to get them leaking, weak, and crumbling. So sad to see all that real estate, and the man-hours/material used...

There is nothing as permanent as a temporary government program... But I digress...

Baked much?

Not to discuss gun control, but rather preemption statutes. Quite some time ago (maybe 5-10 years ago?) Florida passed a similar preemption statute for gun control - basically forbidding local governments to impose any regulations which may infringe on gun rights. What was particularly...

I thought it was 236 hours... Arg.

That's so heartbreaking... It would suck to lose a drone via fly away - or to have one smashed to pieces right in front of you. But this... This is just evil torture. To have it so close, yet out of reach is a cruel joke. I don't know if I could handle the taunting!!