Recent content by stanbrown333

I am flying an MA2 using a Smart Controller. Videos and still shots are recorded on the memory card in the aircraft. I have also set the SC to record videos and stills to the memory card in the SC. Everything does go to the card in the drone. I can retrieve everything and download them to my...

Part 107.29 and Greg Reverdiau's explanation of it in "Part 107 Made Easy"

Strobe needs to be on top so it is visible from above. It is for collision avoidance. Anything else you put on there is just for you and has no legal basis so whatever you want to do is going to be OK.

eBay, very cheap.

You are correct, and thank you. I did check the manual, but it was the Smart Controller Manual. It didn't enter my thick head to check the MA2 manual. Gah...live and (hopefully) learn.

Flying my MA2 this evening to get some sunset shots, decided I was finished and activated RTH. RTH proceeded as normal, no problem. When I was almost over my Home point but still at about 390', I decided to take a couple more shots so I cancelled the RTH. I took the shots, but when I tried to...

The three most useless things in aviation: - fuel on the ground - runway behind you - altitude above you OK, so the runway part of course doesn't apply to drones but the other two definitely do.

I haven't noticed much difference at all. They do not seem quieter to me and I don't notice any operational difference. As C.W. said, the color is the only real change. Nothing really wrong with them but not worth the extra $$. I doubt if I will buy them again.

I have done that on the Smart Controller. Profile/Settings, scroll down to bottom left. It does not use the term "Build #" anywhere. Below "Log Out" is the line "DJI Fly v1.3.0(928-official)" If I tap on "About" then on the right side are two items: Check for Updates and Auto Check for...

Mine also says 1.3.1 on my Smartphone, and I haven't done a download on the phone in at least 2 weeks, maybe longer, as I rarely use it any more since I got the Smart Controller. Speaking of which, I tried to do a download on the Smart Controller but all I get is version 1.3.0. Cannot get...

I beg to differ with you. I am by no means an expert but I do question your assertions. - "frustrating" What is frustrating about a gimbal protector? If it is the act of removing and replacing it, practice should help it that. This is no reason to not use it. - "dangerous" Please explain...

I think I am a perfectionist first, OCD second. Or maybe it's all mixed together. I, too, am of an age that is short on gray matter. I had a triumphant moment the other day when I entered a room and actually remembered why I was there. It was the bathroom, but still...

Likewise not sure I agree. The MA2 was exposing for the dark trees and woods around the church, so the church itself was very much over exposed with the setting sun shining directly on it. I still think an ND filter is the way to go, but perhaps on auto exposure. I haven't had a chance since...

I understand, and thank you. At the time I was trying to photograph and video a nearby church. It is a white building that faces west and it was late in the day so the front of the church was very bright. I put the ND filter on, hoping it would help with the exposure, but then everything went...