Recent content by jumblemon

I know the owner of one of South Africa’s largest DJI dealers, he told me that he had bought a stock of Mavic 2 motors to ensure he could replace faulty units. He says he’s never had cause to do so where a crash wasn’t involved.

This happened to me recently in the middle of doing a Circle Quickshot. The controller lost communication with the drone and it was left hovering 20 feet above me, and directly over a steep slope. It would certainly have been damaged or lost had it lost power at this stage. I panicked for a...

I've tried strobes and skins and quite honestly after 200-300ft I lose VLOS. I'm starting to think I need a smoke emitter.

Mine isn’t choppy like that, it may be that he doesn’t have a fast enough SD card for 30fps/4K

If they are not damaged why change them? As soon as they show signs of damage surely they must be changed? What’s the point of changing them after a set number of hours? It’s not like they are going to suffer some sort of material fatigue.

I have this too. Thoroughly recommended.

My preference is to leave them installed, but to carefully protect them with a prop guard when I store the drone. I worry more about the risk of an unsecured prop coming off in flight than the risk of a slightly distorted prop. And I haven't noticed any distortion to date.

I’m not worried about the additional weight. The Drone Police’s mobile scales are only accurate to within <>50g. But I would worry more about the risk of motor over-heating. On balance I don’t see enough benefit to make it worth the risk.

What is the problem that they are solving?

Nicely handled by DJI. They could have refused the claim with some legitimacy. That’s why I buy DJI not a lesser brand.

50cm is over 1.5 feet. So the Skydio needs a gap over 1.2m to pass through

I like the look of the S2, but won’t buy one until it has shipped and had at least 6 months of sales to prove its reliability. Complex new products like this always have bugs and flaws at the beginning. I’d also like to see how Skydio respond to service and warranty requests once they are...

How easy is it to change the cameras if you buy the zoom as a separate item?

My reason is to try to improve line of sight distance.

So I took your advice and bought a Met Duo light. On the positive side they are super-light, and can be cut down. But I wish they were a little brighter (or even a lot brighter)