Recent content by Panhead55

The reason I pointed it out is because I see it all the time with new unexperienced pilots. When I take them out to fly for the first time after the lesson I let them put the drone down on the ground. When they face it towards them inevitably they push the controls in the wrong direction thus...

I'm sure I'm days behind this conversation. But as I read through the posts I have noticed one thing that no one has commented on. I work at a DJI authorized dealership. I am a 107 certified pilot and do a lot of commercial flights as well as training. I have experience flying everything...

I did receive a shipment of Mavic Air's yesterday at the Drone Store I work at. We unboxed one and charged it up to use as a demo. First impressions are that it is much smaller. The finish on outer shell is nice and shiny like a new car. We received several in Red and while I though who would...

The new DJI OEM Props are thinner material than the older version

I work for a drone store that sells DJI products. We received a shipment of the new "Low Noise Props" 8331. With all of the discussions around how quiet are the new props compared to the 8330 I just had to buy a set and try them. I took the MP out yesterday to a place I fly all the time that...

I work at a Drone store. We sell these items but you can get the on Amazon as well. "REMOVE BEFORE FLIGHT. You can drill a small hole in the gimbal clamp and affix this item to it and you will never forget again...

I had a red tailed hawk go after my MP yesterday and caught a part of it on video. As soon as I have time to edit the video with just the hawk I'll post it. Don't want to post the entire video. I saw the bird coming as I was flying within line of site. I quickly descended and the hawk missed...

This same issue happened to me a couple of weeks ago. I also hit Current Location assuming the MP would return to where I was standing with the controller and my phone. Instead it headed off to never never land and would not let me operate the controls. Lucky for me the battery was already...

Thank you all for your great suggestions. I also have a P4P and have filters for both Mavic and P4P. Everyone was correct in that the nature of the wide angle lens will make the eclips look like a small dot on the video. However, the suggestions to get up high and shoot video of the shadow...

As many know there will be a total solar eclipse in the US on 8/21/17. I am wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to video or photograph this event using a Mavic Pro. I'm looking for the following: 1. Is it possible to shoot video/still shots and not damage the sensors in the camera...

All; I'm sorry you viewed my post as "clickbait" whatever that is. I'm not real savvy about these forums as I have never used one before. Perhaps that's obvious to some of you. So if I offended anyone in any way that was not the intent. The intent was to get feedback on what I did wrong so I...

Msinger: Thank you so much for your analysis of the flight. I must have reset the home point when it did not respond to my RTH and started taking off toward the second home point (which is my actual home address). That would have been fine but obviously the MP did not have the battery power...

Mine always records the home point on takeoff. Not when it is 30 to 40m high. But thanks for the input.

Because it was lost until it was found.

You don't have to like it.