Recent content by raylo32

I hope someone at JPL doesn't hit RTH (Earth) by accident! ;-)

Just took mine to FL for the first time to visit family. I have a Gannet bait release so we took the Mavic beach fishing. No luck with the fish yet but the Mavic and the Gannet performed perfectly. Only beach related issue was trying to make sure the landing pad, a towel in my case, stays...

I am doing similar plus I use the discharger linked earlier to discharge unflown batteries down to ~60%. This might have a little positive impact on battery life, plus I feel better not having a bunch of LiPos sitting around at 100% for 10 days for safety reasons, even as rare as DJI battery...

There is a charger that will charge to ~storage. The RC Geeks unit has a switch that selects 100% charge or 65% charge. The 65% is good for automatically bringing up flown batteries to a consistent voltage. But it doesn't have the discharge function. It still puzzles me why no one sells a...

I have struggled with this question a bit for the Mavic2 and my e-bike battery packs. My conclusion is that any battery type that comes with onboard smart BMS doesn't technically require using a discharger to get to storage mode as they will do this themselves over time. Hence no one seems to...

Not that I know of. This particular use is pretty benign, only to carry a bait out a little farther than you can cast. I suppose a drone could be used as a visual spotter for fish like cobia that cruise down sand bars. That might start bordering on unfair and need to be regulated. Can also...

Can't move it, the sensor has to be where it is for the device to function. The rubber band is pretty strong and would probably hold against all but the most radical g-forces, but adding a little tape won't hurt. They could have made the design better by having 2 hooks that spread the band...

Wow, this thread is timely for me. I got this new device, a Gannet remote bait release, that mounts to the M2 via rubber band. The rubber band presses on the battery latch release buttons. I haven't tried this thing in the field yet but when I do I'll probably add some secondary battery tie...

Not a version issue, it was a manufacturing mistake, using a board programmed for a different Gannet product designed to work on a different drone. The double click thing is not a Gannet issue, that is how DJI has the aux lights set up to work. The programmed button cycles through on-off-auto...

I have just been in contact with Gannet and apparently the unit they shipped me has the wrong circuit board and software version to work with M2. Apparently the M2 aux lights are frequency modulated, IOW their brightness depends on "flickering" on and off faster than the eye can see. This is...

Which model drone and Gannet do you have? I have a M2 Pro and bought the M2 specific Gannet that activates from the M2 aux light under the main body. Only problem is it doesn't work. The Gannet light sensor simply ignores the M2 LED and the release pin remains open when it should shut. I...

I ordered one of these things and am having some issues and I am wondering is anyone else here has one. If so please PM me. Having problems both with the device and vendor support. I'll have more to post on this later depending on how things work out...

They charge more because they can...

Not at all... although the challenges will be many. I can't see how one could deliver anything to my stoop. Townhouse with huge tree, 10 feet of steps, iron railing... you get the picture. Maybe the driveway where it could be seen and stolen. I just don't believe some of the rules that they...

I guess my comment is that this is another thing that makes no sense in terms of safety. May tick all the regulatory boxes, but please.