Recent content by Harleydude

That's good to know. It would make zero sense that licensed pilots would have to take a UAV test. It could see it if there were a practical test, but a written test??? Hell...it's pretty clear to me that pilots wrote the 107 test. D

It's hard to believe that your commercial license doesn't automatically qualify you for a UAV license. The 107 is a purely written test with no practical skills test. So any housewife with zero stick time can get the 107 if she studies for it. So there's no logical reason why you shouldn't...

Hey doods! Quite a while ago I moved up to an M300 for mapping and LiDAR, but occasionally a Traffic Analysis gig comes up, which is essentially just 2-minute aerial videos of traffic patterns every 15 minutes for roughly 3 hours (12 flights total). For these gigs the P4P still does a great...

eBay.

I agree with the sentiment that batteries are the worst place to try to save money. That said, I'm not even sure if OEM Phantom batteries are still available. I imagine they are. If you can find them, I would go with those. D

Very kewl! D

I agree with @Heron. The AI narration is a real turn off. So far this year I have clicked out of about a dozen YouTube videos (usually within 5 seconds) because of the AI voiceover. Not only does it sound horrible, but as @Heron pointed out, it often mispronounces words. IMHO, it's a lazy...

Ahhhh....I misunderstood. I thought that you were successful in rolling back the firmware, but that the rolled-back firmware didn't work. That seems like a good next strategy to try. D

Everyone is correct so far regarding manual flight. But if you program waypoints, make sure your software doesn't download SRTM data (AKA; "terrain follow'). Some software will reveal a terrain profile before flight. But some doesn't. I'm not sure if any of the DJI offerings offer this...

Which version did you roll the firmware back to that "didn't work?" D

Never to be heard from again....

Kudos to you for not calling them "googles." Glad you got it working. D

Despite not transmitting an image, does the camera RECORD video? D

"Almost unused?" I'm stealing that one, buddy. D

You need to take a better photo. There are no visible markings on the component you circled. All we know is that it is 3-pin, which isn't really enough to identify it. I can guess that it's a small-signal NPN or PNP BJT transistor (or possibly an N/P-channel MOSFET) in SOT-23 or the very...