Recent content by mquinn1963

I bought the crystal sky monitor from Dji. It's a bit spendy but the screen is way brighter than any cell or I pad. I love it.

Sounds like you should at least recalibrate the compass. But I would suggest doing all of them. If you take off does it hover in place ok? And also make sure your in GPS flying mode.

I have the headset and I LOVE it. I actually need to get new glasses as being nearsighted I have to adjust my glasses to use the headset. A couple things you should remember though. If your going to use the headset you are supposed to have another person to keep a visual line of sight on your...

Hi And Congrats>... Im still learning as well and I have the mavic pro platinum. 1: Ive heard others say that if your controller is set to "BEGINNER" mode it will also restrict your flying distance. Also as someone else mentioned anything between you and the drone can block or decrease your...

Frank, Im not sure the POI mode will work even if you take off from the same location every time? But if you do WAY POINTs those "points" are stored and SHould always be the same no matter where you actually take off from. IT might be difficult to get all sides of the house unless you do a zig...

NO. I do not believe the height of a building counts? Now someone may prove me wrong but from everything I have read its based on AGL (Above ground level). Now if you were at a 500 foot HIll, you can fly 400 feet about that... Thats what I believe Ive been reading. Anyone else have that info?

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THe the HEck is "an aircraft reactor? " I didn know we were using nuclear powered planes now??? Guess I should keep up with the NEWS. ?

sounds like a software glitch to me. Make sure when you turn the drone on that the camera does its calibtation dance.

RTH will tell the drone to go to your SET RTH altitude and come in a straight line back and descend straight down. A coulple things to remember. Although we are required to fly below 400 feet ake offtyou must also remember that is 400 feet AGL about ground level. SO if you take of at the base...

Not to dwell on the fact that you should never attempt to fly if ANY battery is less than 50%, Several things here. First, when you start up your drone you need to wait for the GPS signals to get aquired and the HOME POINT is set and it says "home point updated" before taking off. 2nd the RTH...

The video plays perfect for me too... I had the same problems and was even in contact with DJI about it. THey didnt see the problems either. I ended up buying a NEW dell laptop that was 4k compatable. Problem solved. The videos from these new Drones is VERY hard for any older computer to...

There is NO expectation of privacy in Public. If Im in a public place I can take pictures or record video of ANYTHING I can see from that public place. Where you Might have an issue is if your over NON public property. So far I dont think they have made a law about this but it will be...

I wouldnt worrie about the firmware until you can get through the calibration processes. IF your still having problems there are a LOT of great YOUTUBE videos that may help. Good luck and remember most mavic pro accidents are going backwards into a tree or something. That was My first within 5 min.

Thank you for going through the process. Its people like you that will make us look a LOT better in teh eyes of the FAA and other government agencies. I saw that the AMA membership also has insurance associated with the yearly dues. I havent done much yet other than getting my FAA...