Recent content by GRH

Viewing a cattle drive from above. Head 'em up, move 'em out

Here is a 3-D view of the flight from google earth:

This is a video I did for someone else to explain how RTH works. The video is from a cached file on the controller, not from the drone itself. That way you can see the video distortion when the transmission signal becomes iffy. This footage is from earlier but in the exact same area. The drone...

Yes, losing a drone really feels like losing friend.

Thank you.

Thanks for you encouragement. I have Care Refresh and the replacement drone arrived yesterday. 5 days from the report date is pretty fast response time. I connected it to the controller last night but am a little nervous about sending it up in the air for some reason. My testing ground is a...

I enjoyed your comments and questions so much I decided to make a RTH example video from footage from last week. Mavic 3 Pro RTH height set at 180 feet The drone was on cruise control the whole time until RTH took over, speed about 8-10 mph. The launch point was at approx. 8160 feet. The top of...

Yes, it was set to RTH. That is what is so perplexing. It has always worked before. What was different this time!

Thanks for your comments. There is still more than what it seems on the surface. As soon I noticed that the drone was dropping I pressed forward on the left stick to raise altitude but the drone did not respond. By the time I disengaged the cruise control the connection to the drone was...

I had a fly away last week on my second flight on top of a mountain with a Mavic 3 Pro. The drone was in cruise control and the controller screen went blank with no warning. The signal transmission bar were still all white at the time, no orange bars, no video distortion, no warning except the...