Recent content by John Tarvin

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    California State Parks - Where can you really fly?

    If you can find a place to take off, land, and operate your drone LEGALLY outside the park boundaries, you may fly over the park as the state does not have jurisdiction over the airspace. That being said, I would avoid wildlife refuge areas and reserves. Oh, and if your drone goes down...
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    Good location for Firehouse strobe

    Just purchased and received 2 LED Firehouse strobe to attach to my P4 Pro. Thinking of Velcro mount on right rear arm just out from the right edge of the battery. Wondering if anyone has installed one of these and would share where they mounted it. These things are powerfully bright and meet...
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    What May Be U.S.’s First Drone-Linked Aircraft Crash Is Being Investigated

    Hmmmm...."news to be proven" Well, I didn't see it in the headlines or on television news. Surely, THEY would cover such an inflammatory topic. Yet, this garbage shows up here. And, I'm being as civil as I can about such an irresponsible post.
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    Johnny Law

    Well, sounds like YOU weren't supposed to be there. Your fault. So, quit complaining.
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    Is the Phantom dead?

    I'm in the "so what, who cares" camp. Far as I'm concerned, can the conjecture.
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    Auto Takeoffs/Landings

    if I were you, I'd take a TV tray with me to get my bird off the ground for takeoffs.
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    Auto Takeoffs/Landings

    P4P - Manual takeoff straight up to 30' to facilitate precision landing. If using launch pad, usually let it precision land. (Typically within a few inches). If not using launch pad and ground conditions not hospitable, will hand catch.
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    What's the weirdest or most unusual thing you caught with your drone?

    14 wild pigs rutting around in a county park. Didn't notice them while I was flying.... Only in post.
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    Do DJI hate Android?

    The good news for you may be Litchi. Was originally created as an android app. Seems to work quite well on many Android devices. I'm running it with P4P on an Nvidia Shield K1. You'll still need a tablet that will talk with the DJI GO 4 app.
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    Dji warranty is a hoax

    Don't understand why you are blaming them because you can't comply.
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    Long distance Litchi flights

    I rarely fly missions longer than 15 minutes. Remember, you lose some battery tune taking off, uploading the mission and getting to first waypoint. If mission too long, I bump up the cruise speed.
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    Help! DJI Repair Quote - Am I being robbed?

    that'slikely why the first two P4Ps I got from Amazon were defective out of the box. Both returned. The one I got from B&H Photo was perfect (and still is).
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    FAA bans....

    Good, because I think tcope is obsessed with this....
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    I thought all of Manhattan was a no fly zone?

    Reminds me of some of my red neck Arkansas family. The last words out if their mouths before they off themselves for their chance at winning a Darwin Award are...."Hey, y'all... Watch this!"