Recent content by Huddy

“Life is what happens to you while you’re making other plans” - John Lennon

I didn’t realise barometric pressure was so accurate. Thanks for all the posts guys.

It’s possible. But it seems to me the information would also be available more easily from GPS measurement. I suppose I could check it out in a multi-storey car park.

But surely the accuracy of GPS is the same in both horizontal and vertical axis? It certainly seems accurate horizontally.

I’ve heard it said in here that the Mavic uses a barometer to measure its height. Or at least it uses air pressure. I’ve always wondered if and why this would be. It seems air pressure can vary during a flight as weather systems move about. It just doesn’t seem a robust and reliable method...

It’s interesting the OP sees the problem as being with his drone, rather than with his mobile phone. DJI go to great lengths to provide cables to suit most phones. In fact, maybe all phones except the one the OP uses. What are they supposed to do? Supply us all with a reverse cable in case we...

The RAF fly quite low in the Lakes. It’s a training area. It’s difficult to say how low they’re flying because the terrain undulates. I’ve been driving along the M6, and it seems to me they’re flying straight at me. They’re well below the level of the adjacent hills, and maybe 200-300 metres...

I think earlier posters have identified the problem. If that’s not the case, then I was going to say, although you say you ensured the home point was set before (or shortly after) taking off, did you notice where the home point was after it tried to land? Had it changed?

The original post didn’t recommend anything. The poster referred to ecstasy showing some promise. The post ended by recommending that anyone who might be considering going down that avenue should seek medical advice from a primary care physician. It’s a perfectly reasonable post. It’s on topic...

I don’t think MrsTreat was trolling. I see no evidence of that. Some drugs do have positive effects, but they’re usually offset by negative side effects. I know people who’re on anti-depressants, and they carry side effects that I consider worse than the original condition. It’s always worth...

I’ve had many people in my life who suffer from depression. I try to convince myself I’m not the cause of it. In my younger days, my then 19 year-old girlfriend developed a psychiatric condition for which we had to seek out treatment. Back then they called it paranoid schizophrenia. You couldn’t...

I have a Pro. If you look at the downsides of the Air, it has a shorter range and the flight times are shorter. But in over a year of flying, I’ve never flown anything like as far away as the Air is capable, and I’ve never flown with my battery below 40%. So the Air would be more than capable of...

Thanks for your advice. I’ve been out with the drone this afternoon and it’s working fine now. I don’t understand why I had that same problem with two devices. Tapping the screen did nothing once in camera view. The only way out was to close the app. I feel a little relieved.

I took my drone be out today. After setting up it reported inconsistent firmware, and updated itself. I then kept getting ‘Zoom not available in 4K’. I was unable to enter settings as every time I tapped anywhere on the screen I kept getting the same message. I turned to drone on and off, and...

I can’t see how you can retrieve it with a dinghy. If it’s still sitting on top of the ice, surely the ice will crack as you approach it. Do you know anyone with a fishing rod? Even if you can’t hook it from the shore, at least you could get a little closer in your boat?