Recent content by bdooley

I have had 2 batteries go into eternal hibernation. There are many potential fixes posted out on YouTube but none of them worked for me. Finally gave up on trying to repair them and assumed they were toast. Seems like DJI should be able to make a firmware change to keep this from happening...

For me it would amount to Risk Mitigation and then weighing Risk vs Reward. You might be able to Mitigate some risks. And the chances of starting a fire might be very minimal but the outcome could potentially be catastrophic. If the flight mission was pretty much recreational in nature, I...

Thanks for the insight. I had never thought of this when checking my props - only checked the blades for cracks and nicks.

What do you mean by flowing the board? Never heard of that.

Haha! Text prediction can be a curse. It gets me quite often. Yep, looks like it would be a nice swimming spot. Where is this? Not that I plan to come and swim there. ?

Geez, settle down. My mistake, sorry!

Very cool picture!

Nice pics but I am confused by the title of your post.

Huh? Did you fly up through the cloud or did you fly to 400 ft in clear air(2000 ft horizontal distacne) and then pan? If you flew up through the cloud, I would agree that what you did was illegal.

I hear you. When I see someone posting something just shy in length of the Bible and they dont "get me at hello" I move on. Sorry but - peace out!

Agreed, I love my Shield. But I think they dont make them anymore ir are hard to find.

Agreed. I have heard many times that potential clients think the Phantom gives a more professional appearance. But both are very capable. I bought a very bright external monitor for my Phantom rig because most tablets struggle in bright sunlight. I just got a Mavic 2 Pro with smart controller...

Very nice work!

That is correct except I think they have indefinitely suspended those operations not that they will totally discontinue using them. And I think they said they have used them in extreme emergencies.

Same here!