Recent content by whiskeylover

90% of the time it's user error. There could be a number of reasons, like not setting RTH settings properly. Let's say there is a 200 feet tall hill between you and the craft, and your RTH altitude is set to 100 feet. not letting home point being set before taking off, or taking off from a...

I've had signal disconnect a few times. And every time that happened, my MP started flying towards me until it got closer and reconnected, at which time I cancelled RTH and continued flying.

I'm sorry but your post comes off as holier than thou. I'd like to point out a few things. 1) I didn't mean to state that my hobby is more important than the lives of the victims in any way. I'm sorry if that's how you felt. 2) I was trying to post an article pertinent to this forum. 3) There...

Crudely built, yeah. But powerful enough to carry little bombs over 30+ miles. As accurate as commercial GPS lets it.

A swarm of drones carrying explosives targeted Russian military bases in Syria. Although these weren't your typical quadcopter type drones, and had a range of 30+ miles, it's still enough for the governments around the world to take a look at their existing drone laws. I'm sure in the years to...

Only at 5000 feet.

On the Android version the app requires waaay more permissions that logically necessary. Keep that in mind.

I had the same problem. Just do what they ask you to do, and exhaust all solutions. Then they'll say that the drone is eligible for repair under warranty. You won't have you use Care Refresh. They'll just swap it out for a new/refurb one. That's what happened to me.

Here's a link on the same webpage. Researchers release report on drone airborne collisions - ASN News

But that's not ideal for most of us. I don't have a spare phone lying around. I shouldn't have to pay 25 bucks for an app that also forces me to use a separate phone.

GPS is different from cell signal.

What are the best video settings on the Mavic to track Santa. He travels at around 650 miles per second. He'd look like a blur at 60 fps.

Around 3 weeks.

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Yeah, I've been waiting for their response forever, and I suspect it's never coming. They've been active in other threads though.