Recent content by SitkaGrover

I want to like this a lot more then just once...

I have the belief that if Anyone was actually using any information, it would more then likely be the Chinese. They make the system as well as the software that is used to video and photograph pretty much EVERYTHING(minus airports). People talk about filming power plants, dams, while on...

With DJI's return policy you might want to avoid them for this kind of purchase...

It would seem to me that will all those Phantoms falling out of the air, he must be using the updated FWo_O I wonder how many people are going to "consider returning there P3's" because of this.

Compared to some of the other crowdsourcing campaigns I have seen, "Potato Salad"(which I funded haha), I don't think that is such a horrible idea!

He was commenting on the fact that if you are within a certain distance, hitting RTH will just cause your quad to land versus flying to a spot and landing. If you have RTH selected and lose your TX signal, your quad will RTH. If you have LAND selected and lose your TX signal, your quad will LAND

I am in the same boat, the pure desire to really see this work is pretty high for me too. Not $1000 high yet, but high lol.

There was a guy on here that posted he tried this because he saw a video of someone doing it. Needless to say, he crashed his drone. I do not believe that the necessary flight dynamics will be met while the quad is falling and flipping around for it to "right itself" and maintain flight.

If you crash hard enough to lose a properly inserted SD card...that is going to be the least of your worries.

Just because I'm not seeing it written down somewhere...I have to assume that since this is a DJI sold modification, that the warranty isn't affected after a self-install?

The concern with doing a calibration every time you fly is that you may end up with a bad one and not notice it, therefor inducing problems. As long as she is flying well and you are aren't seeing any issues I say don't calibrate.

I don't think I would be able to NOT fly into that cave...even with the knowledge that I will lose my quad, I would still have to do it. Not saying you should...but If you do, please make sure to cache that video!

You could always make it part of an "After Take Off Checklist" As soon as you start your engines and pull into a hover to see how she is flying, you start your video. I got into the habit of doing that anytime I am planning on recording.

You should be able to go over any mountain no matter how high staying at 400' AGL. By the math, if a mountain is 12,000' tall, and you fly above it at 12,399 feet, you are still under 400' AboveGROUNDLevel. You may be thinking about Sea Level which would have you flying at 12,399 feet about...

When you buy a handheld GPS or have a GPS in your car, it doesn't receive any data other then current position from GPS satellites via MICROWAVE signals. You must load maps into those devices via a card or from a computer to have up to date MAP data. The Microwave signals used in GPS...