Recent content by stevedevereux

Using the DJI app for my mavic shuts down if I don't give it permission to control phone calls, preventing flight if I don't agree. Anyone know why and how to get around it? I ferl highly suspicious of this.

I did not try to recharge the battery, disposed of it properly. After having had the Mavic checked out by a DJI authorised repair shop, I'm happy to keep flying it. Now it's 6 months later and no problems have surfaced. The main thing for me was using alcohol to flush out the salt water...

See my recent post "Mavic 2m under the sea - survived".

I sat and watched the whole video - fascinating! Learned a few things.

Alcohol can fix many things ... but only the good stuff.

The salt in seawater is already dissolved in the water. Mixing salty water and alcohol would not cause the salt to precipitate out; there's no chemical reaction to cause precipitation. Anyway from experience with people ending up in our pool with a phone in their pocket, the neat alcohol has...

Sending it in was precautionary; I'm 80% confident that it would have flown OK. BUT - attach a battery, it shorts out, fries the drone and anything it's sitting on. Or take off, something fails in the control system, it flies off and doesn't RTH - crashes into a baby's stroller 10 miles away...

Hello folks, thought I'd share an experience with you. At home we have a pool with a salt water system. When phones or electronics get into the pool, we immerse in burning alcohol to remove the water, agitate for a while, allow to dry out and they generally work OK. One phone had funny...

I have just registered on the EASA website on the proposed drone rules that they're making. Other forum members might like to do this also, requires registration at EASA CRT application . Here is what I posted as a comment; There is information on the drone forums (and specifically on the...

Hi Kenzero 7, I just got a Mavic Pro at the DJI dealer on Sheikh Zayed road. Getting the course done this week so can get registered. I'm in Dubai till 15 June then back again a month later for 5 weeks. Interested in hooking up, suggest you email me [email protected] if you're in Dubai.