Recent content by Nonchalanta

I have one of those just start batteries that is going on nine years old now. Still worked last summer to start a little 4-cyl car that a completely dead battery. Mine is a Stanley brand bought at Sam's Club.

Had one on the farm where I grew up about 40 miles north of Dodge City for decades. Tornado finally took it out. Two years ago another tornado took out the rest of the farmstead, even the barn that had been there since 1906. Only thing left standing was the stone house, minus the roof. It was...

Mine has been great so far. I like the larger screen and brightness over my Android phone.

Electrical lineman is another possible source. They climb poles routinely. If someone does climb and get your drone, be sure to take them out to dinner.

I had that problem. Turned out to be the cable between the phone and controller. New and different cable and no more errors. You never know when it will happen. Try another cable.

My smart controller arrived this afternoon. It is charging now. Hopefully the weather will be decent tomorrow.

I placed my order for a Smart Controller on January 17th with Blue Skies Drone Shop. Still no word on when it will arrive.

You scraped the bugs off your drone that time.

Just this past weekend I went to ensure my Mavic 2 Zoom and controller were up-to-date. They were not, and when updating the drone itself, it let me know the battery needed updating. After doing the first battery, I shut down and started the routing with another battery. It updated. Same for...

We use them at work in buildings where you cannot go without full dress-out including respirators. Hazards include rodent/bird droppings (big hantavirus problem here), radioactive contamination, berillium dust, unknown atmospheric conditions, etc. Also structure instability. Mavic 2 Pro uses...

There are three sets of two wires each in this video. The sets of two wires each are actually connected at the ends. They carry the same voltage/current/phase. Nothing if these touch.