Recent content by Etopsflight

I found this map for reference. Since there are a few airports/airfields in Spore, considerable area is prohibited for flying drones. Spore is a great city to fly with it’s amazing skyline on the waterfront. Seems there is an active resistance to drones despite being no dedicated signage which...

Should be no issues if you walk through the green channel and don’t get stopped.

Guys Just got back from Phuket, no problems getting into and out of Thailand with drone. They did ask me what was inside my drone case and when I explained the security staff did not understand. She requested it be individually x-rayed but no problems. I did register my Mavic 4 weeks before...

Guys My Mavic was sent back for service on the last week of its warranty for a frequent compass calibration problem. Everything else was working fine when I sent it in. Never had any problems with it. I got billed for a gimbal replacement and not a word about the compass problem! I protested...

Guys Owner of a Mavic for just over a year. Bought the DJI Care Refresh, never/couldn't use it. If I were to do it all over again, would save my money and spend the money on 2 extra batteries for the Mavic. I think the product itself is very good, some hardware and software issues but no...

Gents I took my Mavic to Koh Lanta last year. No real problems except from German tourists who had a lot to say about drones. I'm off to Phuket later this year and have just submitted my form. A bit cheeky asking your salary in "details"! I expect with some low key flying I should be ok...

Guys That's what I was thinking! Why on earth did I not get a warning not to fly? That's one lesson learned! Cheers Etops

Filmscum It's good news, need to check if my portable HDD requires a firmware update. Left the password at home and forgot to save the details on my phone. I deleted the wifi connection so did not have wireless connection to it from day 2 of the holiday. Will check this evening after I get...

Guys At the end of my holiday and on the way to the airport there is a short ferry trip across a body of water. Boat was a roll on roll off ferry and we were the last vehicle onboard before she set sail for the 15 minute trip. Lots of space to launch and chose a location near the wheel...

Guys Never store mine at 100%. I always try to fly down to 30% and then recharge to approximately 50% for storage. Charging to 100 from 50 time wise is not too bad. If only the charger hub could have a function to stop charging at 50%, that would be ideal. Batteries are expensive and need the...

Guys It would seem my Mavic Pro is ok and the problem lies with my WD My Passport Wireless Pro. I flew a few more flights then found the files were in fact on the cards. However, I had to power up the drone first before the USB cable was connected otherwise a blank folder would appear. I...

Filmscum Did more research on the red aliasing and also realised it was peak focus setting although I have not confirmed yet. Spending more downtime lying on the beach with the wife instead of with the Mavic woes. Manually transfer, I meant by USB cable. I only brought the dedicated USB...

Guys I'll try the suggestions above. Today I had to calibrate, after my gimbal was askew. I powered down and up again. After power up, I had to calibrate again! I then recalibrate do the gimbal before flight! Cheers Etops

mfarris2 Took my Mavic for 2 more flights along the beach this morning not long after dawn. I have got some very weird red aliasing on my controller screen that does not show up on the video. I actually used the playback function for the very first time and could confirm the files are there...

Mike Yeah, the IMU I also calibrated once since new (Dec). Biggest pain is not the calibration, it's the askew gimbal and the power off-on sequence. Feel this should not be happening and can't find anyone else talking about it. Cheers Etops