The last screen shot before I lost contact

[burnheart]

And then immediately regained contact 5 seconds later and turned it around to come back home! Haha. Just a joke, but I got him seriously out there

over open water!

 

[Former Member]

If I were flying that far out I would get both pontoons and State Farm.

 

[burnheart]

Aw man, I wish I could get State Farm. I would feel so much better, but for some reason, they don't offer this coverage in California. Such a bummer. Though, I do have DJI refresh, and if I'm not being an idiot, and it's not brought down by a bird attack, I may be able to send in the flight info and prove it was something under warranty that went wrong. Any thoughts on that anyone? (Hypothetical)

 

[Former Member]

Aw man, I wish I could get State Farm. I would feel so much better, but for some reason, they don't offer this coverage in California. Such a bummer. Though, I do have DJI refresh, and if I'm not being an idiot, and it's not brought down by a bird attack, I may be able to send in the flight info and prove it was something under warranty that went wrong. Any thoughts on that anyone? (Hypothetical)

Anybody have standalone drone insurance coverage in California? Maybe State Farm doesnt cover, but there might be others who do and it would be worth looking into. Refresh usually works only if you have a carcass to send them.

 

[burnheart]

Yep. Open to anyone's thoughts here but everything I've read so far says you can get it insured everywhere but Cali

 

[stratos]

well, just remember ships have big powerful engines that can generate quite a large EM field around it, enough to cause some interference. Also they got powerful radars and radio.
Not surprised, have experience it a couple of times before! Still I can see you were not soo close.

What was the firmware you are using?

 

[burnheart]

Newest firmware update. Ya, other forums I'm on ppl said the same thing. Def a possibility but seemed like it was slowly losing remote and had recep as it went out

 

[HarryMerkin]

One of my first films with the new mavic and very amateurish compared to what I can do now but I filmed a train. I think diesel engines also put out some sort of electromagnetic interference so I tried not to get too close. Here's my video. It's on my cloud so if you're using a phone hit full screen and turn your phone sideways.

TRAIN IN RELIANCE.MOV

 

[Huddy]

well, just remember ships have big powerful engines that can generate quite a large EM field around it, enough to cause some interference. Also they got powerful radars and radio.
Not surprised, have experience it a couple of times before! Still I can see you were not soo close.

What was the firmware you are using?

I doubt the ship's engines would generate much, if any EMF. They're likely to be heavy Diesel engines. You raise a good point about radar though.

 

[KiterTodd]

... Haha. Just a joke, but I got him seriously out there over open water!

D*mn, that's impressive. Were you really only at 27' or did you take off in a hole?

If I flew out that far, I'd be higher up. Maybe you lowered it for the photo. Cool pick, though. Thanks for sharing.

Now, if you land it on the deck of a moving ship, then take off and fly home... that would be really impressive.

 

[dwallersv]

well, just remember ships have big powerful engines that can generate quite a large EM field around it, enough to cause some interference.

Nope. Not true at all, unless you're flying in the engine room.

Also they got powerful radars and radio.

This, on the other hand, is a very real problem, especially the radar.

 

[stratos]

Nope. Not true at all, unless you're flying in the engine room.This, on the other hand, is a very real problem, especially the radar.

Thats right. Stand corrected.

 

[Lapeer20m]

One of my first films with the new mavic and very amateurish compared to what I can do now but I filmed a train. I think diesel engines also put out some sort of electromagnetic interference so I tried not to get too close. Here's my video. It's on my cloud so if you're using a phone hit full screen and turn your phone sideways.

TRAIN IN RELIANCE.MOV

I don't know how much Emf a locomotive produces, but I don't think it's from the Diesel engine, I would expect it more from the giant electrical power plant and electric drive motors.