Recent content by Mtn. Man

*FAA dang autocorrect. What is FFA.

DJI is asking the community to comment on the new FAA rules regarding: 1. Proposed new rules to allow professionals to routinely fly drones at night and over people. 2. How to safely prepare for Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM), implement payload restrictions and enable flight beyond visual...

UPDATE ON DRONE: I contacted a local diver and he quoted me $300 for a standard tank worth of time. That's a bit steep for jusy recovery, so I'll keep looking around. DJI got back to me and ruled it pilot error (as I already knew) and they are giving me 15% off a Mavic Air with one battery...

I cache my recent videos and photos on my phone for instant viewing and situations as such. I keep about 8gb on my phone.

Here it is. So the under the bridge wasn't the problem, I've done that before and the connection was fine. It was my dumb *** that flew right into the branch. I tried to correct it, but it was too late.

That wasn't my drone crash. I'll post mine real quick so you guys can see it.

You are **** right, I couldn't agree with you more. Every pilot crashes, it's part of learning how to fly. I'm at the river right now casting to see if I can snag it, if not I'm going to try and get a diver out here soon. I have some quotes already coming in so keep watching to see a recovered...

Thanks! I reached out to some dive shops out here, I might go in to get a direct answer instead of going over emails and phone calls. One of my buddies use to detail boats and he recommend some divers that do lost and found missions. I'm about to go out and see if I can snag it with a massive...

That's a great tip! I'm going to see if I can reach out to them to see if they at least have a recommendation for me. The area isn't dangerous at all, just a flowing muddy river is all which is pretty standard around here.

That's not a bad idea, not sure if I could find someone though, I'm in the plains of North Texas so not much diving is going on. Worth a shot though! I'll look into it. I'm hoping for some luck when I go fishing for it. I'm afraid there are too many root systems and stumps at the bed of this...

Floats are a 100% great investment.... I'm too late to notice that...

I just lost my drone today over a river. It was because of low hanging branches, but I did notice my aircraft not hovering like it should. I also noticed that it would loose and gain altitude with no input when I tried to hover over the river.

Would the current take the cast net? If I get one with larger weights might be able to.

It happened... The moment every drone pilot never wants to have.... First mistake- I was flying over a river... With trees overhanging... Second mistake- I was looking at my screen, not my drone. Third mistake- I didn't know my surroundings. It happened on my last flight of the day. I was...

You can change the setting of when your battery goes into hibernation mode in your DJI GO 4 app when the battery is connected to your drone. You must do each battery separately. It comes pre-programmed 10 days of no use it hibernates.