Recent content by ethanunzicker

I'm concerned that this thing is going to have some temperature issues. Being matte black(ish) isn't going to help reflect much thermal energy. Also it'll probably look kind of goofy with a chunky white battery sticking out of its backside. I'll definitely be ordering some black props though!

All in all, this thread is a great case study for high altitude flying and RTH capabilities (and lack thereof). I don't know that I would ever use RTH in crowded area like this and I certainly won't be using it when the wind is up. Honestly, if I'm flying within VLOS, I haven't found any...

I'm licensed under Part 107 but I only fly for a public county agency. We're a public park district that focuses on conservation and preservation of natural resources. We just started using drones this year for mapping and, of course, some marketing purposes. We have close to 20 properties...

I think most of these videos are bugs. Just an optical illusion. I think the OP's video is actually a floating spider web (see attached image) probably caught in a pocket of warm air.

Since theres no need to reiterate the obvious EXTREMELY DANGEROUS and IGNORANT nature of this flight, I'll comment with my conspiracy theory. I think this damage was done by a person, not by impact. The props are still fully in-tact so is the shell. Having never crashed myself yet (knock on...

I hear it gets up to 36 minutes of flight time in ideal conditions!

The video I posted was a from a friend on facebook. He shot it at Laguna Beach in California. I just re-watched the Spark promo video on the DJI website and noticed they do have a small disclaimer (see attached screenshot). What I don't understand (aside from unadulterated capitalistic gains)...

As soon as I watched the reveal keynote of the Spark, and saw that it's marketed as a "selfie drone" that you can take anywhere and be up and flying in seconds, I knew it was going to cause problems. What DJI has done is effectively encourage, by design, careless flying. A friends just posted...

All great points! I'll definitely have to consider that!

Hahaha yup! Been there! That's definitely going in. The checklists, I print font-back with the inspection on one side and the checklist on the other. I'm going to eliminate the Operation Information from the Checklist at the top to make room for more items. Also I'm going to eliminate the...

I agree there are redundant items, but they exists to force us to think and examine every mission in detail. We have 13 properties that we fly in, many of which are hundreds of acres with many different control sites. It forces us to think ahead about what we at least need to consider. The...

I honestly don't even know what that is! I'm actually a digital media specialist with a focus in graphic design so clean and detailed is the name of the game.

Good catch on the typo! I'll be sure to fix that. I have no aeronautics experience other than my recent entrance into UAVs so Ops Area probably would be more appropriate. I thought airfield sounded cool and like a real term hahah!

I thought I'd share my custom pre-flight paperwork with you all. I work for a county agency and we like to be very thorough and cover all of our bases. So in additional to just 'following the rules', we go above and beyond to pre-plan and document all of our flights. I created a UAS Operation...

Can confirm: you have to re-link the RC after the update. It wiped out most of my settings in the app. neato.