Recent content by moldorf

wait a minute: you stay on the ship after being relieved by another captain....meaning you don't immediately go home to the wife? That's exponential relief; I wish I was a relieved captain anyway, as others have said, the Mavic 3 Pro seems like it should be your go-to drone most of the time. I...

I simply went to State Farm and took out a loss/damage policy. It was $60 for a full year and, that 60 dollars was in effect up to a maximum of $3000. If I wanted coverage above $3000 it was pretty cheap incrementally. IIRC $5000 coverage would have been around 85 dollars for the year I insured...

good explanation....although if I hadn't spent the last few years experimenting with drone video, that 1st paragraph would have had my eyes glazing over I 'graduated' from a Mini 3 to a Mavic 3. Still have the Mini 3 but almost always reach for the Mavic 3 the first thing is that video shot in...

that all depends on what you want to do anticipate a pretty steep learning curve for a lot of the better editors for myself, the first tool in my toolbox is Avidemux. In copy mode you can cut out parts of your videos that are unnecessary. I always have times when my flight is stopped while I...

if there is any wind at all, those will be awkward

1200 nits, not 1000

well, I guess if you can actually fly you could talk down to people all the time!:p

you obviously have never had Thanksgiving with my in-laws

looking at those nits numbers, and maybe I'm wrong, but I'm wondering if that was the maximum brightness rather than sustained brightness for myself, I have been using the 8" Tripltek with 1200 nits of sustaned brightness and a huge battery. Been extremely happy with the brightness and size...

huh? 1+Km? what about VLOS? I guess that leads to a question: for those people who use drones for real estate, do you just take pictures? or pictures and video? Are all the shots from well above the property or do you circle the building at a lower height?

I actually think DJI's binding/unbinding policies are good policies there are other things that DJI does I'm certainly not a fan of, especially the auto log-out feature after 90 days. If I pay $2000 for a drone, it should be my drone. I shouldn't have to share custody with DJI anyway, I've...

yeah, I'm very satisfied with my Tripltek by the way, Tripltek s making a Mini. It's a phone with a 6.1" screen. 1300 nits. Too high a price IMO...

a lot of people are fine with the RC screens.. I'm not; my eyes are too old and my fingers are too big for that smaller, less-bright screen I have a Tripltek 8. The screen is almost twice the size of the 5.5 inch RC screen and the 1200 nits vs 700 nits is significant. Those two factors make the...

thanks for the reply yes, I was wondering about using the laser to occasionally measure distance to the ground to insure staying within that 400' limitation. I've never used a range-finder so I don't know about what's possible and what's not I just use drones for recreation. I have a Mavic 3...

curious about the 4E: * is the 4/3 CMOS camera the same as on the Mavic 3 Pro? * can the laser range finder be rotated enough vertically to be used to measure AGL distance? if you look at the features of the combo package without considering cost, this would be a great drone because you also...