Recent content by jwblair

I used Best Buy. Same price, faster delivery.

I'm guessing that all drone manufacturers will want any new drone to be compliant with the proposed new FAA drone ID requirements.

You don't really need to know the actual value of the head/tail wind, but the following math will give you that: 1. Fly up to altitude. 2. Briefly fly full speed in the direction you want to go. 3. Note your ground (GPS) speed. 4. Briefly fly full speed in the opposite direction. 5. Note your...

It's actually WAY more confusing than that. The new US law states: (5) In Class B, Class C, or Class D airspace or within the lateral boundaries of the surface area of Class E airspace designated for an airport, the operator obtains prior authorization from the Administrator or designee before...

I have noticed this as well. I do not have the M2P (yet), but in preparation I was checking to see if my free version of Resolve 15 on Windows 10 would process the H.265 files. I don't have the links handy, but I downloaded off http://www.jell.yfish.us/http://www.jell.yfish.us/ some "generic"...

In theory it should be quite accurate. In practice I discovered that the displayed altitude drifted by several feet during flight See my post in another thread: mavic pro negative altitude on landing

The only question left is whether DJI will sell just the cameras.

Ok, let's talk about memory cards. (Jump to the end if you just want the final answer.) Background First, the names. SD means "Secure Digital" and is just the type of card. Most computers and card readers support the SD card. Smartphones needed something smaller so they created the "microSD"...

It is possible to write firmware that works on both by having the firmware check to see which camera is installed. Whether-or-not DJI did this is another question. The only way to find out (other than DJI telling us) would be for someone with both the Pro and the Zoom to swap the camera on one...

When I bought my first SLR film camera (1969?), my father, who had been an avid amateur photographer since the 1930s, recommended that I always use a filter to protect the lens. His logic was that it is way cheaper to replace a scratched filter than a scratched lens. He suggested that if I...

Vidcoder is a nicer user interface built on top of Handbrake. Both are free.

As others have mentioned, the F-35 was probably in a Military Training Route which allows low-level, high-speed operations. Also, as has been mentioned in many forum posts, helicopters are explicitly exempted from the 500' minimum safe altitude as are all aircraft over water and in "sparsely...

Aloha! This sounds like "normal" drone altitude error. We wanted to use drones to catalogue sea life here in Kaneohe Bay. If you know the size of an object (in pixels) and the altitude that the picture was taken, you can calculate the actual size of the object (if you have calibrated your camera...

Beware of upscaling. I have a 27" UHD monitor for video editing on my Win 10 desktop and a 70" UHD TV in the living room. Often the TV is not receiving a 4k stream and is just upscaling. When I use the smart TV to connect to Netflix and watch a 4k movie, the Vizio "Info" button shows the stream...

I did some tests on Home Point Me and it appears that the HP used is the controller's position at the time the RTH button is pressed. If the controller moves after the RTH button is pressed, it still goes to the position of the controller when the button was pushed. Having said that, I have no...