Recent content by Tenly

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    Wedding video question

    If the video that you shoot is intended to be a wedding gift to the bride and groom - I would think that one could possibly argue that since it is replacing something of value, the video has the value of the thing it replaced and therefore was actually created for a form of compensation. If it...
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    Exception to the 400 ft limit?

    And another way to say the same thing is that you don’t need a law to tell you that you can do something. By default, you CAN do anything that it is possible to do. Laws impose restrictions - not permissions. Would you rather live in a world in which you were not allowed to do ANYTHING at all...
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    Dual Battery Mod

    I think there was a 4km/hr wind at elevation. Your bird flew a constant 53kp/hr plus 4 on the way out (57) and minus 4 on the way back (49). If that’s slower than before the battery mod, the extra weight is probably responsible. Aging motors would not be my first guess.
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    Forced to Take DJI Exam?!?

    Thanks for this post. It’s a great example of what I meant by “part of the problem”. But it’s also worse because not only do you not acknowledge the problem, you tell those that do try to spread awareness that they are overreacting and should just live with it because it doesn’t bother you...
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    Forced to Take DJI Exam?!?

    A test and a license *are* great ideas. But just like your ATV - they should be created and administered by local governments and NOT by the manufacturer. And the other difference is that the manufacturer of your ATV does not physically prevent you from operating your ATV if you do not have...
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    Forced to Take DJI Exam?!?

    This is just the latest in DJI overstepping. People here are too lazy to bother getting upset about things which don’t affect them much. Not many on this forum bother to look at the big picture or the implications of the latest overstep - and so DJI continues to do whatever they want -...
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    Forced to Take DJI Exam?!?

    Comments like this one prove that the people that make them are missing the point the OP is trying to make. He is not saying that there should not be a test to pass before you fly. He is saying that the Drone manufacturer should not be the one that forces that test on you. That’s where your...
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    14mp not 20mp

    As I read through this, I see that the thread was started by someone who is not happy that DJI mis-represented the specs of the camera. Meta4 and some others didn't read the initial post properly and don't seem to understand that this thread is about misleading advertising and they have...
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    How can I use 2 Goggles at once with P4P?

    Purchase an HDMI splitter...?
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    Incorrect date stamp on flight?

    It's just a display format for that particular app. It would be nice if the app were able to read the regional settings of the device it's being viewed on - but the time stamps on your actual photos and video files should be stored as a big long number representing the GMT or Zulu time and...
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    Flying with a less than fully charged battery can cause this

    Sure. Like I said - "Return to home" was a guess. Thanks for clarifying. But the conclusions you suggest are also far from absolute. They're certainly reasonable theories - but the root cause could also be something completely different. And if it is a "DJI software issue" - then the...
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    I wasn't going to say anything

    I'm definitely trying not to be insensitive and I realize that everyone's financial situation is different - but if you have enough discretionary income available to purchase a P4 - surely you can pull together enough $ for a replacement gimbal? On credit card? Borrow from a friend or family...
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    Flying with a less than fully charged battery can cause this

    My guess upon reading through the thread is that "critical" battery levels did not force an auto-land, but that a brief "low battery" condition triggered "Return to Home" - and the drone was within 25' of its home point already - so decided to land in place (as described in the docs) instead of...
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    Bill being drafted to destroy drones (especially photo drones),

    This is right on the money. We need *reasonable* rules and regulations. On one side of the argument, we've got people that don't want to follow any rules at all. And on the other side, we've got those that think drone hobbyists must have a *complete* understanding of the NAS and everything...
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    DJI to restrict non-compliant drones at next software update

    Sure. If you don't do anything and you don't update anything - then nothing will change. It's possible that DJI has baked in an expiry date in their app or firmware that might eventually require you to update - but I haven't ever heard anyone report anything like that. But if you use third...