Recent content by Sprucegoose

Yeah, I think height was the determining factor.

It was rather calm coming back would have been with the breeze.

Yeah, I am certainly ok with the rise in altitude in retrospect. Thanks for sharing that.

Oh come on...Cut- copy - paste! No need to type it out! J/k I did, read the whole list before posting, and I can understand why many outdoor settings may be less than ideal for the sensors but that list reads more like a CYA and can apply to a host of situations that are not 100% ideal for...

Interesting, our water is far from transparent and I instinctively would understand it having a loss of altitude over clear water if the drone couldn’t differentiate the top of the water VS the solid bottom but gaining altitude? Maybe a reflection issue? it was rather calm. The St. John’s river...

So I was flying and doing some filming Sunday with my son and had an interesting experience. I was shooting some footage through some pretty open wooded trails along the river here in FL. And decided to take the mini through a large opening and out over the water only about 30 feet out and only...

I agree and I learned a lot from the replies on this so thank you to all the experienced pilots and videographers and Did you notice how much better the second part of the range test looked though when he put the light from behind as he was coming back? Lighting and setting are huge.

I think they were saying for the extra batteries.

Just thought I would complete the post, MM came today!

Update...cleared and should be here Monday!

Thank you for the welcomes! I certainly should have done that first as it seems to be a regular thing with DJI through customs.

So it has been about 20 days since I ordered my MM from DJI and I had shipping confirmation a couple days ago ?that it would be in my hands tomorrow (Thursday) but this morning it says “unknown delivery due to clearance delay” So I understand it has to go through customs and i am sure there are...