Recent content by Dan cutter

This was recorded January and February 2017 during a record setting winter. The Phantom 4 is way better than snow shoes or skis for getting close up stills and vid in hard-to-reach places. Nothing is quite as fun as making images worthy of framing from a mile away sitting in a warm truck. My...

after hundreds of incident free hours I crashed my drone into a mountain lake. I purchased dji refresh with this particular p4p but was informed that lost drones are not covered. Figures the one drone I insured (my first two were very reliable but ultimately crashed due to a faulty battery and...

Just means it will start a new trajectory. Should say “do you want to fly to a different place?” It’s not going to stop flying, it will just change its mission. Works good.

I’ve been bragging because I flew my P4 on same set of props for over 200 hours then recently it augured in due to prop hub failure. That’s what I get for bragging. Now I have the P4P with insurance. The prop tolerance is much tighter with no wiggle at all. I think over time UV and stress...

Flying on unpaved airspace voids warranty.

Ahhh, the smell of model cement sends me back in time--fast. Balsa and tissue--what fun that was.

What you said. The drone doesn't know it's going below sea level--I doubt it has ever been to the beach or put on sunblock for that matter. However I have heard of drones imploding if you fly too deep too fast. Drilling vents can prevent that from happening. Disclaimer: don't believe...

OP asked about glitches. Was that electronic glitches or FCC related? Or both. I have flown -400 feet (from take off) without incident though still 7000 feet above sea level and never more than 100 feet AGL. I routinely fly to 1500 feet ceiling set by software--without going over 50 feet...

these days I only fly for photo and video opportunities but in the golden age of UAV's (last year) I had an uncontrollable urge to fly as low and fast as possible. The Phantom 4 is lots of fun after only having flown the standard--which moves along pretty good too. When IMAX first came out I...

I think it was home sick and wanted to get back in it's Styrofoam nest. Sent from my iPad using PhantomPilots

What If I follow a ridge to 1500 ft while staying in close proximity to the terrain?. Real close in this example. Is it 400 feet above take off point or .400 feet above the ground that concerns the drone police? In other words-- if I ascend the face of half dome without getting ten feet away...

Here's a couple examples of flying behind mountain tops while bumping the 500 meter ceiling. Both times the phantom 4 came home---though I was really lucky. At 25 seconds I lost contact for about 30 seconds. During that time the drone landed, took off, and cleared the peak. In the second...

I am maxed out on elevation (I'm at the bottom of a canyon in deep shade). The winter sun briefly lit up this ridge after days of snow. It looked quite amazing and so I sent the P4 for a look. I bumped into the 500 meter mark and then flew along the ridge looking for photos. Here's a video...

Regarding thoughts on your video--it's great you are shooting in "bad" weather. That already sets it apart from the majority. If it were me I'd say to myself "too high and too long". Intersperse close ups with the big picture--do some strafing and barnstorming. and I'd make it one minute...