Recent content by Tristar500

Oh, and yes, the damaged battery is sitting in a metal pail or water in my backyard till I have the opportunity to take it to the hazmat dropoff location in my city.

I recovered the battery and it is in really rough shape. Split open and puffy. It hit the ground at whatever the terminal velocity a dji battery has when ejected at 400 feet. Fortunately, the drone, now a battery lighter and with much more drag fared much better and landed in some nice soft tall...

Right! It's going to DJI for an assessment out of caution. I've got a backup for tomorrow but may decide to leave the drone at home as I don't need any more headaches on my trip. Now. off to buy a lottery ticket :)

I understand what you are saying but I was going to be going to 380 feet tomorrow in Atlanta (if in a fly zone) so it was just a routine test from my place in a sparsely populated area where I fly at that altitude frequently. The only reason for the test flight was to make sure the software on...

I performed a test post-crash and it is possible to insert the battery enough to power it up but not have the latch click into place. I had never thought to double-check that. I believe that was the cause of the incident. The battery was not fully and firmly seated into the battery compartment...

I took my Air 2S up for a short test flight following a software update to be sure all was in order before doing a commercial flight the next day. I took off and went up to 380 feet. I turned the drone 360 degrees to have a look around. I then decided to have a look at a nearby shopping...

I'd been having issues with my Air 2 getting really squirrly imediatly after take off and in one instance it started drifting towards me causing me to jump out the way before it crashed into the side of my house. No major damage to the drone as it was moving relativly slowly but trashed all 4...

This makes good sense. Working on part 107 license.

Question, how high can we legally fly in the USA if for instance we take off from the roof of a skyscraper? Example, the Empire State building in New York City is 443 meters high. The ground is just 10 meters above sea level. I realize NYC is congested airspace and in controlled airspace but...

What if I'm in the middle of nowhere 50 miles from any Wi-Fi or cell service? Am I screwed?

I was unable to fly the drone tonight beyond a 100 feet or so because of the "not logged in" message. What's the fix? BTW, I don't use my personal cell phone for the drone, I'm using an older Samsung S7 with no sim card so I have wifi if I'm in range but can't connect to a cellular network...

I also fly hot air balloons and one of the ways we know we are above an obstacle is to look out at the horizon. If the object is higher than the horizon that you aren't going to clear it. This works well for tall objects in the distance, not for actually measuring the height of said object.

Tonight after work I went to fly my Air 2 and I get a message "you are not logged in". I rebooted both drone and controller, rebooted the phone. Still nothing and I couldn't fly more that a hundred or so feet and maybe 50 feet high. (I got some message but don't remember the details) I did clear...

This happened to me tonight as well. Don't know if it's because I cleared my browser history? Maybe. Anyway, If I'm unable to go to some scenic landscape out the range of wifi and can't operate the drone then it's useless to me. Purchased on Amazon and I'm still able to return it. It would be a...