Recent content by ianwood

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    New FAA Drone warnings

    Actually, my bad. I stand corrected. Just rechecked and it appears to have been changed. The original language said 400 horizontal feet. Looks like they have revised it to say up to 400ft altitude AGL and "lateral boundaries" which I assume means the the entire property. So you are correct.
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    New FAA Drone warnings

    [Removed. Incorrect.]
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    Need A Long Range Surveillance Drone

    The S1000 is an antique in drone terms. If you are looking for range, it is not likely to be a DJI product.
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    SECURITY against :Hacking a drone - Worries of theft in flight

    All DJI drones can be hacked. It has been done. However, it is not simple to do and I know of no credible reports of drones being hijacked in the wild. Some have been done as proof of concept and that is about it. But, it can be done. DJI does not do the best job of securing their products...
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    Texas Drone Law: $10,000.00 Fines????!

    As fascinating as your opinion is, off-topic political posts are not permitted.
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    DJI Geo should be completely scrapped

    Maybe. But while you have absolutely no foundation for what you are suggesting, I have the information directly from the FAA and DJI. All of which is publicly available online. After you read DJI's direct correspondence including from Brendan Schulman himself in the link I provided above, you...
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    DJI Geo should be completely scrapped

    Uhhhm, what? DJI was never given an ultimatum. They created GEO without any prompting by the US. Don't believe me? Ask Brendan Schulman. He is DJI's head advocate for GEO and VP of policy in the US. Furthermore, the FAA currently has NO licensing or certification programs for foreign or...
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    Retaining Control of our Models & Our Privacy - Mike Mas

    Somewhere but I honestly don't have the wherewithal to go searching for it. I'd suggest asking the guys who are doing the reverse engineering that is not allowed on this site. If I recall correctly, one of them re-posted the schema on Slack or RCG.
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    DJI Geo should be completely scrapped

    These are not my claims. It is public knowledge. If you want the information, it is available from the FAA. You can start with Sense and Avoid. It is one of the initiatives they are pursuing.
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    Retaining Control of our Models & Our Privacy - Mike Mas

    The DJI+ Discover app was using data harvested from flights using the Go app. Unsynched data was removed from the app after users complained. But the data had clearly already been harvested. As for what the Go and Go4 apps collect, I dont have the full schema handy but it's a bunch of...
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    DJI Geo should be completely scrapped

    For the record, the FAA HAS NOT instructed, recommended or even suggested DJI or any other drone manufacturer implement geofencing in their products. The FAA IS pursuing other solutions to manage the growth of drone use in the national airspace.
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    Retaining Control of our Models & Our Privacy - Mike Mas

    I guess you guys forgot about the ill-fated DJI+ Discover app. People were finding their homes listed as popular places to fly even when they'd never synced a single flight. :eek: More recently, packet captures have shown data being harvested for each flight regardless of sync state. Not full...
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    Compass Calibration, A Complete Primer

    it works right up until it doesn't. By the time the drone can detect something is wrong, the compass is so far off, you would surely crash. The compass is the sensor most implicated in uncontrolled flight resulting in a crash. If the compass and GPS disagree by more than a few degrees, you'll...
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    Compass Calibration, A Complete Primer

    UGGH! I'll say it again and hopefully for the last time: Declination is NOT part of calibration. Deviation IS. Declination and deviation are two different things. Deviation is caused by near field anomalies whereas declination is not. Deviation consists of anomalies that maintain orientation...
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    The P4P Camera – An attempt to establish The Facts

    Just going by what's on the data sheet. Why a few lines are added or lost is unclear to me but possibly something the SoC is doing to the image.