Recent content by Hoovy

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    mavic air vs phantom 3

    Thanks for the replies. Keep them coming. How are the spark and mavic air in terms of getting the drone launched. With the phantom standard it seems like there is quite of a bit of things to do ie turn on drone listen to super loud “buh buh buh” then connect to WiFi, wait for IMU to load...
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    mavic air vs phantom 3

    Thanks, that's exactly was I was referring to! Do you ever even use the phantom 3 at this point? Have you ever tried litchi waypoints with the spark.
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    mavic air vs phantom 3

    My question is not about features but how much less conspicuous is the drone flying experience with the smaller drone? Maybe it is my personality, but I would almost never feel comfortable ripping out my phantom in an area with people it's just too attention grabbing I think. With the mavic air...
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    mavic air vs phantom 3

    Hi anyone here upgraded to mavic air vs phantom 3 standard. Ive had my phantom 3 standard for several years, but main reason for not flying is the sheer size and the self-conscious feeling of the drone, and the conspicuous nature of flying it. Just wondering how much less of that factor is there...
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    So this just happened......NFZ Forced Landing

    Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I am beginning to feel the risk / benefit ratio is getting too large for long range autonomous litchi missions (and I have done quite a few myself) Keep us updated if you here anything from Litchi. Thanks.
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    Advice on my first mission please :-)

    The altitude for a POI should be how tall the POI is, so the phantom knows at what angle to point the camera, it should definitely not be negative.
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    Chicago

    I got some limited footage over the river. I had an issue where the drone didn't fly the litchi mission over the river that I planned, I believe it was because the phantom had intermittent gps coverage. The main issue I had was finding places where I could fly inconspicuously
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    Chicago

    What happened was I had planned a fairly elaborate litchi mission starting at the Adler planetarium going around to northerly island then to millennium park. I went early morning at sunrise, it was kind of windy but I didn't think it was too bad. Right after starting the mission instead of...
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    Chicago

    I just got back from a short trip to Chicago. I thought it was difficult flying the drone due to the number of people around. Also the wind, in fact I almost lost my phantom into the lake due to the wind. I did manage to get a few good videos, here are two. If anyone is interested I identified...
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    Chicago skyline at night (litchi)

    Thanks and yes.
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    Chicago skyline at night (litchi)

    just got back from a short trip to Chicago. Here's one of the videos
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    Cannot set RTH height in Litchi

    You have to be connected to a powered on phantom
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    Litchi?

    i double, triple, and quadruple check the mission and the waypoints. I also use google earth 3D view to double check elevations, and also do a visual check of the flight path. I also have not done any lengthy missions greater than 6-7 minutes where battery life would play any role.
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    Litchi?

    My guess is that they are at different elevations.
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    Litchi?

    Here's my last litchi mission through Sacramento.