Recent content by Monument.AL

Recently aquired my new Mini 4 Pro and hand launched it near a tree. It seams to fly slightly backwards when launching and ended up hitting the end of a branch, causing the poor thing to flip over and drop to the ground. One broken, I believe they are called “front arm axis hinge” later, and...

When it comes to what controller I prefer, I have a foot in both camps. I previously used my Android phone with my M2P Controller; as my Gen 2 Apple iPad was not compatible with the DJI GO 4 app. Then one day my phone ran hot and the GO 4 app kept freezing while my drone was still flying, which...

Agree. I had the same experience. It was quite unsettling when trying for the first time. But after a bit of practice it all becomes second nature and I think nothing of hand catching nowadays. Well worth the effort of practicing - do that on a calm day first though :)

Yeah I was going to recommend prop guards too. Very useful when flying in tight spaces, inside buildings, etc. You can accidentely nudge a wall and do no damage to the props or the property - saves the airframe from crashing too. A good investment.

Thanks for the reply Steve. I wasn't aware that the MA2 gave audio ADS-B notifications, that is definitely a plus; and its great that the ADS-B works so well for you - I'm envious :) . Unfortunately I have a MP2 which was made before the beginning of this year, so I dont have the luxury of...

Being a conscientious certified drone/ RPAS pilot I have spent quite a bit of time thinking about and researching this type of potential of conflict between low flying aircraft and our drones, so I was thrilled to hear DJI announce last year that it was attempting to remediate this situation by...

Fair enough. I thought my eyesight was letting me down as I went through the entire list many times :) It would have been interesting to see how many people are using and recommend the Smart Controller. I use the SC as my primary controller, with my iPad Mini 4 as a secondary, and a Samsung...

The DJI Smart Controller seems to be missing from your list. I use the Smart Controller all the time and have the supplied Controller plus an Apple iPad Mini 4 set up as a secondary controller.

Yeah, here in Australia you cannot fly a drone closer than 30 m to people — other than those helping you to fly or navigate your drone. This means there is a cylinder around them from the surface to max height, just as you described. It DOES NOT mean there is a 30 m "bubble" over people as a...

Excellent!! That worked for me. I had just updated the firmware on my Smart Controller plus had a new router installed when converted over to Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN) this week. I wasn't sure what caused the Wi-Fi connection to no longer work on the Smart Controller. This...

Yeah, the APK approach worked for me too. The fact that DJI is recommending this approach was enough for me to try it out. SC and RC updated, M2P & Batteries updated with no issues. Went for a short test flight and all seemed to be good. SC as primary and RC as secondary controllers worked...

Hi Housenotes. Yes, by reading earlier threads here and watching Youtube videos I quickly discovered that the software and firmware updates reset your carefully collated settings, so I spent some time creating a document that listed all the GO 4 parameters together with the original factory...

Unfortunately common sense is not very common ? and people are prone to do stupid things without thinking of the consequences, hence we need all these regulations.

Hi Womble. Thanks for your experience. I too was considering using some fishing line attached to all four arms of the airframe connecting to a fishing weight below the centre of gravity, and then running down to a fishing reel. However the location had a number of potential risks that I was...

Thanks Casper52. Appreciate your thoughts and advice. Like you I'm a Safety-Sam and really don't want to end up on National TV having created a near-miss situation. The job is right under the main flight path to Sydney International airport, plus it is in a very busy area for float planes and...