Recent content by hiflyer201

I started flying drones because I wanted to capture scenes I had been viewing for years while flying aircraft. There is really no way to put those scenes into words and they are extremely difficult, if not impossible, to capture from an aircraft. My drone has captured scenes of places I only had...

Meta, in spite of your good efforts, I don’t think you are going to get through. I have 87 years of experience, but I’m still in the dark as to what some of these people actually believe.

I see several amazon vehicles on my cul de sac street every day. Nearly every house has a tree that would prevent delivery anywhere’s near a secure landing spot. I can’t envision profitable drone deliveries. I ain’t going to happen

Slow the yaw down first of all, and then find an open spot ( not your suspicious neighbors house) and practice orbits. Lots and lots of orbits. The key is muscle memory and that takes lots of slow practice. Your drone can do things the movies could only dream of just a few years ago.

Occasionally you have to log into DJI I think I’ve had that problem when I hadn’t flown in a long time.

I’m hoping to claim ownership of the air surrounding my property. I figure I should be able to retire on the fees collected. Oxygen ain’t cheap.

I’ve learned the hard way. If you don’t have satellites stay on terra firma

even if it picks up the satellites after take off it’s going to probably lose them again before landing just when you need them most.

I apologize for being a doubter but: I’m sure they have an IA on staff for inspections. I’m not familiar with that wing but it looks like an intake of some kind by the way it’s painted. I would be willing to bet that drone in the bag didn’t hit an aircraft. I have no doubt that some yo-yo...

Show off 😏

I’m sure you calibrated the sticks. I have found that if I vigorously rotate the controls prior to turning on the power that I don’t get the calibrate command. I’ve always had minor control glitches with my 1 eg.. the gimbal wheel yawing the drone… un commanded yaws .. etc. a couple of rapid...

I don’t see much help from color in the sky but anything bright is going to be a huge plus if you ever have to do a ground search.

I guess because I’ve been climbing to 5000 and beyond for sixty plus on practically a daily basis I’ve lost the enthusiasm.

I would guess that there is no chance to be granted permission. I’m curious as to what information you would expect to gain. My air 2 flies fine at a density altitude of 5000 ft. That’s often the ground level altitude in the desert in the summer.

Most of those fire TFRs are the moving type. In my experience, DJI’s airspace is larger than the actual TFR. You really have to give them a wide berth, and they last for days because of clean up.