Hi All,
My wife and I planning to purchase a Phantom 2 Vision+ to augment our photography business (and also because I really really really like flying RC stuff). We have been gorging on the many YouTube videos out there showing both the best and worst of what these little guys can do. I have arrived at some questions which I thought some in this forum might be able to help answer or at least point in the general direction of an answer. They might seem fairly random and scattered, but I am only on my second cup of coffee as I type this. I'm sure as our time with this vehicle progresses there will be more questions!
1. Is DJI or any legitimate third party working on integration with Google Glass for FPV flying and/or camera control?
2. If you are a business user, do you have any ideas on how best to insure the set-up against loss or damage? eg. a rider on an existing property insurance or a stand alone insurance policy of some kind
3. I have noticed that night videos are sort of, well, bad, with lots noise and graininess. I haven't been able to find information so far as to whether this camera can "see" better with IR illumination of a night time scene (like how property security cameras work). Any ideas?
4. Is the controller interface proprietary to DJI or could the Phantom utilize a third party controller? eg. a flight stick arrangement
5. A YouTube video I saw mentioned a kind of after market propeller blade which the narrator claimed would allow more efficiency and longer flight times. Any truth to this?
6. The wifi range extender appears to have an internal non-user replaceable battery. As I am purchasing 3 additional Phantom batteries to maximize time in the air on a particular job, what kind of battery life does the extender offer? (I have looked and cannot find any definitive answers on that specification) Would a third party wifi extender or large meshed wifi network work with the application? eg. I did some work in Alaska several years ago in which a wifi LAN covered several acres of outdoor woodlands. Could the Phantom join to this network and send the signal back to the receiving device (iPhone, Android, etc.) via that LAN?
Sorry for the length of this first message! We are very excited about getting into this field and I am looking forward to an expanded fleet of vehicles as the technology and market demands progress. Thanks!
My wife and I planning to purchase a Phantom 2 Vision+ to augment our photography business (and also because I really really really like flying RC stuff). We have been gorging on the many YouTube videos out there showing both the best and worst of what these little guys can do. I have arrived at some questions which I thought some in this forum might be able to help answer or at least point in the general direction of an answer. They might seem fairly random and scattered, but I am only on my second cup of coffee as I type this. I'm sure as our time with this vehicle progresses there will be more questions!
1. Is DJI or any legitimate third party working on integration with Google Glass for FPV flying and/or camera control?
2. If you are a business user, do you have any ideas on how best to insure the set-up against loss or damage? eg. a rider on an existing property insurance or a stand alone insurance policy of some kind
3. I have noticed that night videos are sort of, well, bad, with lots noise and graininess. I haven't been able to find information so far as to whether this camera can "see" better with IR illumination of a night time scene (like how property security cameras work). Any ideas?
4. Is the controller interface proprietary to DJI or could the Phantom utilize a third party controller? eg. a flight stick arrangement
5. A YouTube video I saw mentioned a kind of after market propeller blade which the narrator claimed would allow more efficiency and longer flight times. Any truth to this?
6. The wifi range extender appears to have an internal non-user replaceable battery. As I am purchasing 3 additional Phantom batteries to maximize time in the air on a particular job, what kind of battery life does the extender offer? (I have looked and cannot find any definitive answers on that specification) Would a third party wifi extender or large meshed wifi network work with the application? eg. I did some work in Alaska several years ago in which a wifi LAN covered several acres of outdoor woodlands. Could the Phantom join to this network and send the signal back to the receiving device (iPhone, Android, etc.) via that LAN?
Sorry for the length of this first message! We are very excited about getting into this field and I am looking forward to an expanded fleet of vehicles as the technology and market demands progress. Thanks!