Recent content by RickJW

Is it best to use sport mode when flying close to the surface of a river? Thanks, Rick

Thanks for the reply. I checked out 60 acres a few days ago and had a chance to talk to a fella that was flying a fixed wing aircraft. He told me what he knew about flying there and said I would have to join the AMA. When I got home I called the park office and talked to the director. He said I...

Does one need a 3rd party tracker instead of using the built in find my drone app is part of the GoPro app?

Speaking of confusing, a couple of short flights later, my iPad tells me I lost GPS and auto reverted to ATTI. Not sure what I did in panic mode, but brought it home and landed. Took off again and all was well. So, what is the best option when that happens. Google searched for over an HR with no...

Ok thanks. Was getting a bit concerned. Now I can fly without worry.

Here is the link to the video. Rick

It appears only one rotor is stopping and the blade are folded and not extended like the other 3. Not doubting what you said, only how it appears to me. Will upload to YouTube.

I decided take a vid of my Mavic to send to a friend and when viewing the vid I noticed motors stopping and restarting when locating itself to the home landing pad. Is this how these are able to fly? I can't send an MP4 in this forum. Can I just chage extension? Thanks, RickJW

That info is absolutely awesome to see. I can see what happened but not why. I would like to get the app you used to get that info deciphered. Some sort of log viewer.

Being I bought this Mavic Pro used on Ebay, I decided to play it safe after the issues I have had. I downloaded and installed DJI Assistant. What a debacle it was to get it to recognize the Mavic. Finally got it working and first thing I did was restore it to factory settings. Who knows what...

Hi folks, I the anyone on this forum in the Kirkland/Redmond Wa. area that has the time and willing to meet up with me over a cup of coffee to discuss my new-found passion?

Never even thought about s pre-flight check list. Just been so excited to fire up and take off. After 2 crashes and 2 sets of props destroyed, I believe it's time to fly like a real pilot. My AC is more than a toy.

What a great forum to get expert help and advice. I thank you sir for taking your time to assess and answer my questions so directly and to the point. Thanks, Rick

Nope, don't re OK, that makes sense to me now. There was a chain link fence near the take off point. But, shouldn't I have gotten a warning?

Because I have no idea what I'm doing with this drone stuff, I wouldn't know how to recognize which flight it was. Maybe from the 3rd to the 7th, but that is just a guess. I was inadvertently connected to wifi. It connected automatically to daughters router, and an update might have been trying...