Recent content by Dave Smith

Since buying a Mavic2 Pro last year, I was only using my Phantom 4 Pro as a backup, and hardly ever flew it. This morning I charged up a battery and got ready to launch it. I normally do not use the automatic launch method. I move the two sticks to the lower corners. The aircraft did not...

Thanks so much for the info. I will not be flying it again until I either get the RC fixed or buy a new one. Dave

I tried it again, and this time the right stick would go to 100% for several times, but then it reverted to 63% again. I tried it one more time and it stayed at 100%. After watching a youtube video, I found out it is also necessary to do the scroll wheel for the gimbal. I will go fly in an open...

I tried the RC calibration. Both sticks will max out to 100% in all directions.....except when I push forward on the right stick it will only go to 64%. As the instructions say, I moved the sticks repeatedly in all directions, but the right stick always goes exactly to 64%, never higher. Any...

I will try the RC Calibration. Thanks

A couple of days ago I was doing photos for a realtor of a home near me. When I would move the right stick to fly backwards, instead the P4 Pro flew forwards about 10 feet and then stopped. It did this several times. Then, at about 40% battery life (estimate) the drone just took off at a high...

I bought two non-oem Phantom 4 Pro batteries from Battnation on Ebay in August 2018. The case is slightly different from DJI OEM batteries, so I always was aware of which battery I was using. One of the batteries only worked for a few flights and I could not get it to charge again. I tried...

I use the Litchi app frequently for both my Mavic 2 Pro and Phantom 4 Pro. IMO, it is an excellent app and it bothers me for people to use headlines "LITCHI Crashed my Drone." Accept responsibility--your drone may have crashed while using Litchi, but from all indications, you crashed your drone...

Great photo!

Sold my Phantom 3 Pro on Ebay for $400 so that now I have the P4 Pro and the Mavic 2 Pro. After flying the Mavic 2 for two weeks now, my P4 Pro is quickly becoming just a backup. I find the photos and videos to be very similar to the P4 Pro, but I much, much prefer to fly the Mavic 2. I do...

Thanks, I have never noticed the pause button. I will check that out the next time it is nice enough to fly again here in Chicago. Dave

Yes, let me explain better. Both the DJIgo app and the litchi app have a point of interest mode where you fly in a circle around a given point of interest--let's say it is a commercial building. I bid on a project where the client wanted 8 photos taken at 350 feet from all 8 compass points at...

I normally use litchi but sometimes use djigo. My question: Is there a way to pause in orbit mode and snap a photo and then continue flying? If I flip the switch from F to P I have to set up a new POI/Orbit, I think. When I am asked to take photos from all 8 compass points at the same height...

Yes, I had the latest version of the DJI Go app. Ironically, I see that just today (Nov 15, 2016) Version 3.1.0 was released. I did not know about turning GEO on and off. I should also add that flying around in my neighborhood, at least five times I have encountered the message that blocked me...

I had a nearly identical incident today, although I ultimately elected to crash my Phantom 3 Professional rather than do the emergency landing. First, I did a flight where I used Dronepan for a panoramic shot. After reviewing the photos, I decided to do the shot over. I went up to 200 feet...