Recent content by Phantom4Flyer

I tried your program, running just the exe file that was in the zip file. Unfortunately, I promptly got a popup fixer.exe Missing!!! What is this referring to, and how do I correct it?

You're certainly not the only one. I came across this article as well. When it comes to the military using Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) products, especially from foreign sources, it's "guilty, until proven innocent". They understand that even unclassified information can be assembled and...

Thanks for your reply. The concern is not any single piece of data, but rather the aggregation of it, AND integration of it with other data. I agree that the collection of detailed flight logs is very helpful, especially if something goes wrong. I did some more homework on this topic, and...

First, thanks for your prompt response. How would you send only the data for a given flight? Wouldn't they be able to get your flight data as a part of doing a firmware update? Check out page 8, Data Storage and Usage, in the Disclaimer and Safety Guidelines one of those booklets that hardly...

Anybody?

I agree 1000% with your statement. The attitude that DJI seems to be taking is far too common, and it needs to be stopped. To do that, the first thing needed is for the drone community to make this topic front and center, and keep it there, until there is a change. Maybe then people will...

Good idea, in a sparsely populated area, but has issues in need of resolution before it can be viable on a large scale. There are still no viable solutions for collision avoidance, short of putting a drone under full time air traffic control, separating it from all VFR ops, and that would get...

I'm new to all of this - flying a little Hubsan, and considering a Phantom. Before I retired, I worked on defense systems, so maybe I'm a little paranoid, but I don't like the idea of anyone collecting data on where I am and when. I know we live in a digital world, where data is collected all...

I understand the blind spot, but why didn't the Phantom go into a loss of signal routine, and return home??

Look at the center of that circle, and notice the symbol which is a VOR, a VHF radio navigation station (actually a VORTAC), which sends out a signal that lets the pilot know which radial of that station he is on. If you draw a line from the VOR to the airplane location, where it crosses that...

If you mean the little yellow area in the upper third,at the tip of the arrow you drew, it's just a populated area - I'm not sure what the threshold is. Look at the larger yellow areas and notice they are towns.

Now that begs the question: Does the RC store flight data? Being new to this forum how does DJI address concerns like mine? Or do they just brush off?

Can you elaborate on the second part? I usually wait a bit with most electronic equipment firmware updates to make sure any bugs are shaken out before I install.

That's NOT good. IF you can't stop the data collection, then you have to keep it from calling home. My first thought is that they probably upload useage data as part of the check for firmware updates - they make a big deal out of checking often to confirm you have the latest update Do you...

Thanks! I realize it needs to store data during the flight, like the RTH data that you mention, but it hardly needs flight telemetry for a flight. Even the RTH data is not needed after landing and shutdown. My car's GPS collects a lot of data, but I can disable the "breadcrumbs" and clear the...