Recent content by jwilson

Who is Puppy PI? Is that Google? I can see that barometric pressure around big waves wouldn't be that accurate. But my whole flight out there, the altitude was fairly constant. So I will wait for DJI to tell me exactly what happened. But thanks for your comment. You know more about this than I do.

But this altitude isn't measured by optics. It's measured by barometric pressure.

So Google said this: There's no single "normal" FOV, as it varies greatly by application, but standard ranges often fall between 50° to 80° for balanced general use (like portrait/document photos or basic security), while wide-angle lenses (60°-110° for landscapes/rooms) and telephoto lenses...

So I just watched the screen capture again, to see if the barometric altitude stayed the same when it hit the water, indicating the water was rising. To my shock, that barometric altitude actually went up during the crash. First to 30 feet, then to 40 feet! Very strange.

Obviously when it crashed it wasn't 10 feet above the water. If I hovering drone doesn't stay at the same altitude when it's over water, that's news to me. Why wouldn't it? But I like your chart. Read my new post at the end, and it will surprise you. It sure surprised me!

The same places they always are.

I will research what is considered wide angle and get back to you. The key parameter is FOV, not mm. The DJI Mini 3 Pro's native Field of View (FOV) is 82.1° (24mm equivalent). I thought 90 was a normal FOV.

No. This was in December 2018, my Mavic Pro Platinum, that had the battery attached to the top of the drone. The battery was slightly swollen, but I had flown with it a lot like that.

DJI finally provided me a link to upload the screen capture, so we'll see what they say.

Because the screen capture clearly shows this in orange numerals.

Why are you angry? It's true.

It's not a subjective opinion if I can see it's height in orange numbers on the screen capture.

Because the screen capture shows thus. 10 feet in orange.

Then why would it crash?

I could see what the drone was seeing on my screen. Duh. When your driving, can you see your car?