Recent content by Formosa Straight

Not sure but isn't this a question of it being a recreational or commercial flight? Helping out a buddy I would think is kind of irrelevant. I can help my buddy out by taking a vid of his boat, I'm still flying recreationally as I have not made any financial gain from the filming and making...

Wonder how many meals they skipped to buy their US$1000 DJI drone?

Ah California, you got to love them. I suspect just like anywhere else in the US the FAA is the sole agency responsible for who can and cannot use the airspace and for what purpose the airspace is used for. California might well say that they forbid anyone entering an airspace for a particular...

Plenty of good flying to be done in Taiwan. Beautiful along the coast line and into the mountains. You will enjoy your time flying here.

Not sure what the laws are in the USA but I can imagine them being similar to where I am (Australia). A lot of people get their private property confused with their privacy. If I am in a public place with a camera I can take pictures and videos to my hearts content of anything I feel like...

Having an IQ above a given level is not a prerequisite for drone ownership as evidenced by this particular video.

Depends on your definition of decent. For me decent equals a quad that has the flexibility to make adjustments for your own personal flight preferences with selectable flight modes. It should be able to fly for around 5 minutes ona battery. be easily repaired without the need to take a new...

I really love my Air2, but have smaller quads that I fly when I want to do FPV. They cost less than US$100 and don't break very often when I hit things. I'm really not sure who (what demographic) DJI is trying to target with this. Don't get me wrong, their product is pretty exceptional in a lot...

I'd be wondering why my wife bought me a present that will obviously need me to leave the house for a few hours :) . Good on you for enjoying yourslef and you are in very good company in that age group.

The distance makes no difference to me. If they knew better and were inside the restricted area then I support throwing the book at them. The rules are simple and clear and if you want to breach them then be prepared for the repurcussions. How far inside the zone is irrelevant and is not open...

Truly surprised this quality came out of a Master Airscrew branded box. I don't have them fitted to my MA2, still using the standard props and see no reason to change. But I do have them on many of my fixed wing RC stuff and consider them the go to product. Well made, well finished, balanced in...

I'm sure all these other features are nice to have, but.................! I usually fly by myself so using VR goggles is a mute point for me as I would rarely have a spotter. Follow, track, orbit are all available with the native DJI app. Also the function button is programmable to do certain...

Is there any point in using Litchi if way points are not supported by it?

I think it is irrelevant really. Most news agencies are not subject matter experts and just grab indicative footage. They really are just reporting a story and not compiling evidence. Hope the guy gets what is coming, very irresponsible. But I was a bit dismayed with the subjective bit about if...

Just to clarify that and put things into perspective. That piece of Styrofoam was travelling at over 500 mph relative to the the shuttles speed at point of impact. It did not rip the wing open. It created a slit in the heat shield by jamming into the crevices between the tiles. The super heated...