Recent content by Nick Mendocino

How do you get those details about the cells in the battery? Is it accessible in Go4?

I did some googling, hoping to find replacement tops for the P4 batteries. I found several sellers on Alibaba offering complete replacement battery enclosures. But nobody offers just the tops. The whole enclosures were not expensive, but the shipping is by slow boat from China, taking 6-8...

These Apple things are Bluetooth responders, like Tile. BT has very limited range, so these trackers are worthless for finding lost drone. There are mobile phone based GPS trackers that can be useful as long as you are flying in areas with decent cell phone service. They report their GPS...

Would be better at 4X speed playback. Too slow and boring in 1X speed.

Yes, it's an original OEM prop. The rough edges are due to wear. The photo is about double life size. The props stay on my bird all the time because my case allows it to be stowed with props on. Now I realize that I should remove the props and inspect the hubs from time to time, and make sure...

I found damage in the hub of one of my original P4 props that would probably have caused a crash if not corrected. I had noticed a slight wobble in one of the props just after takeoff while hovering at eye level. I landed it and pulled the wobbly prop off. Looking at the underside of the prop I...

Your backyard is one thing, but DJI Go4 won't let me take off in my own living room because I live next to an airport, a tiny rural airport with 0-4 flights daily.

The cracks near the lights are no big deal. They are caused by the pressure of the battery latch springs on the inside of the front cover. Unless the cracks got so bad that some of the plastic broke away and let the spring end come through, which has never happened in my experience, you can just...

The gimbal dance on startup is a necessary part of the auto-calibration of the gimbal. Be sure the drone is on a perfectly level surface if you want a level horizon.

I couldn't agree more with that point.

DJI flight batteries should be stored at about 50% charge. If fully charged, after a set number of days delay they will begin discharging automatically until they reach 50%. The number of days delay before auto-discharge is settable in the software interface in DJI Go4.

The P4P and the P4A use the same landing gear. It's different from the P4 standard, and the P4P 2.0 is different from all because of the different radio for the video.

The word is "tin" the ends of the wires, which refers to coating them with solder, which traditionally is a mixture of tin and lead, and sometimes antimony. Tinning the wire tips assures that they are ready to make good contact when soldered to the connection point.

My phone GS-7 is activated through Tracfone. Hot spot is not allowed. Anyway there is rarely any cell service where I fly, a remote rural area.

Applying whitewash or limewash is a long tradition in Greece and many other Mediterranean countries. Whitewash is mineral lime, and has been used as an outer coating for millennia because it is cheap and widely available. Also it helps keep a building cool by reflecting most of the sunlight...