Recent content by DaveP4Pilot

C'mon man seriously! Maybe as he said, it will be a learning experience.

I can see how some airspace rules can be confusing. Passing the 107 while not knowing class B airspace goes to the surface is hard to believe. The nations (USA) busiest airports are class B! You would also have to ignore the warnings on the screen.

I bought a cheap ($50) drone to learn to fly/crash before deciding to invest any real money. With no gps, no auto hover and not a lot of power it was easy to crash it but it was great for learning to fly. After about 4 or 5 months of that I bought a refurbed P4 from DJI, and proceeded very...

Keep an eye on Bestbuy, they have had a few promotions on the iPad mini 4 with 128 go for $299. I grabbed one a few months ago and it works great. Only drawback is the RC will be top heavy with neck strap, just a function of size.

I also bought a P4 refurbished a couple months ago and could not tell it wasn't new, condition was perfect. Inside the battery compartment is the serial number which ends with an "R", at least in my case. Also on outside of box.

Reading these kind of forum posts continues to amaze me. Absolutely no regard for safety, there are people on the streets below these city areas. I will not be at all surprised if the authorities do not move to ban all private drones in the future.

The go app does display battery temperature, tap the battery icon. This has been a bit of a concern for me since I have seen temps up to 58 degrees C by end of flight. I live in Florida and have avoided some daytime flights on hot sunny days. Aside from that I don't charge them until they are...

Probably a typo or something, maybe confusing solid blue with dashed blue. Definitely not class B.

Once I realized the flight was over Ft. Pierce, FL I remembered the airport was not far away since my in-laws live close to there. According to the sectional chart the marina is just inside the dotted blue line of the class D airport. The airport code is FPR. Even if the flight was just outside...

I'd like to thank Nole for starting this thread and sorry about losing the Mavic. Also, the guys who analyze the data are invaluable for the rest of us to learn what goes wrong. Most times reading a story like this I am really impressed with the data that is collected and able to be reviewed. I...

You may be exactly correct but it wasn't a myth according to the incident I read about with a guy and the litchi app. I only use the DJI app and have no first hand knowledge beyond that. If it were true it seems that people should know about it ahead of time.

It might be worth mentioning that DJI does not warranty the aircraft for accidents when third party apps were used. At least that is what has been written by others on forums.

The position of the Home point is shown on the map screen and is represented by a green "H". Not a bad thing to check before you travel very far.

Agree, the P4 Pro would be the choice for best camera.

I have only used RTH and auto-land to confirm it works. I almost always hand catch for landing but it is certainly not the safest way to land. It does avoid getting the camera/gimbel in contact with grass and tip-overs.