Recent content by tom351

I would not worry about it too much- the lego crooks also use boats, cars, helicopters etc....the Lego crooks use whatever they can find- I would agree if they were theives that used drones in every crime. And this set comes with a drone and no crooks...

Thanks Netfolks2000, but SAR104 is correct, I was not considering the gyrometer- which would be able to determine orientation. I guess it might be possible that the aircraft programming over-rides the orientation requirement for motors to spin if the accelerometer senses that the aircraft is...

If the Mavic is in free-fall- I don't see how it could even know that it is inverted (ignoring any aero-drag) . There may be something that I do not know or understand about it's sensors, but an accelerometer would show no force in any direction during a free fall- and assuming the Mavic uses...

You should be OK if you are careful- for hand catch I always bring the drone down to just over head height, and then reach up and grab it from below- that is the safest way. You might be able to use tripod mode to make the movement slower and more precise when bringing it back to boat. I...

Keep in mind that the wind (aside from waves) can make hand catching difficult- not because of the wind effect on the drone, the drones stays in one place via GPS, but the wind will likely be moving you and your boat... There are good tips above- back it in for sure.... Also, at takeoff: if...

Nice video! Did you trigger the RTH yourself or did it automatically RTH upon signal loss? I am guessing that you triggered it because if the cable went bad then the controller should have still had connection to the aircraft- allowing you to see distance, altitude etc on the controller (not...

One other tip: set "Gimbal Control" to manual in litchi follow... otherwise the gimbal seems to bounce up and down and ruin the video... the manual setting makes "subject height" irrelevant. I just get going, and then dial the gimbal tilt in manually.

I use them when flying over the lake to cut down on glare off of the water...and it seems to work well for that. I just orient it horizontally so they work the same as polarized sunglasses. For professional use or for different purposes, they may require more "per shot" adjustment. here are...

same here- my S8 works great.

I use Litchi solely for the follow mode- it follows the controller's GPS location instead of visually (like in ActiveTrack) - It is similar to the GPS based "Follow Me" mode in DJI Go, but has many more settings and features....more here: Active Track - Can I move drone during?

Also, if you want to "set it and forget it" then you want Litchi GPS follow for sure... With ActiveTrack you have to worry about the drone losing it's visual lock and stopping. With GPS you know that it will follow you reliably - I modified a GoPro suction cup mount so that I can mount my...

I like the Litchi Follow mode for boating- since it uses GPS instead of visual you do not need to worry about it losing the subject. I have followed at about 32mph using litchi with collision avoidance disabled...If you use Litchi for this: Familiarize yourself with the Litchi follow...

I do not think there were any strikes....but there were a lot of birds around so it is possible ...I am pretty sure that it was camera/gimbal jumpiness from recording in sport mode.

A squadron of gulls intercepted me at about 25 seconds into the video...I went sport mode, out-climbed them, did a quick trip away and back to wear them out and get some separation, then did a quick hand-catch- did not fly at that spot again:

I have considered this- I do set the drone to "hover" instead of RTH if RC signal is lost. Also, when I switch apps the RC stays connected- sometimes it takes a few seconds for the newly launched APP to connect, but as long as the RC is connected and I have LOS it is not a big concern- that...