Recent content by vanderzyde0

I too am looking this fall for places in North West NJ to fly - post something you want to explore and let's see if we can meet up. I am in Mount Olive Twp out rt80 exit 26.

I haven't been around due to family health issues but have time now. I joined the Jersey Droners Meetup and look forward to attending a couple meetups!

I have also only flown over my neighborhood and a friends neighborhood. I don’t expect the county will get back to you. As soon as it warms up a bit and isn’t raining I want to start exploring. I completely understand that people don’t want drones over their heads when enjoying a day at the...

Cool - start looking for local and county parks up there. I love camping in High Point but we can't fly there.

As far as I know county and local parks are still ok to fly in/over. NJ state parks are off limits. There are also a lot of NJ landmarks that are not state run that are also OK to fly in. If you do get the Mavic Air let me know and we can get together and find a couple nice places up here in...

What exactly were the “needless repairs”? Since they are a factory repair service they have to warranty everything they do and likely felt these other repairs were necessary in your case.

You are going to get a lot of opinions on this topic. I have been using LiPos for about 2.5 years now in electric RC cars and trucks and now drones for 6 months. I have been doing almost exactly what you are proposing- I properly discharge them for storage and about every 45 days I check them...

The Air comes with an attachment to use the batteries as power packs. So attach the battery to your phone, tablet, whatever and let it discharge.

Amazon says that it is sold from DJI. You could email DJI support and ask them about the serial number to see if they show it as legitimate.

I think the point of the bags and ammo cans is to contain the heat and flames not the gases. Also you are required in the USA to tell the shipper that you are shipping LiPo batteries and they will not ship it via air. Think about the thousands of LiPos right now that are in transit. When I...

So exactly how do you show the battery is discharged to the TSA? I carry LiPos as flashlight batteries on planes all the time and just the opposite is what they want to see - they ask me to turn on the light to prove it is a real battery. Also just a few years back they would make you turn...

I think the limit for wind is relative to what you are doing. In this case the wind was pushing the sailboat and the drone along at the same rate. Issues arise when people are stationary and fly WITH the wind out on their flight then have to fly INTO the wind to RTH. This video is a good...

This is pretty extreme and demonstrates the ability to fly in bad weather and wind when you know what you are doing (note the flight is with the wind so the drone doesn’t have to fight the wind to come back to the ship)

How does it “know” what it’s height is when it takes off? GPS? Anyone actually have real life experience flying off a cliff? Why doesn’t it update it’s altitude when the terrain changes?

There are several videos about this subject here is one with a drone in a moving van