Recent content by Ty Durden

I have not encountered any problems with the latest P4 firmware update but did notice several instances where it was unclear on how to proceed with the update and I may have simply gotten lucky. As far as deciding between the P4 and the P3SE, both are proven in the market. I have never flown in...

I would like to see some sort of Federal guideline control program in place. The registration was a bare minimum. If there is no FAA enforcement of any guidelines, the thing I most fear is that each municipality will come up with their own rules. The easiest rule they can come up with is an...

Happened to me once: Flying in moderate wind one day and the P4 was possibly hit with a gust that hit the camera so hard it resulted in loss of gimbal control. For the remainder of the flight, the camera was pointed almost straight up. Luckily, I was in line of sight and was able to fly back to...

Had this happen to me when purchasing P4 batteries at Best Buy. Got it home, opened it, pushed the button and got nothing. Put it on the charger for an hour with no result. It was a dead soldier. If you have a bit of time to kill, Best Buy is very easy to deal with as long as you understand...

A little story: Back decades ago when I was about 15, we had one of our trees in the backyard trimmed pretty much down to just the big branches. Got rid of all the leaves. I could finally climb this sucker and look around and actually see things. I got all the way to the top which was about 40...

I downloaded the Airmaps App (available in iOS & Android, free) and checked out the Bay Area. It looks like mostly restricted airspace. There is an airport practically every 10 miles and there are other issues with other airspaces. The Airmaps people have partnered with DJI to make sure the...

If bird asks, "Are you my mother?", have drone respond, "No. I am not your mother."

Situation: I'm at the bottom of a hill and want to look at something that is 600 ft. higher than I am on a hill with a Phantom 4. If I take off from the bottom of the hill and work the drone up the slope, it remains under the 400 ft. FAA guideline relative to the ground directly underneath the...

I encountered the same problem when trying to install to my MacBook. In the case of unregistered software with regards to Apple versions of software, it is simply a new requirement with any software that can be installed on an Apple machine must be from a registered source. Basically, Apple...