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After a week of family in town for Xmas I needed some alone time so I took my M2P out for a flight. Batteries charged and bag packed, jumped into the truck to find something interesting. Long story short: after flying around for about 15 min I stupidly switched into sport mode and did a vertical...

Same phone here. Bought it for the screen in all respects. Only one flight with 11 pro max but so far its been great-- definite upgrade from the iPhone 7!! One other thing that I've noted that I will pass along here, is where the phone is located. Putting the phone into the fold-out arms of the...

Wonder how well he autorotates in the event of failure ;)

Atmospheric and environmental conditions affect lift production, I would venture a guess that contributed to the warning (in addition to the payload/weight addition).

I just came back from a Pcola Beach vacation. I made the drive out to Perdido Key where there was an open 'hole' in the controlled airspace and park areas. Got some decent sunrise shots and beach footage. Learn from my mistakes though: Sand goes everywhere when taking off and landing. Put down a...

I'd be interested. I won't be able to make the next 2 training events due to other obligations unfortunately.

Yes, manned aircraft fly thru clouds all the time. Depending on the pilot's intestinal fortitude, IMC can be a hair-raising ordeal in and of itself. Don't further complicate their (or their passenger's) day by putting a solid object in a cloud they could potentially ingest into a turbine, rotor...

Environmental factors will come into play as well when it comes to payload capability. Its a moving scale balanced on a 4x4 truckbed going down a bumpy trail (i.e.... its all over the place).

Martin UAV and AAI are a few examples. I'm sure there are others out there. https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/global-force-symposium/2019/03/28/the-army-picks-2-drones-to-try-out-to-replace-shadow/

US Military likely wouldn't consider DJI. There are plenty of homegrown companies working to fill the needs of the military.

Hehe, wasnt me that captured this. I saw this video on the morning news. Someone had a visitor on their windshield wiper while driving the city streets and the passenger shot a video.

Yep, I have one, works well. May get a few strange glances from the awkward setup but beats more expensive ones for stabilized 4k. One thing I noted was the portion that attaches to the M2P remote was really tight. Took some finagling to get it on there. Anyone else experience this?

Welcome! Huntsville AL here as well.

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Ha yep those first few months we were at BNA were a bit, well, lets say sporty. They are always busy there. ATC had to work us into their pattern one evening when returning from a training IFR flight. The controller keyed the mic, gave an audible annoyed-sigh, gave us our clearance and...