Recent content by rwilliam99

I don't know if anyone watched the video until the end, but it appears as though DJI determined it was some kind of defect as they are replacing the drone for free.

In 1999, mainframes still ran the big companies of the world and IBM was still king. You are right, the smaller, newer systems were less affected, but the banks and insurance companies of the day all ran on big iron. Most of them still have a significant amount of old, legacy code, too. If...

As someone who personally applied an IBM fix for an incredibly serious Y2K flaw only 6 months before Y2K (it shocked me no one had found it until then - IBM was calling companies telling them they REALLY needed to apply this fix - it was that bad), it bothers me when people say Y2K was all hype...

One of the reviews I saw said it has a bit better wind resistance (12 m/s vs 10 m/s for the mini 4). Seems like a decent improvement.

I looked at their website and it looks like most versions are available on steam. Are you saying you ran the game on steam and it allows you to use your RC2 controller for input? One thing I've had a difficult time trying to do is to find something that uses the actual controller for input so...

That is assuming you are in an area where you have cell service - if you do, you are fine, but if you don't you are kind of out of luck - I learned the hard way.

It happened to me once a few years ago - I fly where I hike which almost never has cell service so I couldn't login and was pretty much stuck. Its on my checklist now to make sure I do a test flight at home if it has been a while since I flew. I try and fly at home regularly just to practice...

A few thoughts: Obstacle avoidance - while it works reasonably well, you should NEVER depend on it to keep you out of trouble. It should be considered more as a backup The mini series does not do terribly well in higher winds - I doubt you could fly it stably in 25-30 MPH winds. With that...

Here is a sticky post from this forum describing how to upload your flight log: https://mavicpilots.com/threads/mavic-flight-log-retrieval-and-analysis-guide.78627/

Caltopo has a variety of options on layers to display. Here is one that uses MapBuilder roads as the base layer and an overlay showing public lands (different colors). https://caltopo.com/map.html#ll=45.02223,-122.22482&z=15&b=mbr&a=sma There are a lot of other possibilities as well - this is...

I will bet that the one on the top is the culprit - I believe the GPS sensor is underneath that tape.

And it is now sold out. I was wavering on getting this - seemed like a GREAT deal - but when I checked a few mins ago it is gone - sold out.

My understanding was that the 5 grand was restitution for destroying the drone. Not really a fine, but basically partially reimbursing Walmart for the drone he hit.

Thanks for all the background. I will begin digesting it.....

Can you elaborate on #3 a bit? To me, this makes no sense. If the flight path does not necessarily go thru a waypoint, what is the purpose of defining a waypoint? How does the flight path bypass a waypoint? What causes it to sometimes bypass a waypoint? It is probably something silly that...