Recent content by Fletch911

Had my P3 for just over a month now, and from the start, video downlink has been problematic. It was worse at times, and then better, but now completely gone, and the P3 would power up and continuously complained with D D .. .. D D .. .. Today I continued my search on the internet, and found...

Cable was not assemb;ed 'in the channel' properly and was pinched by the mounting plate. lasted a month opr so, then total failure.

Close up of ribbon cable pinch that was under the Gimbal mounting plate

Remote Piloted Airborne Systems (RPAS), known more as drones, are transforming the approach to emergency management. As a support tool, they can lead to quicker and more efficient interventions, offer enhanced situational information and provide direct help, such as dropping life-saving...

Very nice, and logical. So suggested verbiage for the DJI manual would be to say that: RETURN TO HOME ALTITUDE "Return to Home (RTH) altitude is the minimum altitude, based on the altitude as measured at the Home point." That sums it up very nicely. Thanks!

There are a few threads on the RTH & Altitude, and I wanted to confirm a couple of important points with documented answers that were not opinions. I think this is an important point that should be clarified. The FAA uses MSL as a baseline, but obstructions are posted as AGL. For UAV Pilots, the...

There are other great use cases for Public Safety here. Tracking objects and persons of interest. I would be interested in determining the ability to discriminate a particular person identified in a crowd, and the detection of an object entering or leaving a defined area. Outside of the UAV...