Recent content by dfphoto

Took the course today. Some interesting new content. Definitely worth going through. The test is pretty easy. Much easier than the initial Part 107 test. Plus if you get any questions wrong, it shows you which ones you got wrong and lets you pick a different answer and resubmit your test. I am...

After many flights without any signal problems, last year, all of a sudden, every flight had video signal problems. Even at close, line of sight range, the video on my iPad mini 4 was unusable even though it had been fine for many months prior. I even got a new iPad thinking the iPad mini 4 was...

I guess this is a little off topic, but... If the P4P is out of warranty and it gets damaged or lost not because of pilot error (DJI's fault), they will not take any responsibility and not replace or repair the drone? Will they even talk to you or look at the flight data, etc?

Yes, I know. I actually own Litchi, but I am afraid of DJI's policy about supporting their drones when using third party apps in the case of malfunctions, crashes, fly-aways, etc.

My Phantom 4 Pro is on a really old firmware: 1.03.0509 Remote: 01.04.00.00 App: 4.1.20 If I update the DJI app to the latest version, will I be forced to upgrade the Phantom firmware too? (I would like to use the new Pano mode.) Since my P4P has been working reliably, I am afraid to upgrade...

I am heading to Cabo San Lucas next week. Last year I didn't bring my P4P but asked around and even the local policia said it's no problem to fly it. But I am still scared about Mexican customs taking it or charging me an "import tax" too. Has anyone been to Mexico lately with their drone?

To save you from searching for my other posts... I went to Cabo in March of this year. I was too scared to bring my P4P, but I did take notice to see if I thought I should have brought it. Through customs, I got the green light, so no one looked at any of our luggage. If you get the green light...

I know this message from DJI was from a while ago, but: Litchi/AutoPilot Apps void your warranty

I saw a video about the white screen during calibration. They said there's an issue with high resolution displays and you have to lower the resolution of your monitor for it to work:

Anyone ever heard of this: WhiteFox Defense Technologies, Inc.: Comprehensive Counter-Drone Detection and Mitigation System and Services Interesting approach. Instead of just disabling or destroying the drone, this tech can take temporary control of the drone and force a landing or RTH, etc...

Here's the follow up shoot I did at the same rink with the hockey players: Flying Indoors Shooting a Hockey Game

Shot for the owner of the ice rink and the local utility company. Just a compilation of some of the raw footage. There was no GPS inside. I haven't looked at the flight data, but I assume I was going between Vision and Atti mode. I tried tripod mode, but it was too slow to keep up with the...

I passed on 3/7/17 too. I just received my card in the mail yesterday in Southern California. FYI.

I passed on 3/7/17 also. I have not received the card in the mail. But on the IACRA website, I do see that I was issued a permanent license number. I think that was updated/issued about a week ago.

Don't know. I didn't use auto take off or auto landing. However, I don't think the P4P uses GPS for altitude anyway. I think I read somewhere that GPS is really inaccurate for altitude anyway. The barometer is used for height. The altitude info seemed pretty accurate so I assume auto-landing and...